diff --git a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java
index 43cb4659a1634..67282afd1c3db 100644
--- a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-import java.nio.file.FileSystem;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -2170,7 +2169,7 @@ private void scanPathTree(PathTree pathTree, TemplateRootsBuildItem templateRoot
                     // if template root is found in this tree then walk over its subtree
                     scanTemplateRootSubtree(
                             new FilteredPathTree(pathTree, PathFilter.forIncludes(List.of(templateRoot + "/**"))),
-                            visit.getPath(), watchedPaths, templatePaths, nativeImageResources, config);
+                            visit.getRelativePath(), watchedPaths, templatePaths, nativeImageResources, config);
                 }
             });
         }
@@ -3383,7 +3382,7 @@ private static void produceTemplateBuildItems(BuildProducer<TemplatePathBuildIte
                         readTemplateContent(originalPath, config.defaultCharset)));
     }
 
-    private void scanTemplateRootSubtree(PathTree pathTree, Path templateRoot,
+    private void scanTemplateRootSubtree(PathTree pathTree, String templateRoot,
             BuildProducer<HotDeploymentWatchedFileBuildItem> watchedPaths,
             BuildProducer<TemplatePathBuildItem> templatePaths,
             BuildProducer<NativeImageResourceBuildItem> nativeImageResources,
@@ -3391,30 +3390,19 @@ private void scanTemplateRootSubtree(PathTree pathTree, Path templateRoot,
         pathTree.walk(visit -> {
             if (Files.isRegularFile(visit.getPath())) {
                 LOGGER.debugf("Found template: %s", visit.getPath());
-                String templatePath = toOsAgnosticPath(templateRoot.relativize(visit.getPath()));
+                // remove templateRoot + /
+                final String relativePath = visit.getRelativePath();
+                String templatePath = relativePath.substring(templateRoot.length() + 1);
                 if (config.templatePathExclude.matcher(templatePath).matches()) {
                     LOGGER.debugf("Template file excluded: %s", visit.getPath());
                     return;
                 }
                 produceTemplateBuildItems(templatePaths, watchedPaths, nativeImageResources,
-                        visit.getRelativePath("/"),
-                        templatePath, visit.getPath(), config);
+                        relativePath, templatePath, visit.getPath(), config);
             }
         });
     }
 
-    private static String toOsAgnosticPath(String path, FileSystem fs) {
-        String separator = fs.getSeparator();
-        if (!separator.equals("/")) {
-            path = path.replace(separator, "/");
-        }
-        return path;
-    }
-
-    private static String toOsAgnosticPath(Path path) {
-        return toOsAgnosticPath(path.toString(), path.getFileSystem());
-    }
-
     private static boolean isExcluded(TypeCheck check, Iterable<Predicate<TypeCheck>> excludes) {
         for (Predicate<TypeCheck> exclude : excludes) {
             if (exclude.test(check)) {
diff --git a/independent-projects/bootstrap/app-model/src/main/java/io/quarkus/paths/PathVisit.java b/independent-projects/bootstrap/app-model/src/main/java/io/quarkus/paths/PathVisit.java
index 139560a3d40f1..5084405c4bdcf 100644
--- a/independent-projects/bootstrap/app-model/src/main/java/io/quarkus/paths/PathVisit.java
+++ b/independent-projects/bootstrap/app-model/src/main/java/io/quarkus/paths/PathVisit.java
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ default URL getUrl() {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Path relative to the root of the tree as a string with {@code /} as a path element separator.
+     * This method calls {@link #getRelativePath(String)} passing {@code /} as an argument.
+     *
+     * @return path relative to the root of the tree as a string with {@code /} as a path element separator
+     */
+    default String getRelativePath() {
+        return getRelativePath("/");
+    }
+
     /**
      * Path relative to the root of the tree as a string with a provided path element separator.
      * For a {@link PathTree} created for an archive, the returned path will be relative to the root