diff --git a/src/smbclient/_os.py b/src/smbclient/_os.py
index 998d4d3f..63d17741 100644
--- a/src/smbclient/_os.py
+++ b/src/smbclient/_os.py
@@ -1172,24 +1172,6 @@ def _set_basic_information(
         set_info(transaction, basic_info)
 
 
-class LocalDirEntry:
-    """Mimics the structure of SMBDirEntry, but instead encapsulates a directory/file on a local filesystem"""
-
-    def __init__(self, path) -> None:
-        self.path = path
-
-    @property
-    def name(self):
-        """The entry's base filename, relative to the os.listdir() path argument."""
-        return os.path.basename(self.path)
-
-    def is_symlink(self):
-        return os.path.islink(self.path)
-
-    def is_dir(self):
-        return os.path.isdir(self.path)
-
-
 class SMBDirEntry:
     def __init__(self, raw, dir_info, connection_cache=None):
         self._smb_raw = raw
diff --git a/src/smbclient/shutil.py b/src/smbclient/shutil.py
index e3363909..c9d7aefe 100644
--- a/src/smbclient/shutil.py
+++ b/src/smbclient/shutil.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import sys
 
 from smbclient._io import SMBFileTransaction, SMBRawIO, query_info, set_info
-from smbclient._os import LocalDirEntry, SMBDirEntry
+from smbclient._os import SMBDirEntry
 from smbclient._os import copyfile as smbclient_copyfile
 from smbclient._os import (
     is_remote_path,
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ def copytree(
     if is_remote_path(src):
         dir_entries = list(scandir(src, **kwargs))
     else:
-        dir_entries = [LocalDirEntry(os.path.join(src, result)) for result in os.listdir(src)]
+        dir_entries = list(os.scandir(src))
 
     if is_remote_path(dst):
         makedirs(dst, exist_ok=dirs_exist_ok, **kwargs)