diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6f4704f670..5cca965b46 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2013,7 +2013,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "gix-hash",
  "gix-hashtable",
  "gix-odb",
- "gix-path",
  "gix-testtools",
  "gix-utils",
  "gix-validate",
diff --git a/gix-object/Cargo.toml b/gix-object/Cargo.toml
index d22bfaa985..d17574ab71 100644
--- a/gix-object/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gix-object/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ gix-hashtable = { version = "^0.12.0", path = "../gix-hashtable" }
 gix-validate = { version = "^0.11.0", path = "../gix-validate" }
 gix-actor = { version = "^0.40.0", path = "../gix-actor" }
 gix-date = { version = "^0.15.0", path = "../gix-date" }
-gix-path = { version = "^0.11.1", path = "../gix-path" }
 gix-utils = { version = "^0.3.1", path = "../gix-utils" }
 
 itoa = "1.0.17"
diff --git a/gix-object/src/tree/ref_iter.rs b/gix-object/src/tree/ref_iter.rs
index 7e60d6ac83..8e5fc3c168 100644
--- a/gix-object/src/tree/ref_iter.rs
+++ b/gix-object/src/tree/ref_iter.rs
@@ -68,15 +68,13 @@ impl<'a> TreeRefIter<'a> {
         buffer: &'a mut Vec<u8>,
         relative_path: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>,
     ) -> Result<Option<tree::Entry>, crate::find::Error> {
-        use crate::bstr::ByteSlice;
         self.lookup_entry(
             odb,
             buffer,
-            relative_path.as_ref().components().map(|c: std::path::Component<'_>| {
-                gix_path::os_str_into_bstr(c.as_os_str())
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| "".into())
-                    .as_bytes()
-            }),
+            relative_path
+                .as_ref()
+                .components()
+                .map(|c| c.as_os_str().as_encoded_bytes()),
         )
     }
 }
diff --git a/gix/src/object/tree/mod.rs b/gix/src/object/tree/mod.rs
index aa8a0aa253..63e5ffb26d 100644
--- a/gix/src/object/tree/mod.rs
+++ b/gix/src/object/tree/mod.rs
@@ -146,12 +146,12 @@ impl<'repo> Tree<'repo> {
         &self,
         relative_path: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>,
     ) -> Result<Option<Entry<'repo>>, find::existing::Error> {
-        use crate::bstr::ByteSlice;
-        self.lookup_entry(relative_path.as_ref().components().map(|c: std::path::Component<'_>| {
-            gix_path::os_str_into_bstr(c.as_os_str())
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "".into())
-                .as_bytes()
-        }))
+        self.lookup_entry(
+            relative_path
+                .as_ref()
+                .components()
+                .map(|c| c.as_os_str().as_encoded_bytes()),
+        )
     }
 
     /// Like [`Self::peel_to_entry()`], but takes a `Path` directly via `relative_path`, a path relative to this tree.
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ impl<'repo> Tree<'repo> {
         &mut self,
         relative_path: impl AsRef<std::path::Path>,
     ) -> Result<Option<Entry<'repo>>, find::existing::Error> {
-        use crate::bstr::ByteSlice;
-        self.peel_to_entry(relative_path.as_ref().components().map(|c: std::path::Component<'_>| {
-            gix_path::os_str_into_bstr(c.as_os_str())
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "".into())
-                .as_bytes()
-        }))
+        self.peel_to_entry(
+            relative_path
+                .as_ref()
+                .components()
+                .map(|c| c.as_os_str().as_encoded_bytes()),
+        )
     }
 }