diff --git a/runtime/ftplugin/awk.vim b/runtime/ftplugin/awk.vim
index 785088f..40fe304 100644
--- a/runtime/ftplugin/awk.vim
+++ b/runtime/ftplugin/awk.vim
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
     let b:undo_ftplugin .= " | setl fp<"
   endif
 
-  " Disabled by default for security reasons.  
-  if get(g:, 'awk_exec', get(g:, 'plugin_exec', 0))
+  " Disabled by default for security reasons.
+  if dist#vim#IsSafeExecutable('awk', 'gawk')
     let path = system("gawk 'BEGIN { printf ENVIRON[\"AWKPATH\"] }'")
     let path = substitute(path, '^\.\=:\|:\.\=$\|:\.\=:', ',,', 'g') " POSIX cwd
     let path = substitute(path, ':', ',', 'g')
diff --git a/runtime/ftplugin/changelog.vim b/runtime/ftplugin/changelog.vim
index a624333..ab73949 100644
--- a/runtime/ftplugin/changelog.vim
+++ b/runtime/ftplugin/changelog.vim
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
     endif
     let s:default_login = 'unknown'
 
-    " Disabled by default for security reasons.  
-    if get(g:, 'changelog_exec', get(g:, 'plugin_exec', 0))
+    " Disabled by default for security reasons.
+    if dist#vim#IsSafeExecutable('changelog', 'whoami')
       let login = s:login()
     else
       let login = s:default_login
diff --git a/runtime/ftplugin/perl.vim b/runtime/ftplugin/perl.vim
index 7ea0ae9..c63bd3f 100644
--- a/runtime/ftplugin/perl.vim
+++ b/runtime/ftplugin/perl.vim
@@ -56,12 +56,8 @@
 
 " Set this once, globally.
 if !exists("perlpath")
-    let s:tmp_cwd = getcwd()
     " safety check: don't execute perl binary by default
-    if executable("perl") && get(g:, 'perl_exec', get(g:, 'plugin_exec', 0))
-        \ && (fnamemodify(exepath("perl"), ":p:h") != s:tmp_cwd
-        \ || (index(split($PATH, has("win32") ? ';' : ':'), s:tmp_cwd) != -1
-        \ && s:tmp_cwd != '.'))
+    if dist#vim#IsSafeExecutable('perl', 'perl')
       try
 	if &shellxquote != '"'
 	    let perlpath = system('perl -e "print join(q/,/,@INC)"')
@@ -77,7 +73,6 @@
 	" current directory and the directory of the current file.
 	let perlpath = ".,,"
     endif
-    unlet! s:tmp_cwd
 endif
 
 " Append perlpath to the existing path value, if it is set.  Since we don't
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