diff --git a/container/common/helpers.go b/container/common/helpers.go
index f6ffe366..ac00b2ca 100644
--- a/container/common/helpers.go
+++ b/container/common/helpers.go
@@ -191,3 +191,13 @@ func MakeCgroupPaths(mountPoints map[string]string, name string) map[string]stri
 
 	return cgroupPaths
 }
+
+func CgroupExists(cgroupPaths map[string]string) bool {
+	// If any cgroup exists, the container is still alive.
+	for _, cgroupPath := range cgroupPaths {
+		if utils.FileExists(cgroupPath) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/container/docker/handler.go b/container/docker/handler.go
index 75656eb4..821bd7e7 100644
--- a/container/docker/handler.go
+++ b/container/docker/handler.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func (self *dockerContainerHandler) StopWatchingSubcontainers() error {
 }
 
 func (self *dockerContainerHandler) Exists() bool {
-	return containerlibcontainer.Exists(*dockerRootDir, *dockerRunDir, self.id)
+	return common.CgroupExists(self.cgroupPaths)
 }
 
 func DockerInfo() (docker.DockerInfo, error) {
diff --git a/container/libcontainer/compatibility.go b/container/libcontainer/compatibility.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 481d3ef4..00000000
--- a/container/libcontainer/compatibility.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package libcontainer
-
-import (
-	"path"
-
-	"github.com/google/cadvisor/utils"
-)
-
-const (
-	// Relative path to the libcontainer execdriver directory.
-	libcontainerExecDriverPath = "execdriver/native"
-	// Absolute path of the containerd directory.
-	containerdPath = "/run/containerd"
-)
-
-// Gets the path to the libcontainer configuration.
-func configPath(dockerRun, containerID string) string {
-	return path.Join(dockerRun, libcontainerExecDriverPath, containerID, "state.json")
-}
-
-func containerdConfigPath(dockerRun, containerID string) string {
-	return path.Join(containerdPath, containerID, "state.json")
-}
-
-// Gets the path to the old libcontainer configuration.
-func oldConfigPath(dockerRoot, containerID string) string {
-	return path.Join(dockerRoot, libcontainerExecDriverPath, containerID, "container.json")
-}
-
-// Gets whether the specified container exists.
-func Exists(dockerRoot, dockerRun, containerID string) bool {
-	// New or old config must exist for the container to be considered alive.
-	return utils.FileExists(containerdConfigPath(dockerRun, containerID)) ||
-		utils.FileExists(configPath(dockerRun, containerID)) ||
-		utils.FileExists(oldConfigPath(dockerRoot, containerID))
-}
diff --git a/container/raw/handler.go b/container/raw/handler.go
index 314320a4..0e55046e 100644
--- a/container/raw/handler.go
+++ b/container/raw/handler.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/container/libcontainer"
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/fs"
 	info "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1"
-	"github.com/google/cadvisor/utils"
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/utils/machine"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
@@ -444,11 +443,5 @@ func (self *rawContainerHandler) StopWatchingSubcontainers() error {
 }
 
 func (self *rawContainerHandler) Exists() bool {
-	// If any cgroup exists, the container is still alive.
-	for _, cgroupPath := range self.cgroupPaths {
-		if utils.FileExists(cgroupPath) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
+	return common.CgroupExists(self.cgroupPaths)
 }
diff --git a/container/rkt/handler.go b/container/rkt/handler.go
index 5effc1f9..31ca9707 100644
--- a/container/rkt/handler.go
+++ b/container/rkt/handler.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/container/libcontainer"
 	"github.com/google/cadvisor/fs"
 	info "github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1"
-	"github.com/google/cadvisor/utils"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
@@ -324,11 +323,5 @@ func (handler *rktContainerHandler) StopWatchingSubcontainers() error {
 }
 
 func (handler *rktContainerHandler) Exists() bool {
-	// If any cgroup exists, the container is still alive.
-	for _, cgroupPath := range handler.cgroupPaths {
-		if utils.FileExists(cgroupPath) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
+	return common.CgroupExists(handler.cgroupPaths)
 }