diff --git a/elements/base/extra-data.d/50-store-build-settings b/elements/base/extra-data.d/50-store-build-settings
index 4ddd8d68b..0ba873716 100755
--- a/elements/base/extra-data.d/50-store-build-settings
+++ b/elements/base/extra-data.d/50-store-build-settings
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ fi
 set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
-source $_LIB/die
 [ -n "$TMP_HOOKS_PATH" ] || die "Temp hook path not set"
 
 echo "$DIB_ENV" > $TMP_HOOKS_PATH/dib_environment
diff --git a/elements/local-config/extra-data.d/62-ssh-key b/elements/local-config/extra-data.d/62-ssh-key
index 1254513ab..3a2c8e529 100755
--- a/elements/local-config/extra-data.d/62-ssh-key
+++ b/elements/local-config/extra-data.d/62-ssh-key
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ fi
 set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
-source $_LIB/die
 [ -n "$TMP_HOOKS_PATH" ] || die "Temp hook path not set"
 
 if [ -e ~/.ssh/authorized_keys ]; then
diff --git a/elements/partitioning-sfdisk/block-device.d/10-partitioning-sfdisk b/elements/partitioning-sfdisk/block-device.d/10-partitioning-sfdisk
index 447f23a0e..06b60cf84 100755
--- a/elements/partitioning-sfdisk/block-device.d/10-partitioning-sfdisk
+++ b/elements/partitioning-sfdisk/block-device.d/10-partitioning-sfdisk
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
 # sanity checks
-source $_LIB/die
 [ -n "$IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE" ] || die "Image block device not set"
 
 # execute sfdisk with the given partitioning schema
diff --git a/elements/vm/block-device.d/10-partition b/elements/vm/block-device.d/10-partition
index df0732edd..f800eb8f8 100755
--- a/elements/vm/block-device.d/10-partition
+++ b/elements/vm/block-device.d/10-partition
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ fi
 set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
-source $_LIB/die
 [ -n "$IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE" ] || die "Image block device not set"
 
 # Create 2 partitions for PPC, one for PReP boot and other for root
diff --git a/lib/die b/lib/die
index 68a611859..e2dde9866 100644
--- a/lib/die
+++ b/lib/die
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
 # 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
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 
 # Prints "message" and exits
 # Usage: die "message"
-function die() {
+function die {
     local exitcode=$?
     set +o xtrace
     echo $@
     exit $exitcode
 }
 
+export -f die