diff --git a/helix-view/src/document.rs b/helix-view/src/document.rs
index 6d79f543eeaf0..3d73d5560fcb4 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/document.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/document.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use helix_core::{
 };
 
 use crate::editor::Config;
-use crate::faccess::readonly;
+use crate::faccess::{copy_metadata, readonly};
 use crate::{DocumentId, Editor, Theme, View, ViewId};
 
 /// 8kB of buffer space for encoding and decoding `Rope`s.
@@ -844,23 +844,6 @@ impl Document {
         impl Future<Output = Result<DocumentSavedEvent, anyhow::Error>> + 'static + Send,
         anyhow::Error,
     > {
-        #[cfg(unix)]
-        async fn chown(path: &Path, other: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-            use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
-            use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
-            let meta = tokio::fs::metadata(path).await?;
-
-            // From https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/blob/2c73e978ba882c9cd56f0f16fae6f8dcce1c9850/src/uucore/src/lib/features/perms.rs#L46-L61
-            let uid = meta.uid();
-            let gid = meta.gid();
-            let s = std::ffi::CString::new(other.as_os_str().as_bytes())?;
-            let ret = unsafe { libc::chown(s.as_ptr(), uid, gid) };
-            if ret != 0 {
-                return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(tokio::io::Error::last_os_error()));
-            }
-            Ok(())
-        }
-
         log::debug!(
             "submitting save of doc '{:?}'",
             self.path().map(|path| path.to_string_lossy())
@@ -931,6 +914,7 @@ impl Document {
             {
                 let path = path.clone();
                 tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+                    copy_metadata(&path, &tmp_path)?;
                     tmp_path.persist(path)?;
                     Ok(())
                 })
@@ -995,18 +979,12 @@ impl Document {
         }
     }
 
-    #[cfg(unix)]
     // Detect if the file is readonly and change the readonly field if necessary (unix only)
     pub fn detect_readonly(&mut self) {
-        use rustix::fs::{access, Access};
         // Allows setting the flag for files the user cannot modify, like root files
         self.readonly = match &self.path {
             None => false,
-            Some(p) => match access(p, Access::WRITE_OK) {
-                Ok(_) => false,
-                Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => false,
-                Err(_) => true,
-            },
+            Some(p) => readonly(p),
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/helix-view/src/faccess.rs b/helix-view/src/faccess.rs
index 2b87e594a21f4..c28a8368c76f1 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/faccess.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/faccess.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-//! Forked from https://github.com/Freaky/faccess
-//! Licensed under MIT
+//! From https://github.com/Freaky/faccess
 
 use std::io;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ use filetime::FileTime;
 
 use bitflags::bitflags;
 
+// Licensed under MIT from faccess
 bitflags! {
     /// Access mode flags for `access` function to test for.
     pub struct AccessMode: u8 {
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ mod imp {
     }
 }
 
+// Licensed under MIT from faccess except for `chown` and `copy_metadata`
 #[cfg(windows)]
 mod imp {
     use windows::core::PCWSTR;
@@ -410,6 +411,7 @@ mod imp {
     }
 }
 
+// Licensed under MIT from faccess
 #[cfg(not(any(unix, windows)))]
 mod imp {
     use super::*;
@@ -440,7 +442,11 @@ mod imp {
 }
 
 pub fn readonly(p: &Path) -> bool {
-    imp::access(p, AccessMode::READ).is_ok() && imp::access(p, AccessMode::WRITE).is_err()
+    match imp::access(p, AccessMode::WRITE) {
+        Ok(_) => false,
+        Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => false,
+        Err(_) => true,
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn copy_metadata(from: &Path, to: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
diff --git a/helix-view/src/file.rs b/helix-view/src/file.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b137891791fe..0000000000000
--- a/helix-view/src/file.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-