diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__directory/explorer/group b/cdist/conf/type/__directory/explorer/group
index 4da5b45d..e5be37da 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__directory/explorer/group
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__directory/explorer/group
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 #
 
 destination="/$__object_id"
-# Since $__global isn't available, use uname directly, uname and tr are both part of POSIX
-os="$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+os=$("$__explorer/os")
 
 case "$os" in
    "freebsd")
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__directory/explorer/mode b/cdist/conf/type/__directory/explorer/mode
index 1d40c795..f75b282b 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__directory/explorer/mode
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__directory/explorer/mode
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 #
 
 destination="/$__object_id"
-# Since $__global isn't available, use uname directly, uname and tr are both part of POSIX
-os="$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+os=$("$__explorer/os")
 
 case "$os" in
    "freebsd")
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__directory/explorer/owner b/cdist/conf/type/__directory/explorer/owner
index 452dc672..cebd199b 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__directory/explorer/owner
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__directory/explorer/owner
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 #
 
 destination="/$__object_id"
-# Since $__global isn't available, use uname directly, uname and tr are both part of POSIX
-os="$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+os=$("$__explorer/os")
 
 case "$os" in
    "freebsd")