diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/enforce-module-boundaries.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/enforce-module-boundaries.ts
index b87b43626144a..846aa4d4cebab 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/enforce-module-boundaries.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/enforce-module-boundaries.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from '@typescript-eslint/utils';
 import { isBuiltinModuleImport } from '@nx/js/src/internal';
 import { isRelativePath } from 'nx/src/utils/fileutils';
-import { basename, dirname, relative } from 'path';
+import { basename, dirname, join, relative } from 'path';
 import {
   getBarrelEntryPointByImportScope,
   getBarrelEntryPointProjectNode,
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ export default ESLintUtils.RuleCreator(
                   for (const importMember of imports) {
                     const importPath = getRelativeImportPath(
                       importMember,
-                      joinPathFragments(workspaceRoot, entryPointPath.path),
+                      join(workspaceRoot, entryPointPath.path),
                       sourceProject.data.sourceRoot
                     );
                     // we cannot remap, so leave it as is
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ export default ESLintUtils.RuleCreator(
                   for (const importMember of imports) {
                     const importPath = getRelativeImportPath(
                       importMember,
-                      joinPathFragments(workspaceRoot, entryPointPath),
+                      join(workspaceRoot, entryPointPath),
                       sourceProject.data.sourceRoot
                     );
                     if (importPath) {
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/utils/ast-utils.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/utils/ast-utils.ts
index f212efcc26365..23ca93dea7ec3 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/utils/ast-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/utils/ast-utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import {
-  joinPathFragments,
   logger,
   ProjectGraphProjectNode,
   readJsonFile,
@@ -8,12 +7,12 @@ import {
 import { findNodes } from '@nx/js';
 import { getModifiers } from '@typescript-eslint/type-utils';
 import { existsSync, lstatSync, readdirSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
-import { dirname } from 'path';
+import { dirname, join } from 'path';
 import ts = require('typescript');
 
 function tryReadBaseJson() {
   try {
-    return readJsonFile(joinPathFragments(workspaceRoot, 'tsconfig.base.json'));
+    return readJsonFile(join(workspaceRoot, 'tsconfig.base.json'));
   } catch (e) {
     logger.warn(`Error reading "tsconfig.base.json": \n${JSON.stringify(e)}`);
     return null;
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ export function getRelativeImportPath(exportedMember, filePath, basePath) {
       /^index\.[jt]sx?$/.exec(file)
     );
     if (file) {
-      filePath = joinPathFragments(filePath, file);
+      filePath = join(filePath, file);
     } else {
       return;
     }
@@ -252,35 +251,23 @@ export function getRelativeImportPath(exportedMember, filePath, basePath) {
 
       let moduleFilePath;
       if (modulePath.endsWith('.js') || modulePath.endsWith('.jsx')) {
-        moduleFilePath = joinPathFragments(dirname(filePath), modulePath);
+        moduleFilePath = join(dirname(filePath), modulePath);
         if (!existsSync(moduleFilePath)) {
           const tsifiedModulePath = modulePath.replace(/\.js(x?)$/, '.ts$1');
-          moduleFilePath = joinPathFragments(
-            dirname(filePath),
-            `${tsifiedModulePath}`
-          );
+          moduleFilePath = join(dirname(filePath), `${tsifiedModulePath}`);
         }
       } else if (modulePath.endsWith('.ts') || modulePath.endsWith('.tsx')) {
-        moduleFilePath = joinPathFragments(dirname(filePath), modulePath);
+        moduleFilePath = join(dirname(filePath), modulePath);
       } else {
-        moduleFilePath = joinPathFragments(
-          dirname(filePath),
-          `${modulePath}.ts`
-        );
+        moduleFilePath = join(dirname(filePath), `${modulePath}.ts`);
         if (!existsSync(moduleFilePath)) {
           // might be a tsx file
-          moduleFilePath = joinPathFragments(
-            dirname(filePath),
-            `${modulePath}.tsx`
-          );
+          moduleFilePath = join(dirname(filePath), `${modulePath}.tsx`);
         }
       }
       if (!existsSync(moduleFilePath)) {
         // might be an index.ts
-        moduleFilePath = joinPathFragments(
-          dirname(filePath),
-          `${modulePath}/index.ts`
-        );
+        moduleFilePath = join(dirname(filePath), `${modulePath}/index.ts`);
       }
 
       if (hasMemberExport(exportedMember, moduleFilePath)) {
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/utils/runtime-lint-utils.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/utils/runtime-lint-utils.ts
index da080fc95b218..96f5355a39c0e 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/utils/runtime-lint-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/utils/runtime-lint-utils.ts
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ function getAngularEntryPoint(file: string, projectRoot: string): string {
     // we need to find closest existing ng-package.json
     // in order to determine if the file matches the secondary entry point
     const ngPackageContent = readFileIfExisting(
-      joinPathFragments(workspaceRoot, parent, 'ng-package.json')
+      path.join(workspaceRoot, parent, 'ng-package.json')
     );
     if (ngPackageContent) {
       // https://github.com/ng-packagr/ng-packagr/blob/23c718d04eea85e015b4c261310b7bd0c39e5311/src/ng-package.schema.json#L54
@@ -539,18 +539,10 @@ function getAngularEntryPoint(file: string, projectRoot: string): string {
 export function appIsMFERemote(project: ProjectGraphProjectNode): boolean {
   const mfeConfig =
     readFileIfExisting(
-      joinPathFragments(
-        workspaceRoot,
-        project.data.root,
-        'module-federation.config.js'
-      )
+      path.join(workspaceRoot, project.data.root, 'module-federation.config.js')
     ) ||
     readFileIfExisting(
-      joinPathFragments(
-        workspaceRoot,
-        project.data.root,
-        'module-federation.config.ts'
-      )
+      path.join(workspaceRoot, project.data.root, 'module-federation.config.ts')
     );
 
   if (mfeConfig) {