diff --git a/src/types/osstr.rs b/src/types/osstr.rs
index be4fdc10e4c..0bebb0a06c3 100644
--- a/src/types/osstr.rs
+++ b/src/types/osstr.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 use crate::types::PyString;
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+use crate::PyNativeType;
 use crate::{
-    ffi, AsPyPointer, FromPyObject, IntoPy, PyAny, PyNativeType, PyObject, PyResult, PyTryFrom,
-    Python, ToPyObject,
+    ffi, AsPyPointer, FromPyObject, IntoPy, PyAny, PyObject, PyResult, PyTryFrom, Python,
+    ToPyObject,
 };
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
 use std::os::raw::c_char;
 
 impl ToPyObject for OsStr {
@@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ mod test {
 
             // do a roundtrip into Pythonland and back and compare
             let py_str = os_str.into_py(py);
-            let os_str_2: &OsStr = py_str.extract(py).unwrap();
+            let os_str_2: OsString = py_str.extract(py).unwrap();
             assert_eq!(os_str, os_str_2);
         })
     }
diff --git a/src/types/path.rs b/src/types/path.rs
index 199af8efb04..c8b5478c773 100644
--- a/src/types/path.rs
+++ b/src/types/path.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use crate::{FromPyObject, IntoPy, PyAny, PyObject, PyResult, Python, ToPyObject};
 use std::borrow::Cow;
-use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
+use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 impl ToPyObject for Path {