diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions.vim
index 702bf755..2ff03f49 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions.vim
@@ -221,9 +221,11 @@ function! airline#extensions#load()
     let s:filetype_regex_overrides['^int-'] = ['vimshell','%{substitute(&ft, "int-", "", "")}']
   endif
 
-  if get(g:, 'airline#extensions#branch#enabled', 1)
-        \ && (exists('*fugitive#head') || exists('*lawrencium#statusline') ||
-        \     (get(g:, 'airline#extensions#branch#use_vcscommand', 0) && exists('*VCSCommandGetStatusLine')))
+  if get(g:, 'airline#extensions#branch#enabled', 1) && (
+          \ airline#util#has_fugitive() ||
+          \ airline#util#has_lawrencium() ||
+          \ airline#util#has_vcscommand() ||
+          \ airline#util#has_custom_scm())
     call airline#extensions#branch#init(s:ext)
     call add(loaded_ext, 'branch')
   endif
@@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ function! airline#extensions#load()
   endif
 
   if get(g:, 'airline#extensions#fugitiveline#enabled', 1)
-        \ && exists('*fugitive#head')
+        \ && airline#util#has_fugitive()
         \ && index(loaded_ext, 'bufferline') == -1
     call airline#extensions#fugitiveline#init(s:ext)
     call add(loaded_ext, 'fugitiveline')
diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim
index e589d236..1bb07730 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions/branch.vim
@@ -3,19 +3,6 @@
 
 scriptencoding utf-8
 
-function! s:has_fugitive()
-  return exists('*fugitive#head')
-endfunction
-function! s:has_lawrencium()
-  return exists('*lawrencium#statusline')
-endfunction
-function! s:has_vcscommand()
-  return get(g:, 'airline#extensions#branch#use_vcscommand', 0) && exists('*VCSCommandGetStatusLine')
-endfunction
-function! s:has_custom_scm()
-  return !empty(get(g:, 'airline#extensions#branch#custom_head', ''))
-endfunction
-
 " s:vcs_config contains static configuration of VCSes and their status relative
 " to the active file.
 " 'branch'    - The name of currently active branch. This field is empty iff it
@@ -94,7 +81,7 @@ let s:names = {'0': 'index', '1': 'orig', '2':'fetch', '3':'merge'}
 let s:sha1size = get(g:, 'airline#extensions#branch#sha1_len', 7)
 
 function! s:update_git_branch()
-  if !s:has_fugitive()
+  if !airline#util#has_fugitive()
     let s:vcs_config['git'].branch = ''
     return
   endif
@@ -128,7 +115,7 @@ function! s:display_git_branch()
 endfunction
 
 function! s:update_hg_branch()
-  if s:has_lawrencium()
+  if airline#util#has_lawrencium()
     let cmd='LC_ALL=C hg qtop'
     let stl=lawrencium#statusline()
     let file=expand('%:p')
@@ -253,7 +240,7 @@ function! airline#extensions#branch#head()
   endfor
 
   if empty(heads)
-    if s:has_vcscommand()
+    if airline#util#has_vcscommand()
       call VCSCommandEnableBufferSetup()
       if exists('b:VCSCommandBufferInfo')
         let b:airline_head = s:format_name(get(b:VCSCommandBufferInfo, 0, ''))
@@ -262,7 +249,7 @@ function! airline#extensions#branch#head()
   endif
 
   if empty(heads)
-    if s:has_custom_scm()
+    if airline#util#has_custom_scm()
       try
         let Fn = function(g:airline#extensions#branch#custom_head)
         let b:airline_head = Fn()
diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions/fugitiveline.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions/fugitiveline.vim
index 289121d4..744b903f 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions/fugitiveline.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions/fugitiveline.vim
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 scriptencoding utf-8
 
-if !exists('*fugitive#head')
+if !airline#util#has_fugitive()
   finish
 endif
 
diff --git a/autoload/airline/util.vim b/autoload/airline/util.vim
index b8f39b0f..22615108 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/util.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/util.vim
@@ -103,3 +103,19 @@ function! airline#util#ignore_buf(name)
         \ 'gundo|undotree|vimfiler|tagbar|nerd_tree|startify')
   return match(a:name, pat) > -1
 endfunction
+
+function! airline#util#has_fugitive()
+  return exists('*fugitive#head') || exists('*FugitiveHead')
+endfunction
+
+function! airline#util#has_lawrencium()
+  return exists('*lawrencium#statusline')
+endfunction
+
+function! airline#util#has_vcscommand()
+  return get(g:, 'airline#extensions#branch#use_vcscommand', 0) && exists('*VCSCommandGetStatusLine')
+endfunction
+
+function! airline#util#has_custom_scm()
+  return !empty(get(g:, 'airline#extensions#branch#custom_head', ''))
+endfunction