diff --git a/src/node_file.cc b/src/node_file.cc
index f77cc88fcb4246..7eb2aefa0babea 100644
--- a/src/node_file.cc
+++ b/src/node_file.cc
@@ -3137,7 +3137,7 @@ static void CpSyncCheckPaths(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   THROW_IF_INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS(
       env, permission::PermissionScope::kFileSystemRead, src.ToStringView());
 
-  auto src_path = BufferValueToPath(src);
+  auto src_path = StringViewToPath(src.ToStringView());
 
   BufferValue dest(isolate, args[1]);
   CHECK_NOT_NULL(*dest);
@@ -3145,7 +3145,7 @@ static void CpSyncCheckPaths(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   THROW_IF_INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS(
       env, permission::PermissionScope::kFileSystemWrite, dest.ToStringView());
 
-  auto dest_path = BufferValueToPath(dest);
+  auto dest_path = StringViewToPath(dest.ToStringView());
   bool dereference = args[2]->IsTrue();
   bool recursive = args[3]->IsTrue();
 
diff --git a/src/node_modules.cc b/src/node_modules.cc
index f539002a51bd08..4a3e7f59eb7efe 100644
--- a/src/node_modules.cc
+++ b/src/node_modules.cc
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ void BindingData::GetNearestParentPackageJSON(
   bool slashCheck = path_value.ToStringView().ends_with(kPathSeparator);
 
   ToNamespacedPath(realm->env(), &path_value);
-  std::filesystem::path path = BufferValueToPath(path_value);
+  std::filesystem::path path = StringViewToPath(path_value.ToStringView());
   if (slashCheck) {
     path += kPathSeparator;
   }
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void BindingData::GetNearestParentPackageJSONType(
   bool slashCheck = path_value.ToStringView().ends_with(kPathSeparator);
 
   ToNamespacedPath(realm->env(), &path_value);
-  std::filesystem::path path = BufferValueToPath(path_value);
+  std::filesystem::path path = StringViewToPath(path_value.ToStringView());
   if (slashCheck) {
     path += kPathSeparator;
   }
diff --git a/src/util.cc b/src/util.cc
index 531a5330c2cb74..a3365fb73a8f1f 100644
--- a/src/util.cc
+++ b/src/util.cc
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ void DiagnosticFilename::LocalTime(TIME_TYPE* tm_struct) {
 // Defined in node_internals.h
 std::string DiagnosticFilename::MakeFilename(
     uint64_t thread_id,
-    const char* prefix,
-    const char* ext) {
+                                             const char* prefix,
+                                             const char* ext) {
   std::ostringstream oss;
   TIME_TYPE tm_struct;
   LocalTime(&tm_struct);
@@ -886,14 +886,14 @@ v8::Maybe<int> GetValidFileMode(Environment* env,
 }
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-std::wstring ConvertToWideString(const std::string& str) {
+std::wstring ConvertToWideString(std::string_view strView) {
   int size_needed = MultiByteToWideChar(
-      CP_UTF8, 0, &str[0], static_cast<int>(str.size()), nullptr, 0);
+      CP_UTF8, 0, strView.data(), static_cast<int>(strView.size()), nullptr, 0);
   std::wstring wstrTo(size_needed, 0);
   MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,
                       0,
-                      &str[0],
-                      static_cast<int>(str.size()),
+                      strView.data(),
+                      static_cast<int>(strView.size()),
                       &wstrTo[0],
                       size_needed);
   return wstrTo;
@@ -921,7 +921,6 @@ std::string ConvertWideToUTF8(const std::wstring& wstr) {
                       nullptr);
   return strTo;
 }
-
 #endif  // _WIN32
 
 }  // namespace node
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index d32c71cd70aee8..0ac988f69a0814 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -1019,19 +1019,27 @@ v8::Maybe<int> GetValidFileMode(Environment* env,
 inline bool IsWindowsBatchFile(const char* filename);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-std::wstring ConvertToWideString(const std::string& str);
+std::wstring ConvertToWideString(const std::string_view str);
 
-#define BufferValueToPath(str)                                                 \
-  std::filesystem::path(ConvertToWideString(str.ToString()))
+inline std::filesystem::path StringViewToPath(
+    std::string_view str) {
+  return std::filesystem::path(ConvertToWideString(str));
+}
 
 std::string ConvertWideToUTF8(const std::wstring& wstr);
 
-#define PathToString(path) ConvertWideToUTF8(path.wstring());
+inline std::string PathToString(std::filesystem::path path) {
+  return ConvertWideToUTF8(path.wstring());
+}
 
 #else  // _WIN32
 
-#define BufferValueToPath(str) std::filesystem::path(str.ToStringView());
-#define PathToString(path) path.native();
+inline std::filesystem::path StringViewToPath(std::string_view str) {
+  return std::filesystem::path(str);
+}
+inline std::string PathToString(std::filesystem::path path) {
+  return path.native();
+}
 
 #endif  // _WIN32