diff --git a/common/port.h b/common/port.h
index d56dac85..05a732da 100644
--- a/common/port.h
+++ b/common/port.h
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 #include "build.h"
 
-#define PATH_SEPARATOR_NIX '/'
-#define PATH_SEPARATOR_WIN '\\'
-
 #if !XASH_WIN32
 	#if XASH_APPLE
 		#include <sys/syslimits.h>
@@ -43,15 +40,10 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 	#if XASH_POSIX
 		#include <unistd.h>
 		#include <dlfcn.h>
-
-		#define PATH_SEPARATOR PATH_SEPARATOR_NIX
 		#define HAVE_DUP
-
 		#define O_BINARY    0
 		#define O_TEXT      0
 		#define _mkdir( x ) mkdir( x, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH )
-	#elif XASH_DOS4GW
-		#define PATH_SEPARATOR PATH_SEPARATOR_WIN
 	#endif
 
 	typedef void* HANDLE;
@@ -62,7 +54,6 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 		int x, y;
 	} POINT;
 #else // WIN32
-	#define PATH_SEPARATOR PATH_SEPARATOR_WIN
 	#ifdef __MINGW32__
 		#define _inline static inline
 		#define FORCEINLINE inline __attribute__((always_inline))
@@ -90,12 +81,6 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 #define XASH_LOW_MEMORY 0
 #endif
 
-#if PATH_SEPARATOR == PATH_SEPARATOR_WIN
-#define PATH_SEPARATOR_STR "\\"
-#else // PATH_SEPARATOR == PATH_SEPARATOR_NIX
-#define PATH_SEPARATOR_STR "/"
-#endif
-
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <limits.h>
diff --git a/public/crtlib.c b/public/crtlib.c
index 3561a1be..a0867558 100644
--- a/public/crtlib.c
+++ b/public/crtlib.c
@@ -837,16 +837,15 @@ void COM_RemoveLineFeed( char *str )
 ============
 COM_FixSlashes
 
-Changes all '/' characters into '\' characters, in place.
+Changes all '\' characters into '/' characters, in place.
 ============
 */
 void COM_FixSlashes( char *pname )
 {
-	while( *pname )
+	for( ; *pname; pname++ )
 	{
-		if( *pname == PATH_SEPARATOR_WIN )
-			*pname = PATH_SEPARATOR_NIX;
-		pname++;
+		if( *pname == '\\' )
+			*pname = '/';
 	}
 }