diff --git a/build/commands/lib/config.js b/build/commands/lib/config.js
index 421078059bc..129cd457986 100755
--- a/build/commands/lib/config.js
+++ b/build/commands/lib/config.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const os = require('os')
 const assert = require('assert')
 const { spawnSync } = require('child_process')
-const rootDir = require('./root')
 
 let npmCommand = 'npm'
 if (process.platform === 'win32') {
@@ -13,6 +12,13 @@ if (process.platform === 'win32') {
 }
 let NpmConfig = null
 
+let dirName = __dirname
+// Use fs.realpathSync to normalize the path(__dirname could be c:\.. or C:\..).
+if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+  dirName = fs.realpathSync.native(dirName)
+}
+const rootDir = path.resolve(dirName, '..', '..', '..', '..', '..')
+
 const run = (cmd, args = []) => {
   const prog = spawnSync(cmd, args)
   if (prog.status !== 0) {
diff --git a/build/commands/lib/l10nUtil.js b/build/commands/lib/l10nUtil.js
index 6c4d7078f13..5664e86aeb5 100644
--- a/build/commands/lib/l10nUtil.js
+++ b/build/commands/lib/l10nUtil.js
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ const path = require('path')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const chalk = require('chalk')
 const { JSDOM } = require("jsdom")
-const rootDir = require('./root')
+const config = require('./config')
 
 // Change to `true` for verbose console log output of GRD traversal
 const verboseLogFindGrd = false
-const srcDir = path.join(rootDir, 'src')
+const srcDir = config.srcDir
 
 // chromium_strings.grd and any of its parts files that we track localization for in transifex
 // These map to brave/app/resources/chromium_strings*.xtb
diff --git a/build/commands/lib/pylint.js b/build/commands/lib/pylint.js
index 148d29c8ad6..971b7e1d3ac 100644
--- a/build/commands/lib/pylint.js
+++ b/build/commands/lib/pylint.js
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ const deleteFile = (path) => {
 }
 
 const getDepotToolsPath = () => {
-  const depotToolsPath =
-    path.join(config.rootDir, 'src/brave/vendor/depot_tools')
+  const depotToolsPath = config.depotToolsDir
   if (!fs.existsSync(depotToolsPath)) {
     console.warn('Depot Tools path [' + depotToolsPath + '] doesn\'t exist')
     return ''
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ const ensureDepotToolsInPath = (options) => {
 
 const getDefaultOptions = () => {
   let options = Object.assign({}, config.defaultOptions)
-  options.cwd = path.join(config.rootDir, 'src/brave')
+  options.cwd = config.braveCoreDir
   ensureDepotToolsInPath(options)
   return options
 }
diff --git a/build/commands/lib/root.js b/build/commands/lib/root.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cd71ade473..00000000000
--- a/build/commands/lib/root.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-const path = require('path')
-const fs = require('fs')
-
-let dirName = __dirname
-
-// Use fs.realpathSync to normalize the path(__dirname could be c:\.. or C:\..).
-if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-  dirName = fs.realpathSync.native(dirName)
-}
-
-module.exports = path.resolve(dirName, '..', '..', '..', '..', '..')