diff --git a/agent/agent_unix.go b/agent/agent_unix.go
index c0488d6..27e18c3 100644
--- a/agent/agent_unix.go
+++ b/agent/agent_unix.go
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ func (a *Agent) RunScript(code string, shell string, args []string, timeout int,
 	code = removeWinNewLines(code)
 	content := []byte(code)
 
-	f, err := createTmpFile()
+	f, err := createNixTmpFile()
 	if err != nil {
-		a.Logger.Errorln("RunScript createTmpFile()", err)
+		a.Logger.Errorln("RunScript createNixTmpFile()", err)
 		return "", err.Error(), 85, err
 	}
 	defer os.Remove(f.Name())
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ func (a *Agent) AgentUpdate(url, inno, version string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	f, err := createTmpFile()
+	f, err := createNixTmpFile()
 	if err != nil {
-		a.Logger.Errorln("AgentUpdate createTmpFile()", err)
+		a.Logger.Errorln("AgentUpdate createNixTmpFile()", err)
 		return
 	}
 	defer os.Remove(f.Name())
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ func (a *Agent) AgentUpdate(url, inno, version string) {
 }
 
 func (a *Agent) AgentUninstall(code string) {
-	f, err := createTmpFile()
+	f, err := createNixTmpFile()
 	if err != nil {
-		a.Logger.Errorln("AgentUninstall createTmpFile():", err)
+		a.Logger.Errorln("AgentUninstall createNixTmpFile():", err)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -492,6 +492,39 @@ func (a *Agent) GetWMIInfo() map[string]interface{} {
 	return wmiInfo
 }
 
+func tmpNoExec() bool {
+	var stat syscall.Statfs_t
+	var noexec bool
+
+	tmpdir := os.TempDir()
+	if err := syscall.Statfs(tmpdir, &stat); err == nil {
+		if stat.Flags&syscall.MS_NOEXEC != 0 {
+			noexec = true
+		}
+	}
+	return noexec
+}
+
+func createNixTmpFile() (*os.File, error) {
+	var f *os.File
+	noexec := tmpNoExec()
+	f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "trmm")
+	if err != nil || noexec {
+		if noexec {
+			os.Remove(f.Name())
+		}
+		cwd, err := os.Getwd()
+		if err != nil {
+			return f, err
+		}
+		f, err = os.CreateTemp(cwd, "trmm")
+		if err != nil {
+			return f, err
+		}
+	}
+	return f, nil
+}
+
 // windows only below TODO add into stub file
 func (a *Agent) GetAgentCheckInConfig(ret AgentCheckInConfig) AgentCheckInConfig {
 	return ret
diff --git a/agent/agent_windows.go b/agent/agent_windows.go
index b19a185..cc5da54 100644
--- a/agent/agent_windows.go
+++ b/agent/agent_windows.go
@@ -906,3 +906,12 @@ func (a *Agent) GetAgentCheckInConfig(ret AgentCheckInConfig) AgentCheckInConfig
 func (a *Agent) NixMeshNodeID() string {
 	return "not implemented"
 }
+
+func tmpNoExec() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+func createNixTmpFile() (*os.File, error) {
+	var f *os.File
+	return f, nil
+}
diff --git a/agent/install.go b/agent/install.go
index 16562fc..241d64b 100644
--- a/agent/install.go
+++ b/agent/install.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (a *Agent) Install(i *Installer) {
 		case "windows":
 			meshOutput = filepath.Join(a.ProgramDir, a.MeshInstaller)
 		case "darwin":
-			tmp, err := createTmpFile()
+			tmp, err := createNixTmpFile()
 			if err != nil {
 				a.Logger.Fatalln("Failed to create mesh temp file", err)
 			}
diff --git a/agent/utils.go b/agent/utils.go
index df4c8e1..4d41ecb 100644
--- a/agent/utils.go
+++ b/agent/utils.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	goDebug "runtime/debug"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	ps "github.com/elastic/go-sysinfo"
@@ -310,26 +309,6 @@ func removeWinNewLines(s string) string {
 	return strings.ReplaceAll(s, "\r\n", "\n")
 }
 
-func createTmpFile() (*os.File, error) {
-	var f *os.File
-	noexec := tmpNoExec()
-	f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "trmm")
-	if err != nil || noexec {
-		if noexec {
-			os.Remove(f.Name())
-		}
-		cwd, err := os.Getwd()
-		if err != nil {
-			return f, err
-		}
-		f, err = os.CreateTemp(cwd, "trmm")
-		if err != nil {
-			return f, err
-		}
-	}
-	return f, nil
-}
-
 func stringInSlice(a string, list []string) bool {
 	for _, b := range list {
 		if b == a {
@@ -361,20 +340,3 @@ func getCMDExe() string {
 	}
 	return cmdExe
 }
-
-func tmpNoExec() bool {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	var stat syscall.Statfs_t
-	var noexec bool
-
-	tmpdir := os.TempDir()
-	if err := syscall.Statfs(tmpdir, &stat); err == nil {
-		if stat.Flags&syscall.MS_NOEXEC != 0 {
-			noexec = true
-		}
-	}
-	return noexec
-}