diff --git a/helpers/helperslib/Buildable.py b/helpers/helperslib/Buildable.py
--- a/helpers/helperslib/Buildable.py
+++ b/helpers/helperslib/Buildable.py
@@ -87,28 +87,25 @@
 	# Load the projects from the YAML file
 	def loadProjectsFromTree( self, directoryPath ):
 		# Get a listing of everything in this directory
-		filesPresent = os.listdir(directoryPath)
+		filesPresent = os.scandir(directoryPath)
 		# We will recurse into directories beneath this one
 		# If there is a metadata.yaml file present, we will parse it to determine if this is a repository we need to register
-		for fileToExamine in filesPresent:
-			# Determine the full path to the file we are examining
-			pathToExamine = os.path.join( directoryPath, fileToExamine )
-
+		for entry in filesPresent:
 			# Is it a symlink? We always ignore these
-			if os.path.islink(pathToExamine):
+			if entry.is_symlink():
 				continue
 
 			# Is it a directory we need to recurse into?
-			if os.path.isdir(pathToExamine):
-				self.loadProjectsFromTree(pathToExamine)
+			if entry.is_dir():
+				self.loadProjectsFromTree(entry.path)
 				continue
 
 			# If the filename isn't metadata.yaml, ignore it
-			if fileToExamine != 'metadata.yaml':
+			if entry.name != 'metadata.yaml':
 				continue
 
 			# Load the metadata.yaml file and create a project from it
-			projectMetadataFile = open(pathToExamine, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
+			projectMetadataFile = open(entry.path, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
 			# Parse the YAML file
 			projectMetadata = yaml.load(projectMetadataFile)
 			# Is it a repository - ie. something we need to know about?