diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/render/renderer/kustomize/kustomize.go b/pkg/skaffold/render/renderer/kustomize/kustomize.go
index ca8ab8f72b9..05aff58ef03 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/render/renderer/kustomize/kustomize.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/render/renderer/kustomize/kustomize.go
@@ -298,6 +298,18 @@ func (k Kustomize) mirrorResources(kusDir string, fs TmpFS, resources []string)
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (k Kustomize) mirrorComponents(kusDir string, fs TmpFS, components []string) error {
+	for _, c := range components {
+		// note that c is relative to kustomization file not working dir here
+		cPath := filepath.Join(kusDir, c)
+
+		if err := k.mirror(cPath, fs); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (k Kustomize) mirrorFile(kusDir string, fs TmpFS, path string) error {
 	if sUtil.IsURL(path) {
 		return nil
@@ -408,27 +420,6 @@ func (k Kustomize) mirrorConfigMapGenerators(kusDir string, fs TmpFS, args []typ
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (k Kustomize) mirrorComponents(kusDir string, fs TmpFS, components []string) error {
-	for _, r := range components {
-		// note that r is relative to kustomization file not working dir here
-		rPath := filepath.Join(kusDir, r)
-		stat, err := os.Stat(rPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if stat.IsDir() {
-			if err := k.mirror(rPath, fs); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		} else {
-			if err := k.mirrorFile(kusDir, fs, r); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func kustomizeDependencies(workdir string, paths []string) ([]string, error) {
 	deps := stringset.New()
 	for _, kustomizePath := range paths {