diff --git a/specter/lib/FileBrowser.cpp b/specter/lib/FileBrowser.cpp
index f8500ad0b..1c368b060 100644
--- a/specter/lib/FileBrowser.cpp
+++ b/specter/lib/FileBrowser.cpp
@@ -112,13 +112,6 @@ void FileBrowser::SyncBookmarkSelections(Table& table, BookmarkDataBind& binding
 void FileBrowser::navigateToPath(const HECL::SystemString& path)
 {
     HECL::Sstat theStat;
-#if _WIN32
-    if (path.size() == 2 && path[1] == L':')
-    {
-        if (HECL::Stat((path + L'/').c_str(), &theStat))
-            return;
-    } else
-#endif
     if (HECL::Stat(path.c_str(), &theStat))
         return;
 
@@ -199,14 +192,7 @@ void FileBrowser::okActivated(bool viaButton)
     }
 
     HECL::Sstat theStat;
-#if _WIN32
-    HECL::SystemString fixPath = path;
-    if (path.size() == 2 && path[1] == L':')
-        fixPath += L'/';
-    if (HECL::Stat(fixPath.c_str(), &theStat) || !S_ISDIR(theStat.st_mode))
-#else
     if (HECL::Stat(path.c_str(), &theStat) || !S_ISDIR(theStat.st_mode))
-#endif
     {
         HECL::SystemUTF8View utf8(path);
         m_fileField.m_view->setErrorState(