diff --git a/Source/Utility/include/Utility/PathManip.h b/Source/Utility/include/Utility/PathManip.h
index 25cd99a2b..69b0c2712 100644
--- a/Source/Utility/include/Utility/PathManip.h
+++ b/Source/Utility/include/Utility/PathManip.h
@@ -54,19 +54,6 @@ bool GetExtensionFromPath(const char *_path, char *_buf);
  */
 bool GetExtensionFromRelPath(const char *_path, char *_buf);
 
-inline bool strisdot(const char *s) noexcept
-{
-    return s && s[0] == '.' && s[1] == 0;
-}
-inline bool strisdotdot(const char *s) noexcept
-{
-    return s && s[0] == '.' && s[1] == '.' && s[2] == 0;
-}
-inline bool strisdotdot(const std::string &s) noexcept
-{
-    return strisdotdot(s.c_str());
-}
-
 // prefer PathManip::EnsureTrailingSlash() instead, semantically equal
 inline std::string EnsureTrailingSlash(std::string _s)
 {
diff --git a/Source/VFS/source/Native/Fetching.cpp b/Source/VFS/source/Native/Fetching.cpp
index b573ae638..082f18a0d 100644
--- a/Source/VFS/source/Native/Fetching.cpp
+++ b/Source/VFS/source/Native/Fetching.cpp
@@ -216,9 +216,9 @@ int Fetching::ReadDirAttributesStat(const int _dir_fd,
         static const auto dirents_reserve_amount = 64;
         dirents.reserve(dirents_reserve_amount);
         while( auto entp = ::_readdir_unlocked(dirp, 1) ) {
-            if( entp->d_ino == 0 ||         // apple's documentation suggest to skip such files
-                strisdot(entp->d_name) ||   // do not process self entry
-                strisdotdot(entp->d_name) ) // do not process parent entry
+            if( entp->d_ino == 0 ||                      // apple's documentation suggest to skip such files
+                entp->d_name == std::string_view{"."} || // do not process self entry
+                entp->d_name == std::string_view{".."} ) // do not process parent entry
                 continue;
 
             dirents.emplace_back(std::string(entp->d_name, entp->d_namlen), entp->d_ino, entp->d_type);
diff --git a/Source/VFS/source/Native/Host.mm b/Source/VFS/source/Native/Host.mm
index 876f36870..1ea4198db 100644
--- a/Source/VFS/source/Native/Host.mm
+++ b/Source/VFS/source/Native/Host.mm
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 
         if( _flags & VFSFlags::F_LoadDisplayNames )
             if( S_ISDIR(listing_source.unix_modes[_n]) && !listing_source.filenames[_n].empty() &&
-                !strisdotdot(listing_source.filenames[_n]) ) {
+                listing_source.filenames[_n] != ".." ) {
                 static auto &dnc = DisplayNamesCache::Instance();
                 if( auto display_name = dnc.DisplayName(
                         _params.inode, _params.dev, listing_source.directories[0] + listing_source.filenames[_n]) )
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 
         if( _flags & VFSFlags::F_LoadDisplayNames )
             if( S_ISDIR(listing_source.unix_modes[0]) && !listing_source.filenames[0].empty() &&
-                !strisdotdot(listing_source.filenames[0]) ) {
+                listing_source.filenames[0] != ".." ) {
                 static auto &dnc = DisplayNamesCache::Instance();
                 if( auto display_name = dnc.DisplayName(_params.inode, _params.dev, path) )
                     listing_source.display_filenames.insert(0, display_name);
diff --git a/Source/VFS/source/NetSFTP/SFTPHost.cpp b/Source/VFS/source/NetSFTP/SFTPHost.cpp
index 1d258915b..56575391b 100644
--- a/Source/VFS/source/NetSFTP/SFTPHost.cpp
+++ b/Source/VFS/source/NetSFTP/SFTPHost.cpp
@@ -423,9 +423,9 @@ int SFTPHost::FetchDirectoryListing(std::string_view _path,
         LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES attrs;
         while( libssh2_sftp_readdir_ex(sftp_handle, filename, sizeof(filename), nullptr, 0, &attrs) > 0 ) {
             int index = 0;
-            if( strisdot(filename) )
-                continue;                      // do not process self entry
-            else if( strisdotdot(filename) ) { // special case for dot-dot directory
+            if( filename == std::string_view{"."} )
+                continue;                                   // do not process self entry
+            else if( filename == std::string_view{".."} ) { // special case for dot-dot directory
                 if( !should_have_dot_dot )
                     continue; // skip .. for root directory or if there's an option to exclude
                               // dot-dot entries