diff --git a/runtime/ftplugin/zig.vim b/runtime/ftplugin/zig.vim
index 291fe44..28b8cd5 100644
--- a/runtime/ftplugin/zig.vim
+++ b/runtime/ftplugin/zig.vim
@@ -41,16 +41,13 @@
 
 " Safety check: don't execute zig from current directory
 if !exists('g:zig_std_dir') && exists('*json_decode') &&
-    \  executable('zig') && get(g:, 'zig_exec', get(g:, 'plugin_exec', 0))
-    \ && (fnamemodify(exepath("zig"), ":p:h") != s:tmp_cwd
-    \ || (index(split($PATH,has("win32")? ';' : ':'), s:tmp_cwd) != -1 && s:tmp_cwd != '.'))
+    \  executable('zig') && dist#vim#IsSafeExecutable('zig', 'zig')
     silent let s:env = system('zig env')
     if v:shell_error == 0
         let g:zig_std_dir = json_decode(s:env)['std_dir']
     endif
     unlet! s:env
 endif
-unlet! s:tmp_cwd
 
 if exists('g:zig_std_dir')
     let &l:path = g:zig_std_dir . ',' . &l:path