diff --git a/runtime/src/serde_snapshot.rs b/runtime/src/serde_snapshot.rs
index ef5cf7c5569dc6..8e2bf52836cbdb 100644
--- a/runtime/src/serde_snapshot.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/serde_snapshot.rs
@@ -412,8 +412,7 @@ pub fn reserialize_bank_with_new_accounts_hash(
 ) -> bool {
     let bank_post = snapshot_utils::get_bank_snapshots_dir(bank_snapshots_dir, slot);
     let bank_post = bank_post.join(snapshot_utils::get_snapshot_file_name(slot));
-    let mut bank_pre = bank_post.clone();
-    bank_pre.set_extension(BANK_SNAPSHOT_PRE_FILENAME_EXTENSION);
+    let bank_pre = bank_post.with_extension(BANK_SNAPSHOT_PRE_FILENAME_EXTENSION);
 
     let mut found = false;
     {
diff --git a/runtime/src/serde_snapshot/tests.rs b/runtime/src/serde_snapshot/tests.rs
index fd09b7a180b778..ccef6fbe445532 100644
--- a/runtime/src/serde_snapshot/tests.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/serde_snapshot/tests.rs
@@ -311,11 +311,10 @@ fn test_bank_serialize_style(
         let temp_dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
         let slot_dir = temp_dir.path().join(slot.to_string());
         let post_path = slot_dir.join(slot.to_string());
-        let mut pre_path = post_path.clone();
-        pre_path.set_extension(BANK_SNAPSHOT_PRE_FILENAME_EXTENSION);
+        let pre_path = post_path.with_extension(BANK_SNAPSHOT_PRE_FILENAME_EXTENSION);
         std::fs::create_dir(&slot_dir).unwrap();
         {
-            let mut f = std::fs::File::create(&pre_path).unwrap();
+            let mut f = std::fs::File::create(pre_path).unwrap();
             f.write_all(&buf).unwrap();
         }
 
diff --git a/runtime/src/snapshot_utils.rs b/runtime/src/snapshot_utils.rs
index 58b525e2603b0b..ff43813aa69afe 100644
--- a/runtime/src/snapshot_utils.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/snapshot_utils.rs
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ impl BankSnapshotInfo {
         // BankSnapshotPost file
         let bank_snapshot_dir = get_bank_snapshots_dir(&bank_snapshots_dir, slot);
         let bank_snapshot_post_path = bank_snapshot_dir.join(get_snapshot_file_name(slot));
-        let mut bank_snapshot_pre_path = bank_snapshot_post_path.clone();
-        bank_snapshot_pre_path.set_extension(BANK_SNAPSHOT_PRE_FILENAME_EXTENSION);
+        let bank_snapshot_pre_path =
+            bank_snapshot_post_path.with_extension(BANK_SNAPSHOT_PRE_FILENAME_EXTENSION);
 
         if bank_snapshot_pre_path.is_file() {
             return Some(BankSnapshotInfo {
@@ -991,8 +991,9 @@ pub fn add_bank_snapshot(
     fs::create_dir_all(&bank_snapshot_dir)?;
 
     // the bank snapshot is stored as bank_snapshots_dir/slot/slot.BANK_SNAPSHOT_PRE_FILENAME_EXTENSION
-    let mut bank_snapshot_path = bank_snapshot_dir.join(get_snapshot_file_name(slot));
-    bank_snapshot_path.set_extension(BANK_SNAPSHOT_PRE_FILENAME_EXTENSION);
+    let bank_snapshot_path = bank_snapshot_dir
+        .join(get_snapshot_file_name(slot))
+        .with_extension(BANK_SNAPSHOT_PRE_FILENAME_EXTENSION);
 
     info!(
         "Creating bank snapshot for slot {}, path: {}",
@@ -2318,13 +2319,9 @@ pub fn verify_snapshot_archive<P, Q, R>(
         )
         .unwrap();
 
-        // Bank snapshots may contain an accounts directory of hard linked append vecs,
-        // which must be removed in order for the directory comparison with the snapshot
-        // archive (below) to succeed.
-
         let accounts_hardlinks_dir = snapshot_slot_dir.join("accounts_hardlinks");
         if accounts_hardlinks_dir.is_dir() {
-            // This directory contain symlinks to all accounts snapshot directories.
+            // This directory contain symlinks to all <account_path>/snapshot/<slot> directories.
             // They should all be removed.
             for entry in fs::read_dir(&accounts_hardlinks_dir).unwrap() {
                 let dst_path = fs::read_link(entry.unwrap().path()).unwrap();
@@ -2332,16 +2329,6 @@ pub fn verify_snapshot_archive<P, Q, R>(
             }
             std::fs::remove_dir_all(accounts_hardlinks_dir).unwrap();
         }
-
-        // Remove the new accounts/ to be consistent with the
-        // old archive structure.
-        let accounts_path = snapshot_slot_dir.join("accounts");
-        if accounts_path.is_dir() {
-            // Do not use the async move_and_async_delete_path because the assert below
-            // requires the job to be done.
-            // This is for test only, so the performance is not an issue.
-            std::fs::remove_dir_all(accounts_path).unwrap();
-        }
     }
 
     assert!(!dir_diff::is_different(&snapshots_to_verify, unpacked_snapshots).unwrap());