diff --git a/src/openrct2/core/Path.cpp b/src/openrct2/core/Path.cpp
index 02d68727de..05532aa139 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/core/Path.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/core/Path.cpp
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ namespace Path
 
     std::string GetAbsolute(std::string_view relative)
     {
-        utf8 absolute[MAX_PATH];
-        return Platform::GetAbsolutePath(absolute, sizeof(absolute), std::string(relative).c_str());
+        std::error_code ec;
+        return fs::absolute(u8path(relative), ec).u8string();
     }
 
     bool Equals(std::string_view a, std::string_view b)
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Posix.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Posix.cpp
index 0fc76a2ab6..7108b2a2c4 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Posix.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Posix.cpp
@@ -203,19 +203,6 @@ namespace Platform
         return c == '/';
     }
 
-    utf8* GetAbsolutePath(utf8* buffer, size_t bufferSize, const utf8* relativePath)
-    {
-        utf8* absolutePath = realpath(relativePath, nullptr);
-        if (absolutePath == nullptr)
-        {
-            return String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, relativePath);
-        }
-
-        String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, absolutePath);
-        Memory::Free(absolutePath);
-        return buffer;
-    }
-
     std::string ResolveCasing(std::string_view path, bool fileExists)
     {
         std::string result;
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp
index 96e12986c2..07491ac668 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp
@@ -585,22 +585,6 @@ namespace Platform
         return c == '\\' || c == '/';
     }
 
-    utf8* GetAbsolutePath(utf8* buffer, size_t bufferSize, const utf8* relativePath)
-    {
-        auto relativePathW = String::ToWideChar(relativePath);
-        wchar_t absolutePathW[MAX_PATH];
-        DWORD length = GetFullPathNameW(
-            relativePathW.c_str(), static_cast<DWORD>(std::size(absolutePathW)), absolutePathW, nullptr);
-        if (length == 0)
-        {
-            return String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, relativePath);
-        }
-
-        auto absolutePath = String::ToUtf8(absolutePathW);
-        String::Set(buffer, bufferSize, absolutePath.c_str());
-        return buffer;
-    }
-
     std::string ResolveCasing(std::string_view path, bool fileExists)
     {
         std::string result;
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h
index 7225215d36..fbcf0e2469 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ namespace Platform
     std::string GetCurrentExecutableDirectory();
     bool ShouldIgnoreCase();
     bool IsPathSeparator(char c);
-    utf8* GetAbsolutePath(utf8* buffer, size_t bufferSize, const utf8* relativePath);
     uint64_t GetLastModified(std::string_view path);
     uint64_t GetFileSize(std::string_view path);
     std::string ResolveCasing(std::string_view path, bool fileExists);