diff --git a/basis/alien/libraries/finder/windows/windows.factor b/basis/alien/libraries/finder/windows/windows.factor
index d23f2e8d7e..1f1fbbe38d 100644
--- a/basis/alien/libraries/finder/windows/windows.factor
+++ b/basis/alien/libraries/finder/windows/windows.factor
@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license
 
 USING: alien.libraries.finder arrays combinators.short-circuit
-environment io.files io.files.info io.pathnames kernel sequences
-splitting system system-info.windows ;
+environment io.backend io.files io.files.info io.pathnames kernel
+sequences splitting system system-info.windows ;
 
 IN: alien.libraries.finder.windows
 
 <PRIVATE
 
 : search-paths ( -- seq )
-    "resource:" system-directory windows-directory 3array
+    "resource:" normalize-path
+    system-directory
+    windows-directory 3array
     "PATH" os-env [ ";" split ] [ f ] if* append ;
 
 : candidate-paths ( name -- seq )
diff --git a/basis/alien/libraries/libraries.factor b/basis/alien/libraries/libraries.factor
index 9dc22f5df3..5a06b01a84 100755
--- a/basis/alien/libraries/libraries.factor
+++ b/basis/alien/libraries/libraries.factor
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ ERROR: no-library name ;
 : lookup-library ( name -- library ) libraries get at ;
 
 : open-dll ( path -- dll dll-error/f )
-    normalize-path
     [ dlopen dup dll-valid? [ f ] [ dlerror ] if ]
     [ f f ] if* ;