diff --git a/lib/std/build.zig b/lib/std/build.zig
index ecf3930551..59e6c4e87c 100644
--- a/lib/std/build.zig
+++ b/lib/std/build.zig
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ pub const Builder = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn makePath(self: *Builder, path: []const u8) !void {
-        fs.makePath(self.allocator, self.pathFromRoot(path)) catch |err| {
+        fs.cwd().makePath(self.pathFromRoot(path)) catch |err| {
             warn("Unable to create path {}: {}\n", .{ path, @errorName(err) });
             return err;
         };
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ pub const InstallDirStep = struct {
             const rel_path = entry.path[full_src_dir.len + 1 ..];
             const dest_path = try fs.path.join(self.builder.allocator, &[_][]const u8{ dest_prefix, rel_path });
             switch (entry.kind) {
-                .Directory => try fs.makePath(self.builder.allocator, dest_path),
+                .Directory => try fs.cwd().makePath(dest_path),
                 .File => try self.builder.updateFile(entry.path, dest_path),
                 else => continue,
             }
diff --git a/lib/std/build/write_file.zig b/lib/std/build/write_file.zig
index 13d131ac61..60c54336e0 100644
--- a/lib/std/build/write_file.zig
+++ b/lib/std/build/write_file.zig
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub const WriteFileStep = struct {
             &hash_basename,
         });
         // TODO replace with something like fs.makePathAndOpenDir
-        fs.makePath(self.builder.allocator, self.output_dir) catch |err| {
+        fs.cwd().makePath(self.output_dir) catch |err| {
             warn("unable to make path {}: {}\n", .{ self.output_dir, @errorName(err) });
             return err;
         };
diff --git a/lib/std/fs/watch.zig b/lib/std/fs/watch.zig
index 1eb5a97ff1..3180240a72 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/watch.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/watch.zig
@@ -618,11 +618,10 @@ test "write a file, watch it, write it again" {
     // TODO re-enable this test
     if (true) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
-    const allocator = std.heap.page_allocator;
-
-    try os.makePath(allocator, test_tmp_dir);
+    try fs.cwd().makePath(test_tmp_dir);
     defer os.deleteTree(test_tmp_dir) catch {};
 
+    const allocator = std.heap.page_allocator;
     return testFsWatch(&allocator);
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/std/os/test.zig b/lib/std/os/test.zig
index 717380ea30..a8544c5b83 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/test.zig
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const AtomicRmwOp = builtin.AtomicRmwOp;
 const AtomicOrder = builtin.AtomicOrder;
 
 test "makePath, put some files in it, deleteTree" {
-    try fs.makePath(a, "os_test_tmp" ++ fs.path.sep_str ++ "b" ++ fs.path.sep_str ++ "c");
+    try fs.cwd().makePath("os_test_tmp" ++ fs.path.sep_str ++ "b" ++ fs.path.sep_str ++ "c");
     try io.writeFile("os_test_tmp" ++ fs.path.sep_str ++ "b" ++ fs.path.sep_str ++ "c" ++ fs.path.sep_str ++ "file.txt", "nonsense");
     try io.writeFile("os_test_tmp" ++ fs.path.sep_str ++ "b" ++ fs.path.sep_str ++ "file2.txt", "blah");
     try fs.deleteTree("os_test_tmp");
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ test "makePath, put some files in it, deleteTree" {
 }
 
 test "access file" {
-    try fs.makePath(a, "os_test_tmp");
+    try fs.cwd().makePath("os_test_tmp");
     if (fs.cwd().access("os_test_tmp" ++ fs.path.sep_str ++ "file.txt", .{})) |ok| {
         @panic("expected error");
     } else |err| {
diff --git a/src-self-hosted/compilation.zig b/src-self-hosted/compilation.zig
index 15453fabcc..7a45bb3c37 100644
--- a/src-self-hosted/compilation.zig
+++ b/src-self-hosted/compilation.zig
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ pub const Compilation = struct {
         defer self.gpa().free(zig_dir_path);
 
         const tmp_dir = try fs.path.join(self.arena(), &[_][]const u8{ zig_dir_path, comp_dir_name[0..] });
-        try fs.makePath(self.gpa(), tmp_dir);
+        try fs.cwd().makePath(tmp_dir);
         return tmp_dir;
     }
 
diff --git a/src-self-hosted/test.zig b/src-self-hosted/test.zig
index 8c322e5fb6..e87164c9fb 100644
--- a/src-self-hosted/test.zig
+++ b/src-self-hosted/test.zig
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub const TestContext = struct {
         self.zig_lib_dir = try introspect.resolveZigLibDir(allocator);
         errdefer allocator.free(self.zig_lib_dir);
 
-        try std.fs.makePath(allocator, tmp_dir_name);
+        try std.fs.cwd().makePath(tmp_dir_name);
         errdefer std.fs.deleteTree(tmp_dir_name) catch {};
     }
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pub const TestContext = struct {
         const file1_path = try std.fs.path.join(allocator, [_][]const u8{ tmp_dir_name, file_index, file1 });
 
         if (std.fs.path.dirname(file1_path)) |dirname| {
-            try std.fs.makePath(allocator, dirname);
+            try std.fs.cwd().makePath(dirname);
         }
 
         // TODO async I/O
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ pub const TestContext = struct {
 
         const output_file = try std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "{}-out{}", .{ file1_path, (Target{ .Native = {} }).exeFileExt() });
         if (std.fs.path.dirname(file1_path)) |dirname| {
-            try std.fs.makePath(allocator, dirname);
+            try std.fs.cwd().makePath(dirname);
         }
 
         // TODO async I/O