diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmark_base.py b/benchmarks/benchmark_base.py
index 1d8ec4e5309..0c86b08f6bb 100644
--- a/benchmarks/benchmark_base.py
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmark_base.py
@@ -28,13 +28,9 @@ class BenchmarkBase:
     # the total time for all the repetitions for each benchmark.
     timeout = 600
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def split_path(path):
-        return path.split('/')
-
     def get_relative_path(self, partial_path: str):
         path = dirname(realpath(__file__))
-        targets = self.split_path(partial_path)
+        targets = Path(partial_path).parts
 
         for target in targets:
             path = join(path, target)