diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java
index 2158c3dce4..43fb4c1fea 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/main/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl.java
@@ -349,10 +349,10 @@ public class FilesystemStorageStrategyImpl implements LocalStorageStrategy {
     * @param pathToBeNormalized
     * @return
     */
-   private String normalize(String pathToBeNormalized) {
+   private static String normalize(String pathToBeNormalized) {
       if (null != pathToBeNormalized && pathToBeNormalized.contains(BACK_SLASH)) {
          if (!BACK_SLASH.equals(File.separator)) {
-            return pathToBeNormalized.replaceAll(BACK_SLASH, File.separator);
+            return pathToBeNormalized.replace(BACK_SLASH, File.separator);
          }
       }
       return pathToBeNormalized;
diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest.java b/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest.java
index 203cce78f5..f3e05d7394 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/strategy/internal/FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest.java
@@ -123,15 +123,6 @@ public class FilesystemStorageStrategyImplTest {
       storageStrategy.createDirectory(CONTAINER_NAME, null);
    }
 
-   @Test(dataProvider = "ignoreOnWindows", description = "see http://code.google.com/p/jclouds/issues/detail?id=737")
-   public void testCreateDirectory_WrongDirectoryName() {
-      try {
-         storageStrategy.createDirectory(CONTAINER_NAME, "$%&!'`\\/");
-         fail("No exception thrown");
-      } catch (Exception e) {
-      }
-   }
-
    public void testCreateContainer() {
       boolean result;