diff --git a/lib/tree_entry.js b/lib/tree_entry.js
index a65d85172..b9bc0fd72 100644
--- a/lib/tree_entry.js
+++ b/lib/tree_entry.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var path = require("path");
+var path = require("path").posix;
 var NodeGit = require("../");
 var TreeEntry = NodeGit.TreeEntry;
 
diff --git a/test/tests/tree.js b/test/tests/tree.js
index aa98d4f3d..0790759f5 100644
--- a/test/tests/tree.js
+++ b/test/tests/tree.js
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ describe("Tree", function() {
     var repo = this.repository;
     var file1 = "test.txt";
     var file2 = "foo/bar.txt";
-    // index.addByPath doesn't like \s so normalize only for the expected paths
-    var expectedPaths = [file1, path.normalize(file2)];
+    var expectedPaths = [file1, file2];
     var progressEntries = [];
     var endEntries;
 
diff --git a/test/tests/tree_entry.js b/test/tests/tree_entry.js
index 13093fdaa..086a4f8d2 100644
--- a/test/tests/tree_entry.js
+++ b/test/tests/tree_entry.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe("TreeEntry", function() {
   it("provides the full path", function() {
     return this.commit.getEntry("test/raw-commit.js")
       .then(function(entry) {
-        assert.equal(entry.path(), path.normalize("test/raw-commit.js"));
+        assert.equal(entry.path(), "test/raw-commit.js");
       });
   });
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe("TreeEntry", function() {
       var dir = _dir || "",
         testPromises = [];
       tree.entries().forEach(function(entry) {
-        var currentPath = path.join(dir, entry.name());
+        var currentPath = path.posix.join(dir, entry.name());
         if (entry.isTree()) {
           testPromises.push(
             entry.getTree().then(function (subtree) {