diff --git a/src/tests/api/internals/game/game_test.h b/src/tests/api/internals/game/game_test.h
index 7266c8cf..a02ac8dd 100644
--- a/src/tests/api/internals/game/game_test.h
+++ b/src/tests/api/internals/game/game_test.h
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ TEST_P(
 TEST_P(GameTest, isValidPluginShouldResolveRelativePathsRelativeToDataPath) {
   const Game game(GetParam(), dataPath.parent_path(), localPath);
 
-  game.IsValidPlugin("../" + dataPath.filename().u8string() + "/" + blankEsm);
+  const auto path = ".." / dataPath.filename() / blankEsm;
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(game.IsValidPlugin(path));
 }
 
 TEST_P(GameTest, isValidPluginShouldUseAbsolutePathsAsGiven) {
@@ -159,7 +161,8 @@ TEST_P(GameTest, isValidPluginShouldUseAbsolutePathsAsGiven) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(dataPath.is_absolute());
 
   const auto path = dataPath / std::filesystem::u8path(blankEsm);
-  game.IsValidPlugin(path.u8string());
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(game.IsValidPlugin(path));
 }
 
 TEST_P(