diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c
index b78c9bf5d04..b22fa5817e7 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static bool get_path_local_ex(char *targetpath,
   char osx_resourses[FILE_MAX + 4 + 9];
   BLI_path_join(osx_resourses, sizeof(osx_resourses), g_app.program_dirname, "..", "Resources");
   /* Remove the '/../' added above. */
-  BLI_path_normalize(osx_resourses);
+  BLI_path_normalize_native(osx_resourses);
   path_base = osx_resourses;
 #endif
   return test_path(targetpath,
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ static void where_am_i(char *program_filepath,
       BLI_path_program_search(program_filepath, program_filepath_maxncpy, program_name);
     }
     /* Remove "/./" and "/../" so string comparisons can be used on the path. */
-    BLI_path_normalize(program_filepath);
+    BLI_path_normalize_native(program_filepath);
 
 #  if defined(DEBUG)
     if (!STREQ(program_name, program_filepath)) {
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ void BKE_appdir_program_path_init(const char *argv0)
    * which must point to the Python module for data-files to be detected. */
   STRNCPY(g_app.program_filepath, argv0);
   BLI_path_abs_from_cwd(g_app.program_filepath, sizeof(g_app.program_filepath));
-  BLI_path_normalize(g_app.program_filepath);
+  BLI_path_normalize_native(g_app.program_filepath);
 
   if (g_app.program_dirname[0] == '\0') {
     /* First time initializing, the file binary path isn't valid from a Python module.
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_ops.c b/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_ops.c
index 14199e9300c..cc41d280899 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_ops.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_ops.c
@@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@ static bool file_execute(bContext *C, SpaceFile *sfile)
     }
     else {
       BLI_path_abs(params->dir, BKE_main_blendfile_path(bmain));
-      BLI_path_normalize(params->dir);
+      BLI_path_normalize_native(params->dir);
       BLI_path_append_dir(params->dir, sizeof(params->dir), file->relpath);
     }
     ED_file_change_dir(C);
diff --git a/source/creator/creator_args.c b/source/creator/creator_args.c
index 820dc28533a..3940d3509cc 100644
--- a/source/creator/creator_args.c
+++ b/source/creator/creator_args.c
@@ -2065,7 +2065,7 @@ static int arg_handle_load_file(int UNUSED(argc), const char **argv, void *data)
   STRNCPY(filepath, argv[0]);
   BLI_path_slash_native(filepath);
   BLI_path_abs_from_cwd(filepath, sizeof(filepath));
-  BLI_path_normalize(filepath);
+  BLI_path_normalize_native(filepath);
 
   /* load the file */
   BKE_reports_init(&reports, RPT_PRINT);