diff --git a/fuse/ipns/common.go b/fuse/ipns/common.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45c391d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fuse/ipns/common.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package ipns
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/core"
+	mdag "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/merkledag"
+	nsys "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/namesys"
+	ci "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/p2p/crypto"
+	ft "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/unixfs"
+)
+
+// InitializeKeyspace sets the ipns record for the given key to
+// point to an empty directory.
+func InitializeKeyspace(n *core.IpfsNode, key ci.PrivKey) error {
+	emptyDir := &mdag.Node{Data: ft.FolderPBData()}
+	nodek, err := n.DAG.Add(emptyDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = n.Pinning.Pin(emptyDir, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = n.Pinning.Flush()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	pub := nsys.NewRoutingPublisher(n.Routing)
+	err = pub.Publish(n.Context(), key, nodek)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/fuse/ipns/ipns_unix.go b/fuse/ipns/ipns_unix.go
index d6c605520..645b9ce27 100644
--- a/fuse/ipns/ipns_unix.go
+++ b/fuse/ipns/ipns_unix.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	core "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/core"
 	chunk "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/importer/chunk"
 	mdag "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/merkledag"
-	nsys "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/namesys"
 	ci "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/p2p/crypto"
 	path "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/path"
 	ft "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/unixfs"
@@ -39,34 +38,6 @@ var (
 	longRepublishTimeout  = time.Millisecond * 500
 )
 
-// InitializeKeyspace sets the ipns record for the given key to
-// point to an empty directory.
-func InitializeKeyspace(n *core.IpfsNode, key ci.PrivKey) error {
-	emptyDir := &mdag.Node{Data: ft.FolderPBData()}
-	nodek, err := n.DAG.Add(emptyDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	err = n.Pinning.Pin(emptyDir, false)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	err = n.Pinning.Flush()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	pub := nsys.NewRoutingPublisher(n.Routing)
-	err = pub.Publish(n.Context(), key, nodek)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // FileSystem is the readwrite IPNS Fuse Filesystem.
 type FileSystem struct {
 	Ipfs     *core.IpfsNode
diff --git a/fuse/ipns/nofuse.go b/fuse/ipns/nofuse.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d8e19d8c0..000000000
--- a/fuse/ipns/nofuse.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-// +build nofuse
-
-package ipns
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-
-	"github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/core"
-	ci "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/p2p/crypto"
-)
-
-// InitializeKeyspace sets the ipns record for the given key to
-// point to an empty directory.
-func InitializeKeyspace(n *core.IpfsNode, key ci.PrivKey) error {
-	// emptyDir := &mdag.Node{Data: ft.FolderPBData()}
-	// nodek, err := n.DAG.Add(emptyDir)
-	// if err != nil {
-	// 	return err
-	// }
-
-	// err = n.Pinning.Pin(emptyDir, false)
-	// if err != nil {
-	// 	return err
-	// }
-
-	// err = n.Pinning.Flush()
-	// if err != nil {
-	// 	return err
-	// }
-
-	// pub := nsys.NewRoutingPublisher(n.Routing)
-	// err = pub.Publish(n.Context(), key, nodek)
-	// if err != nil {
-	// 	return err
-	// }
-
-	return errors.New("how is this fuse related?")
-}