diff --git a/stages/org.osbuild.bootc.install.config b/stages/org.osbuild.bootc.install.config
index 10a2664c..3390b43e 100755
--- a/stages/org.osbuild.bootc.install.config
+++ b/stages/org.osbuild.bootc.install.config
@@ -2,12 +2,8 @@
 import pathlib
 import sys
 
-try:
-    import toml
-except ModuleNotFoundError:
-    import pytoml as toml
-
 import osbuild.api
+from osbuild.util import toml
 
 
 def main(tree, options):
@@ -17,8 +13,7 @@ def main(tree, options):
     path = pathlib.Path(tree) / "usr/lib/bootc/install" / filename
     path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf8") as config_file:
-        toml.dump(config, config_file)
+    toml.dump_to_file(config, path)
 
     return 0
 
diff --git a/stages/org.osbuild.containers.storage.conf b/stages/org.osbuild.containers.storage.conf
index f1c7ae7c..5827f06d 100755
--- a/stages/org.osbuild.containers.storage.conf
+++ b/stages/org.osbuild.containers.storage.conf
@@ -4,12 +4,8 @@ import os
 import sys
 from typing import Dict
 
-try:
-    import toml
-except ModuleNotFoundError:
-    import pytoml as toml
-
 import osbuild.api
+from osbuild.util import toml
 
 DEFAULT_LOCATION = "/etc/containers/storage.conf"
 
@@ -50,14 +46,6 @@ def merge_config(section: str, data: Dict, config: Dict):
     have.update(want)
 
 
-def write_comment(f, comment: list):
-    if not comment:
-        return
-
-    data = "\n".join(map(lambda c: f"# {c}", comment))
-    f.write(data + "\n\n")
-
-
 def main(tree, options):
     location = options.get("filename", DEFAULT_LOCATION)
     config = options["config"]
@@ -69,24 +57,17 @@ def main(tree, options):
 
     # if a filebase was specified, we use it as base
     if filebase:
-        with open(filebase, "r", encoding="utf8") as f:
-            data = toml.load(f)
+        data = toml.load_from_file(filebase)
 
     # if the target exists, we merge it
     with contextlib.suppress(FileNotFoundError):
-        with open(path, "r", encoding="utf8") as f:
-            have = toml.load(f)
-
-            merge_config("storage", data, have)
+        have = toml.load_from_file(path)
+        merge_config("storage", data, have)
 
     # now merge our configuration into data
     merge_config("storage", data, config)
 
-    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
-        write_comment(f, HEADER)
-        write_comment(f, comment)
-
-        toml.dump(data, f)
+    toml.dump_to_file(data, path, header=HEADER + ["\n"] + comment)
 
     return 0
 
diff --git a/stages/test/test_containers_storage_conf.py b/stages/test/test_containers_storage_conf.py
index 2aed0a5e..d98409e6 100644
--- a/stages/test/test_containers_storage_conf.py
+++ b/stages/test/test_containers_storage_conf.py
@@ -5,12 +5,8 @@ import re
 
 import pytest
 
-try:
-    import toml
-except ModuleNotFoundError:
-    import pytoml as toml
-
 from osbuild import testutil
+from osbuild.util import toml
 
 TEST_INPUT = [
     ({}, {"additionalimagestores": ["/path/to/store"]}, [("storage.options.additionalimagestores", ["/path/to/store"])]),
@@ -49,8 +45,7 @@ def test_containers_storage_conf_integration(tmp_path, stage_module, test_filena
     assert os.path.exists(confpath)
 
     conf = None
-    with open(confpath, 'r', encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        conf = toml.load(f)
+    conf = toml.load_from_file(confpath)
 
     assert conf is not None