diff --git a/Source/dvlnet/zerotier_native.cpp b/Source/dvlnet/zerotier_native.cpp
index 921b13a78..479d8f2d0 100644
--- a/Source/dvlnet/zerotier_native.cpp
+++ b/Source/dvlnet/zerotier_native.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ std::string ToZTCompliantPath(std::string_view configPath)
 	}
 
 	std::string symlinkPath = StrCat(alternateConfigPath, "\\", alternateFolderName);
-	bool symlinkExists = std::filesystem::exists(std::filesystem::u8path(symlinkPath), err);
+	bool symlinkExists = std::filesystem::exists(
+	    std::u8string_view(reinterpret_cast<const char8_t *>(symlinkPath.data()), symlinkPath.size()), err);
 	if (err) {
 		LogVerbose("Failed to determine if symlink for ZT-compliant config path exists");
 		return std::string(configPath);
@@ -103,8 +104,8 @@ std::string ToZTCompliantPath(std::string_view configPath)
 
 	if (!symlinkExists) {
 		std::filesystem::create_directory_symlink(
-		    std::filesystem::u8path(configPath),
-		    std::filesystem::u8path(symlinkPath),
+		    std::u8string_view(reinterpret_cast<const char8_t *>(configPath.data()), configPath.size()),
+		    std::u8string_view(reinterpret_cast<const char8_t *>(symlinkPath.data()), symlinkPath.size()),
 		    err);
 
 		if (err) {
diff --git a/Source/utils/file_util.cpp b/Source/utils/file_util.cpp
index 5796fd25b..7dd7de82c 100644
--- a/Source/utils/file_util.cpp
+++ b/Source/utils/file_util.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ bool FileExists(const char *path)
 	return ::access(path, F_OK) == 0;
 #elif defined(DVL_HAS_FILESYSTEM)
 	std::error_code ec;
-	return std::filesystem::exists(std::filesystem::u8path(path), ec);
+	return std::filesystem::exists(reinterpret_cast<const char8_t *>(path), ec);
 #else
 	SDL_RWops *file = SDL_RWFromFile(path, "r+b");
 	if (file == nullptr)
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ bool DirectoryExists(const char *path)
 	return attr != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && (attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) != 0;
 #elif defined(DVL_HAS_FILESYSTEM)
 	std::error_code error;
-	return std::filesystem::is_directory(std::filesystem::u8path(path), error);
+	return std::filesystem::is_directory(reinterpret_cast<const char8_t *>(path), error);
 #elif (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || defined(_BSD_SOURCE) || defined(__APPLE__)) && !defined(__ANDROID__)
 	struct ::stat statResult;
 	return ::stat(path, &statResult) == 0 && S_ISDIR(statResult.st_mode);
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ bool CreateDir(const char *path)
 {
 #ifdef DVL_HAS_FILESYSTEM
 	std::error_code error;
-	std::filesystem::create_directory(std::filesystem::u8path(path), error);
+	std::filesystem::create_directory(reinterpret_cast<const char8_t *>(path), error);
 	if (error) {
 		LogError("failed to create directory {}: {}", path, error.message());
 		return false;
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void RecursivelyCreateDir(const char *path)
 {
 #ifdef DVL_HAS_FILESYSTEM
 	std::error_code error;
-	std::filesystem::create_directories(std::filesystem::u8path(path), error);
+	std::filesystem::create_directories(reinterpret_cast<const char8_t *>(path), error);
 	if (error) {
 		LogError("failed to create directory {}: {}", path, error.message());
 	}
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ void RenameFile(const char *from, const char *to)
 #endif // _WIN32
 #elif defined(DVL_HAS_FILESYSTEM)
 	std::error_code ec;
-	std::filesystem::rename(std::filesystem::u8path(from), std::filesystem::u8path(to), ec);
+	std::filesystem::rename(reinterpret_cast<const char8_t *>(from), reinterpret_cast<const char8_t *>(to), ec);
 #else
 	::rename(from, to);
 #endif
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ void CopyFileOverwrite(const char *from, const char *to)
 	::copyfile(from, to, nullptr, COPYFILE_ALL);
 #elif defined(DVL_HAS_FILESYSTEM)
 	std::error_code error;
-	std::filesystem::copy_file(std::filesystem::u8path(from), std::filesystem::u8path(to), std::filesystem::copy_options::overwrite_existing, error);
+	std::filesystem::copy_file(reinterpret_cast<const char8_t *>(from), reinterpret_cast<const char8_t *>(to), std::filesystem::copy_options::overwrite_existing, error);
 	if (error) {
 		LogError("Failed to copy {} to {}: {}", from, to, error.message());
 	}