diff --git a/pkg/envoy/resource/compose_module.go b/pkg/envoy/resource/compose_module.go
index 6b12e1179..8277e25bf 100644
--- a/pkg/envoy/resource/compose_module.go
+++ b/pkg/envoy/resource/compose_module.go
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/compose/types"
-	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/minions"
 	systemTypes "github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/system/types"
+	"github.com/modern-go/reflect2"
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 )
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func (r *ComposeModuleField) Resource() interface{} {
 // ComposeModuleFieldExtractUserFieldRoles is a helper to extract roles
 // from the given filer options.
 func ComposeModuleFieldExtractUserFieldRoles(i interface{}) []string {
-	if minions.IsNil(i) {
+	if reflect2.IsNil(i) {
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/minions/interface.go b/pkg/minions/interface.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3945cde90..000000000
--- a/pkg/minions/interface.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package minions
-
-import "reflect"
-
-// IsNil checks if the given interface is truly nil
-//
-// Due to how interfaces are handled under-the-hood, a simple i == nil may
-// not always be ok.
-func IsNil(i interface{}) bool {
-	if i == nil {
-		return true
-	}
-	switch reflect.TypeOf(i).Kind() {
-	case reflect.Ptr, reflect.Map, reflect.Array, reflect.Chan, reflect.Slice:
-		return reflect.ValueOf(i).IsNil()
-	}
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/system/service/report.go b/system/service/report.go
index 991f84a4f..7d74665c7 100644
--- a/system/service/report.go
+++ b/system/service/report.go
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/expr"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/filter"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/label"
-	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/minions"
 	rep "github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/report"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/store"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/system/types"
+	"github.com/modern-go/reflect2"
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 )
 
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ func (svc *report) enhance(ctx context.Context, ff []*rep.Frame) (_ []*rep.Frame
 		for _, r := range f.Rows {
 			for _, ci := range userCols {
 				col := r[ci]
-				if minions.IsNil(col) {
+				if reflect2.IsNil(col) {
 					continue
 				}
 				switch col.Type() {