diff --git a/src/pb_env.cc b/src/pb_env.cc
index 310ebff4..cc1a042a 100644
--- a/src/pb_env.cc
+++ b/src/pb_env.cc
@@ -42,6 +42,26 @@
 
 namespace triton { namespace backend { namespace python {
 
+bool
+FileExists(std::string& path)
+{
+  struct stat buffer;
+  return stat(path.c_str(), &buffer) == 0;
+}
+
+void
+LastModifiedTime(const std::string& path, time_t* last_modified_time)
+{
+  struct stat result;
+  if (stat(path.c_str(), &result) == 0) {
+    *last_modified_time = result.st_mtime;
+  } else {
+    throw PythonBackendException(std::string(
+        "LastModifiedTime() failed as file \'" + path +
+        std::string("\' does not exists.")));
+  }
+}
+
 #ifndef _WIN32
 void
 CopySingleArchiveEntry(archive* input_archive, archive* output_archive)
@@ -309,24 +329,4 @@ EnvironmentManager::~EnvironmentManager()
 }
 #endif
 
-bool
-FileExists(std::string& path)
-{
-  struct stat buffer;
-  return stat(path.c_str(), &buffer) == 0;
-}
-
-void
-LastModifiedTime(const std::string& path, time_t* last_modified_time)
-{
-  struct stat result;
-  if (stat(path.c_str(), &result) == 0) {
-    *last_modified_time = result.st_mtime;
-  } else {
-    throw PythonBackendException(std::string(
-        "LastModifiedTime() failed as file \'" + path +
-        std::string("\' does not exists.")));
-  }
-}
-
 }}}  // namespace triton::backend::python
diff --git a/src/pb_stub.cc b/src/pb_stub.cc
index cbf15bd7..f838fba8 100644
--- a/src/pb_stub.cc
+++ b/src/pb_stub.cc
@@ -1452,8 +1452,7 @@ Logger::Log(
   // and pass messages to cerr
   if (!BackendLoggingActive()) {
     std::string path(filename);
-    const std::string os_slash = FileSeparator();
-    size_t pos = path.rfind(os_slash);
+    size_t pos = path.rfind(std::filesystem::path::preferred_separator);
     if (pos != std::string::npos) {
       path = path.substr(pos + 1, std::string::npos);
     }
@@ -1841,7 +1840,7 @@ ModelContext::Init(
     const std::string& model_path, const std::string& runtime_modeldir,
     const std::string& triton_install_path, const std::string& model_version)
 {
-  const std::string os_slash = FileSeparator();
+  const char os_slash = std::filesystem::path::preferred_separator;
   type_ = ModelType::kDefault;
   if (runtime_modeldir != "DEFAULT") {
     // For python based backends, existence of `model.py` in the corresponding
@@ -1867,7 +1866,7 @@ ModelContext::Init(
 void
 ModelContext::StubSetup(py::module& sys)
 {
-  const std::string os_slash = FileSeparator();
+  const char os_slash = std::filesystem::path::preferred_separator;
   std::string model_name =
       python_model_path_.substr(python_model_path_.find_last_of(os_slash) + 1);
 
@@ -1943,7 +1942,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 
   // Find the package name from model path.
   size_t prev = 0, pos = 0;
-  const std::string os_slash = FileSeparator();
+  const char os_slash = std::filesystem::path::preferred_separator;
   do {
     pos = model_path.find(os_slash, prev);
     if (pos == std::string::npos)
diff --git a/src/pb_stub.h b/src/pb_stub.h
index b8e38895..a51f25f5 100644
--- a/src/pb_stub.h
+++ b/src/pb_stub.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include <pybind11/numpy.h>
 #include <pybind11/stl.h>
 
+#include <filesystem>
+
 #include "infer_request.h"
 #include "infer_response.h"
 #include "ipc_message.h"
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ class LogMessage {
   LogMessage(const char* file, int line, LogLevel level) : level_(level)
   {
     std::string path(file);
-    const std::string os_slash = FileSeparator();
+    const char os_slash = std::filesystem::path::preferred_separator;
     size_t pos = path.rfind(os_slash);
     if (pos != std::string::npos) {
       path = path.substr(pos + 1, std::string::npos);
diff --git a/src/pb_utils.cc b/src/pb_utils.cc
index 6043a76b..2e4eec9b 100644
--- a/src/pb_utils.cc
+++ b/src/pb_utils.cc
@@ -286,34 +286,16 @@ IsUsingCUDAPool(
 
