diff --git a/crates/containerd-shim-wasm/src/sandbox/instance_utils.rs b/crates/containerd-shim-wasm/src/sandbox/instance_utils.rs
index 14d046199..187a1c900 100644
--- a/crates/containerd-shim-wasm/src/sandbox/instance_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/containerd-shim-wasm/src/sandbox/instance_utils.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 use crate::sandbox::error::Error;
 use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
 use std::{
-    fs::{self, OpenOptions},
+    fs::{self, File, OpenOptions},
     io::ErrorKind,
-    os::fd::{IntoRawFd, RawFd},
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
@@ -33,12 +32,12 @@ pub fn instance_exists<P: AsRef<Path>>(root_path: P, container_id: &str) -> Resu
 /// containerd can send an empty path or a non-existant path
 /// In both these cases we should just assume that the stdio stream was not setup (intentionally)
 /// Any other error is a real error.
-pub fn maybe_open_stdio(path: &str) -> Result<Option<RawFd>, Error> {
+pub fn maybe_open_stdio(path: &str) -> Result<Option<File>, Error> {
     if path.is_empty() {
         return Ok(None);
     }
     match OpenOptions::new().read(true).write(true).open(path) {
-        Ok(f) => Ok(Some(f.into_raw_fd())),
+        Ok(f) => Ok(Some(f)),
         Err(err) => match err.kind() {
             ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(None),
             _ => Err(err.into()),
diff --git a/crates/containerd-shim-wasmedge/src/instance.rs b/crates/containerd-shim-wasmedge/src/instance.rs
index 1743806e5..ce81d1e0a 100644
--- a/crates/containerd-shim-wasmedge/src/instance.rs
+++ b/crates/containerd-shim-wasmedge/src/instance.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::prelude::*;
-use std::io::ErrorKind;
-use std::sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex};
-
 use anyhow::Context;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use containerd_shim_wasm::libcontainer_instance::LibcontainerInstance;
@@ -13,6 +8,11 @@ use containerd_shim_wasm::sandbox::instance_utils::maybe_open_stdio;
 use containerd_shim_wasm::sandbox::{EngineGetter, InstanceConfig};
 use nix::unistd::close;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::prelude::*;
+use std::io::ErrorKind;
+use std::os::fd::IntoRawFd;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex};
 use wasmedge_sdk::{
     config::{CommonConfigOptions, ConfigBuilder, HostRegistrationConfigOptions},
     plugin::PluginManager,
@@ -101,9 +101,16 @@ impl LibcontainerInstance for Wasi {
 
     fn build_container(&self) -> std::result::Result<Container, Error> {
         fs::create_dir_all(&self.rootdir)?;
-        let stdin = maybe_open_stdio(self.stdin.as_str()).context("could not open stdin")?;
-        let stdout = maybe_open_stdio(self.stdout.as_str()).context("could not open stdout")?;
-        let stderr = maybe_open_stdio(self.stderr.as_str()).context("could not open stderr")?;
+
+        let stdin = maybe_open_stdio(self.stdin.as_str())
+            .context("could not open stdin")?
+            .map(|f| f.into_raw_fd());
+        let stdout = maybe_open_stdio(self.stdout.as_str())
+            .context("could not open stdout")?
+            .map(|f| f.into_raw_fd());
+        let stderr = maybe_open_stdio(self.stderr.as_str())
+            .context("could not open stderr")?
+            .map(|f| f.into_raw_fd());
 
         let syscall = create_syscall();
         let err_others = |err| Error::Others(format!("failed to create container: {}", err));
diff --git a/crates/containerd-shim-wasmtime/src/instance.rs b/crates/containerd-shim-wasmtime/src/instance.rs
index d5ca8dd04..b3e08f46e 100644
--- a/crates/containerd-shim-wasmtime/src/instance.rs
+++ b/crates/containerd-shim-wasmtime/src/instance.rs
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ use containerd_shim_wasm::sandbox::instance::ExitCode;
 use containerd_shim_wasm::sandbox::instance_utils::maybe_open_stdio;
 use containerd_shim_wasm::sandbox::{EngineGetter, InstanceConfig};
 use libcontainer::syscall::syscall::create_syscall;
+use std::os::fd::IntoRawFd;
 
 use wasmtime::Engine;
 
 use crate::executor::WasmtimeExecutor;
+
 static DEFAULT_CONTAINER_ROOT_DIR: &str = "/run/containerd/wasmtime";
 
 pub struct Wasi {
@@ -99,9 +101,15 @@ impl LibcontainerInstance for Wasi {
     fn build_container(&self) -> std::result::Result<Container, Error> {
         let engine = self.engine.clone();
         let syscall = create_syscall();
-        let stdin = maybe_open_stdio(&self.stdin).context("could not open stdin")?;
-        let stdout = maybe_open_stdio(&self.stdout).context("could not open stdout")?;
-        let stderr = maybe_open_stdio(&self.stderr).context("could not open stderr")?;
+        let stdin = maybe_open_stdio(&self.stdin)
+            .context("could not open stdin")?
+            .map(|f| f.into_raw_fd());
+        let stdout = maybe_open_stdio(&self.stdout)
+            .context("could not open stdout")?
+            .map(|f| f.into_raw_fd());
+        let stderr = maybe_open_stdio(&self.stderr)
+            .context("could not open stderr")?
+            .map(|f| f.into_raw_fd());
         let err_others = |err| Error::Others(format!("failed to create container: {}", err));
 
         let wasmtime_executor = Box::new(WasmtimeExecutor::new(stdin, stdout, stderr, engine));
diff --git a/crates/containerd-shim-wasmtime/src/oci_wasmtime.rs b/crates/containerd-shim-wasmtime/src/oci_wasmtime.rs
index b4a94dfc1..14dff9be4 100644
--- a/crates/containerd-shim-wasmtime/src/oci_wasmtime.rs
+++ b/crates/containerd-shim-wasmtime/src/oci_wasmtime.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ use std::fs::OpenOptions;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use anyhow::Context;
-use cap_std::fs::File as CapFile;
 use containerd_shim_wasm::sandbox::{error::Error, oci};
 use oci_spec::runtime::Spec;
-use wasmtime_wasi::sync::file::File as WasiFile;
+
 use wasmtime_wasi::{Dir as WasiDir, WasiCtxBuilder};
 
 pub fn get_rootfs(spec: &Spec) -> Result<WasiDir, Error> {
@@ -77,11 +76,3 @@ pub fn wasi_dir(path: &str, opts: &OpenOptions) -> Result<WasiDir, std::io::Erro
     let f = opts.open(path)?;
     Ok(WasiDir::from_std_file(f))
 }
-
-pub fn wasi_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(
-    path: P,
-    opts: &mut OpenOptions,
-) -> Result<WasiFile, std::io::Error> {
-    let f = opts.open(path)?;
-    Ok(WasiFile::from_cap_std(CapFile::from_std(f)))
-}