diff --git a/apps/rebar/src/rebar_compiler_erl.erl b/apps/rebar/src/rebar_compiler_erl.erl
index 294a37146..98e365c94 100644
--- a/apps/rebar/src/rebar_compiler_erl.erl
+++ b/apps/rebar/src/rebar_compiler_erl.erl
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ dependencies(Source, _SourceDir, Dirs, DepOpts) ->
             %% TODO: check for core transforms?
             {_MissIncl, _MissInclLib} =/= {[],[]} andalso
             ?DIAGNOSTIC("Missing: ~p", [{_MissIncl, _MissInclLib}]),
-            lists:filtermap(
+            rebar_utils:filtermap(
                 fun (Mod) -> rebar_compiler_epp:resolve_source(Mod, Dirs) end,
                 OptPTrans ++ PTrans ++ Behaviours) ++ AbsIncls
     catch
diff --git a/apps/rebar/src/rebar_plugins.erl b/apps/rebar/src/rebar_plugins.erl
index 9b2f50211..ad8211a94 100644
--- a/apps/rebar/src/rebar_plugins.erl
+++ b/apps/rebar/src/rebar_plugins.erl
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ install(State, AppInfo) ->
 filter_existing_plugins(Plugins, State) ->
     PluginNames = lists:zip(Plugins, rebar_state:deps_names(Plugins)),
     AllPlugins = rebar_state:all_plugin_deps(State),
-    lists:filtermap(fun({Plugin, PluginName}) ->
+    rebar_utils:filtermap(fun({Plugin, PluginName}) ->
                             case rebar_app_utils:find(PluginName, AllPlugins) of
                                 {ok, _} ->
                                     false;
diff --git a/apps/rebar/src/rebar_utils.erl b/apps/rebar/src/rebar_utils.erl
index 2ac2a092d..f729f4941 100644
--- a/apps/rebar/src/rebar_utils.erl
+++ b/apps/rebar/src/rebar_utils.erl
@@ -105,22 +105,13 @@ sort_deps(Deps) ->
 droplast(L) ->
     lists:reverse(tl(lists:reverse(L))).
 
-%% @doc filtermap takes in a function that is either or both
-%% a predicate and a map, and returns the matching and valid elements.
+%% @doc wrapper around lists:filtermap/2
 -spec filtermap(F, [In]) -> [Out] when
       F :: fun((In) -> boolean() | {true, Out}),
       In :: term(),
       Out :: term().
-filtermap(F, [Hd|Tail]) ->
-    case F(Hd) of
-        true ->
-            [Hd|filtermap(F, Tail)];
-        {true,Val} ->
-            [Val|filtermap(F, Tail)];
-        false ->
-            filtermap(F, Tail)
-    end;
-filtermap(F, []) when is_function(F, 1) -> [].
+filtermap(F, In) ->
+    lists:filtermap(F, In).
 
 is_arch(ArchRegex) ->
     case re:run(get_arch(), ArchRegex, [{capture, none}, unicode]) of