diff --git a/src/sys/fd.rs b/src/sys/fd.rs
index add0523b5926..d5ba61b6de5c 100644
--- a/src/sys/fd.rs
+++ b/src/sys/fd.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-#[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", windows))]
-use core::ffi::c_int;
 #[cfg(windows)]
-use core::ffi::c_void;
+use core::ffi::{c_int, c_void};
 
 // `Fd` (the packed handle struct + pure-data accessors) is canonical in
 // bun_core. This file adds the syscall-touching surface as an extension trait.
@@ -102,46 +100,10 @@ impl FdExt for Fd {
         };
 
         let result: Option<sys::Error> = {
-            #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+            #[cfg(unix)]
             {
                 debug_assert!(self.native() >= 0);
-                // Raw `SYS_close` via rustix — no glibc wrapper (which is a
-                // pthread cancellation point). Never retry on EINTR.
-                match sys::linux_syscall::close(self.native()) {
-                    Err(e) if e == libc::EBADF => Some(sys::Error {
-                        errno: sys::E::EBADF as _,
-                        syscall: sys::Tag::close,
-                        fd: self,
-                        ..Default::default()
-                    }),
-                    _ => None,
-                }
-            }
-            #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
-            {
-                debug_assert!(self.native() >= 0);
-                match sys::get_errno(sys::safe_libc::close(self.native())) {
-                    sys::E::EBADF => Some(sys::Error {
-                        errno: sys::E::EBADF as _,
-                        syscall: sys::Tag::close,
-                        fd: self,
-                        ..Default::default()
-                    }),
-                    _ => None,
-                }
-            }
-            #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-            {
-                debug_assert!(self.native() >= 0);
-                match sys::get_errno(close_nocancel(self.native())) {
-                    sys::E::EBADF => Some(sys::Error {
-                        errno: sys::E::EBADF as _,
-                        syscall: sys::Tag::close,
-                        fd: self,
-                        ..Default::default()
-                    }),
-                    _ => None,
-                }
+                sys::posix_impl::close_error(self)
             }
             #[cfg(windows)]
             {
@@ -293,16 +255,8 @@ impl FdExt for Fd {
 // bun.sys.File.
 
 // ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-// Platform helpers (Windows libuv / macOS close_nocancel).
+// Platform helpers (Windows libuv).
 // ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-unsafe extern "C" {
-    // Darwin libc: close that doesn't get interrupted by pthread cancellation.
-    // By-value `c_int` only; bad fd → `EBADF`, no UB.
-    #[link_name = "close$NOCANCEL"]
-    safe fn close_nocancel(fd: c_int) -> c_int;
-}
-
 #[cfg(windows)]
 fn uv_open_osfhandle(in_: *mut c_void) -> Result<c_int, MakeLibUvOwnedError> {
     let out = bun_core::fd::uv_open_osfhandle(in_);
diff --git a/src/sys/lib.rs b/src/sys/lib.rs
index e1e5255b4296..00aef5536e89 100644
--- a/src/sys/lib.rs
+++ b/src/sys/lib.rs
@@ -1934,29 +1934,35 @@ mod posix_impl {
         }
         openat(dir, path, flags, mode)
     }
-    pub fn close(fd: Fd) -> Maybe<()> {
-        // Call close ONCE; never retry on EINTR (Linux may have already
-        // released the fd, retrying would close someone else's). Only EBADF surfaces.
-        // Darwin uses `close$NOCANCEL` (avoid pthread cancellation point).
+    /// `close(2)`, once. Linux releases the fd even on EINTR, so a retry could close another thread's fd. `Err` is the errno.
+    #[inline]
+    pub(crate) fn close_once(fd: Fd) -> core::result::Result<(), i32> {
         #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
         {
-            return match super::linux_syscall::close(fd.native()) {
-                Err(e) if e == libc::EBADF => {
-                    Err(Error::from_code_int(libc::EBADF, Tag::close).with_fd(fd))
-                }
-                _ => Ok(()),
-            };
+            super::linux_syscall::close(fd.native())
         }
         #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android")))]
         {
+            // Darwin uses `close$NOCANCEL` (avoid pthread cancellation point).
             #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
             let rc = super::nocancel::close(fd.native());
             #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
             let rc = safe_libc::close(fd.native());
-            if rc < 0 && last_errno() == libc::EBADF {
-                return Err(Error::from_code_int(libc::EBADF, Tag::close).with_fd(fd));
-            }
-            Ok(())
+            if rc < 0 { Err(last_errno()) } else { Ok(()) }
+        }
+    }
+    /// Closes `fd` and returns the error that callers see. Only EBADF surfaces.
+    #[inline]
+    pub(crate) fn close_error(fd: Fd) -> Option<Error> {
+        match close_once(fd) {
+            Err(libc::EBADF) => Some(Error::from_code_int(libc::EBADF, Tag::close).with_fd(fd)),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn close(fd: Fd) -> Maybe<()> {
+        match close_error(fd) {
+            Some(err) => Err(err),
+            None => Ok(()),
         }
     }
     pub fn read(fd: Fd, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Maybe<usize> {