diff --git a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go
index 53c6f0e5c..86a66ff9b 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/browse/browse_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package browse
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/ghrepo"
@@ -135,7 +134,6 @@ func TestNewCmdBrowse(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Test_runBrowse(t *testing.T) {
-	s := string(os.PathSeparator)
 	tests := []struct {
 		name          string
 		opts          BrowseOptions
@@ -259,7 +257,7 @@ func Test_runBrowse(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "relative path from browse_test.go",
 			opts: BrowseOptions{
-				SelectorArg: "." + s + "browse_test.go",
+				SelectorArg: "./browse_test.go",
 			},
 			baseRepo:      ghrepo.New("bchadwic", "gh-graph"),
 			defaultBranch: "trunk",
@@ -269,7 +267,7 @@ func Test_runBrowse(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "relative path to file in parent folder from browse_test.go",
 			opts: BrowseOptions{
-				SelectorArg: ".." + s + "pr",
+				SelectorArg: "../pr",
 			},
 			baseRepo:      ghrepo.New("bchadwic", "gh-graph"),
 			defaultBranch: "trunk",
@@ -359,7 +357,6 @@ func Test_parseFileArg(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_parsePathFromFileArg(t *testing.T) {
 
-	s := string(os.PathSeparator)
 	// tests assume path is pkg/cmd/browse
 	tests := []struct {
 		name         string
@@ -368,27 +365,27 @@ func Test_parsePathFromFileArg(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			name:         "go to parent folder",
-			fileArg:      ".." + s,
+			fileArg:      "../",
 			expectedPath: "pkg/cmd",
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "file in current folder",
-			fileArg:      "." + s + "browse.go",
+			fileArg:      "./browse.go",
 			expectedPath: "pkg/cmd/browse/browse.go",
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "file within parent folder",
-			fileArg:      ".." + s + "browse.go",
+			fileArg:      "../browse.go",
 			expectedPath: "pkg/cmd/browse.go",
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "file within parent folder uncleaned",
-			fileArg:      ".." + s + "." + s + s + s + "browse.go",
+			fileArg:      ".././//browse.go",
 			expectedPath: "pkg/cmd/browse.go",
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "different path from root directory",
-			fileArg:      ".." + s + ".." + s + ".." + s + "internal/build/build.go",
+			fileArg:      "../../../internal/build/build.go",
 			expectedPath: "internal/build/build.go",
 		},
 		{
@@ -403,12 +400,12 @@ func Test_parsePathFromFileArg(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "go out of repository",
-			fileArg:      ".." + s + ".." + s + ".." + s + ".." + s + ".." + s + ".." + s + "",
+			fileArg:      "../../../../../../",
 			expectedPath: "",
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "go to root of repository",
-			fileArg:      ".." + s + ".." + s + ".." + s + "",
+			fileArg:      "../../../",
 			expectedPath: "",
 		},
 	}