diff --git a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java
index 9437d09d5872a..f7430ed6b1733 100644
--- a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java
@@ -3355,31 +3355,29 @@ public static String getName(InjectionPointInfo injectionPoint) {
      * @param templatePaths
      * @param watchedPaths
      * @param nativeImageResources
-     * @param osSpecificResourcePath The OS-specific resource path, i.e. templates\nested\foo.html
+     * @param resourcePath The relative resource path, including the template root
      * @param templatePath The path relative to the template root; using the {@code /} path separator
      * @param originalPath
      * @param config
      */
     private static void produceTemplateBuildItems(BuildProducer<TemplatePathBuildItem> templatePaths,
             BuildProducer<HotDeploymentWatchedFileBuildItem> watchedPaths,
-            BuildProducer<NativeImageResourceBuildItem> nativeImageResources, String osSpecificResourcePath,
+            BuildProducer<NativeImageResourceBuildItem> nativeImageResources, String resourcePath,
             String templatePath,
             Path originalPath, QuteConfig config) {
         if (templatePath.isEmpty()) {
             return;
         }
-        // OS-agnostic full path, i.e. templates/foo.html
-        String osAgnosticResourcePath = toOsAgnosticPath(osSpecificResourcePath, originalPath.getFileSystem());
         LOGGER.debugf("Produce template build items [templatePath: %s, osSpecificResourcePath: %s, originalPath: %s",
                 templatePath,
-                osSpecificResourcePath,
+                resourcePath,
                 originalPath);
         boolean restartNeeded = true;
         if (config.devMode.noRestartTemplates.isPresent()) {
-            restartNeeded = !config.devMode.noRestartTemplates.get().matcher(osAgnosticResourcePath).matches();
+            restartNeeded = !config.devMode.noRestartTemplates.get().matcher(resourcePath).matches();
         }
-        watchedPaths.produce(new HotDeploymentWatchedFileBuildItem(osAgnosticResourcePath, restartNeeded));
-        nativeImageResources.produce(new NativeImageResourceBuildItem(osSpecificResourcePath));
+        watchedPaths.produce(new HotDeploymentWatchedFileBuildItem(resourcePath, restartNeeded));
+        nativeImageResources.produce(new NativeImageResourceBuildItem(resourcePath));
         templatePaths.produce(
                 new TemplatePathBuildItem(templatePath, originalPath,
                         readTemplateContent(originalPath, config.defaultCharset)));
@@ -3399,7 +3397,7 @@ private void scanTemplateRootSubtree(PathTree pathTree, Path templateRoot,
                     return;
                 }
                 produceTemplateBuildItems(templatePaths, watchedPaths, nativeImageResources,
-                        visit.getRelativePath(visit.getPath().getFileSystem().getSeparator()),
+                        visit.getRelativePath("/"),
                         templatePath, visit.getPath(), config);
             }
         });
diff --git a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/templateroot/AdditionalTemplateRootTest.java b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/templateroot/AdditionalTemplateRootTest.java
index 9095a01599387..37b3606d7a096 100644
--- a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/templateroot/AdditionalTemplateRootTest.java
+++ b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/templateroot/AdditionalTemplateRootTest.java
@@ -51,11 +51,8 @@ public void execute(BuildContext context) {
                         List<NativeImageResourceBuildItem> items = context.consumeMulti(NativeImageResourceBuildItem.class);
                         for (NativeImageResourceBuildItem item : items) {
                             if (item.getResources().contains("web/public/hello.txt")
-                                    || item.getResources().contains("web\\public\\hello.txt")
                                     || item.getResources().contains("templates/hi.txt")
-                                    || item.getResources().contains("templates\\hi.txt")
-                                    || item.getResources().contains("templates/nested/hoho.txt")
-                                    || item.getResources().contains("templates\\nested\\hoho.txt")) {
+                                    || item.getResources().contains("templates/nested/hoho.txt")) {
                                 found++;
                             }
                         }