 #endif  // TRITON_ENABLE_GPU
 
-const std::string&
-FileSeparator()
-{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-  static std::string file_separator = "\\";
-#else
-  static std::string file_separator = "/";
-#endif
-  return file_separator;
-}
-
+// FIXME: We should not need this function. However, some
+// paths are being retrieved from core that are not platform-
+// agnostic. DLIS-6078 has been created to track the effort
+// to clean up external modules and remove this function.
 void
 SanitizePath(std::string& path)
 {
   std::replace(path.begin(), path.end(), '/', '\\');
 }
 
-const std::string&
-StubExecutableName()
-{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-  static std::string executable_name = "triton_python_backend_stub.exe";
-#else
-  static std::string executable_name = "triton_python_backend_stub";
-#endif
-  return executable_name;
-}
-
 #ifndef TRITON_PB_STUB
 std::shared_ptr<TRITONSERVER_Error*>
 WrapTritonErrorInSharedPtr(TRITONSERVER_Error* error)
diff --git a/src/pb_utils.h b/src/pb_utils.h
index ca72edcb..3acdc390 100644
--- a/src/pb_utils.h
+++ b/src/pb_utils.h
@@ -321,9 +321,7 @@ class ScopedSetDevice {
 
 // Utility functions to get the correct file separator depending on the OS.
 // Can likely be replaced with std::filesystem with the upgrade to C++17
-const std::string& FileSeparator();
 void SanitizePath(std::string& path);
-const std::string& StubExecutableName();
 
 // Check if the data is allocated from the pool by the base address.
 bool IsUsingCUDAPool(
diff --git a/src/python_be.cc b/src/python_be.cc
index 968263ba..9e51832b 100644
--- a/src/python_be.cc
+++ b/src/python_be.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 // OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include "python_be.h"
 
+#include <filesystem>
+
 #include "gpu_buffers.h"
 #include "infer_payload.h"
 #include "model_loader.h"
@@ -2238,10 +2240,10 @@ TRITONBACKEND_Initialize(TRITONBACKEND_Backend* backend)
   RETURN_IF_ERROR(
       TRITONBACKEND_BackendArtifacts(backend, &artifact_type, &clocation));
 
-  const std::string os_slash = FileSeparator();
+  const char os_slash = std::filesystem::path::preferred_separator;
+  std::string location(clocation);
 #ifdef _WIN32
   const std::string stub_executable_name = "triton_python_backend_stub.exe";
-  std::string location(clocation);
   SanitizePath(location);
   SanitizePath(default_backend_dir_string);
 #else
@@ -2249,8 +2251,6 @@ TRITONBACKEND_Initialize(TRITONBACKEND_Backend* backend)
 #endif
   // Check if `triton_python_backend_stub` and `triton_python_backend_utils.py`
   // are located under `location`.
-  // DLIS-5596: Add forward slash to be platform agnostic
-  // (i.e. For Windows, we need to use backward slash).
   std::string default_python_backend_dir =
       default_backend_dir_string + os_slash + "python";
   std::string backend_stub_path = location + os_slash + stub_executable_name;
diff --git a/src/stub_launcher.cc b/src/stub_launcher.cc
index dbb1a53a..71f2349d 100644
--- a/src/stub_launcher.cc
+++ b/src/stub_launcher.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 #include "stub_launcher.h"
 
+#include <filesystem>
+
 #include "python_be.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ StubLauncher::Initialize(ModelState* model_state)
   model_version_ = model_state->Version();
 
   std::stringstream ss;
-  const std::string os_slash = FileSeparator();
+  const char os_slash = std::filesystem::path::preferred_separator;
   ss << model_repository_path_ << os_slash << model_version_ << os_slash;
   std::string artifact_name;
   RETURN_IF_ERROR(model_state->ModelConfig().MemberAsString(
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ StubLauncher::Launch()
     stub_name = model_instance_name_;
   }
 
-  const std::string os_slash = FileSeparator();
+  const char os_slash = std::filesystem::path::preferred_separator;
 #ifdef _WIN32
   const std::string stub_executable_name = "triton_python_backend_stub.exe";
   SanitizePath(model_path_);
@@ -366,8 +368,7 @@ StubLauncher::Launch()
   stub_args[3] = nullptr;  // Last argument must be nullptr
 
   // Default Python backend stub
-  std::string python_backend_stub =
-      python_lib_ + os_slash_ + "triton_python_backend_stub";
+  std::string python_backend_stub = python_lib_ + "/triton_python_backend_stub";
 
   // Path to alternative Python backend stub
   std::string model_python_backend_stub =