diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/Translog.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/Translog.java
index ac993dedac7..4acdbf8715b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/Translog.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/Translog.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.Streamable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.lease.Releasable;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.ESLogger;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.uid.Versions;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.VersionType;
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.engine.Engine;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShardComponent;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
-import java.io.EOFException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -145,10 +143,9 @@ public interface Translog extends IndexShardComponent, Closeable, Accountable {
     public Path[] locations();
 
     /**
-     * Returns the translog file with the given id as a Path. This
-     * will return a relative path.
+     * Returns the translog filename for the given id.
      */
-    Path getPath(long translogId);
+    String getFilename(long translogId);
 
     /**
      * return stats
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/fs/FsTranslog.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/fs/FsTranslog.java
index 85164fda6fb..7032587bb47 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/fs/FsTranslog.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/fs/FsTranslog.java
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public class FsTranslog extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implements Translog
                 }
             }
             try {
-                newFile = type.create(shardId, id, new InternalChannelReference(location.resolve(getPath(id)), StandardOpenOption.READ, StandardOpenOption.WRITE, StandardOpenOption.CREATE_NEW), bufferSize);
+                newFile = type.create(shardId, id, new InternalChannelReference(location.resolve(getFilename(id)), StandardOpenOption.READ, StandardOpenOption.WRITE, StandardOpenOption.CREATE_NEW), bufferSize);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new TranslogException(shardId, "failed to create new translog file", e);
             }
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public class FsTranslog extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implements Translog
                     location = file;
                 }
             }
-            this.trans = type.create(shardId, id, new InternalChannelReference(location.resolve(getPath(id)), StandardOpenOption.READ, StandardOpenOption.WRITE, StandardOpenOption.CREATE_NEW), transientBufferSize);
+            this.trans = type.create(shardId, id, new InternalChannelReference(location.resolve(getFilename(id)), StandardOpenOption.READ, StandardOpenOption.WRITE, StandardOpenOption.CREATE_NEW), transientBufferSize);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new TranslogException(shardId, "failed to create new translog file", e);
         } finally {
@@ -431,8 +431,8 @@ public class FsTranslog extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implements Translog
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Path getPath(long translogId) {
-        return Paths.get(TRANSLOG_FILE_PREFIX + translogId);
+    public String getFilename(long translogId) {
+        return TRANSLOG_FILE_PREFIX + translogId;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -473,14 +473,14 @@ public class FsTranslog extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implements Translog
 
     @Override
     public OperationIterator openIterator(long translogId) throws IOException {
-        final Path translogName = getPath(translogId);
+        final String translogName = getFilename(translogId);
         Path recoveringTranslogFile = null;
         logger.trace("try open translog file {} locations: {}", translogName, Arrays.toString(locations()));
         OUTER:
         for (Path translogLocation : locations()) {
             // we have to support .recovering since it's a leftover from previous version but might still be on the filesystem
             // we used to rename the foo into foo.recovering since foo was reused / overwritten but we fixed that in 2.0
-            for (Path recoveryFiles : FileSystemUtils.files(translogLocation, translogName.getFileName() + "{.recovering,}")) {
+            for (Path recoveryFiles : FileSystemUtils.files(translogLocation, translogName + "{.recovering,}")) {
                 logger.trace("translog file found in {}", recoveryFiles);
                 recoveringTranslogFile = recoveryFiles;
                 break OUTER;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/AbstractSimpleTranslogTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/AbstractSimpleTranslogTests.java
index 154d7081386..c1df57afdc7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/AbstractSimpleTranslogTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/AbstractSimpleTranslogTests.java
@@ -383,16 +383,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleTranslogTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase
 
     public void assertFileIsPresent(Translog translog, long id) {
         for (Path location : translog.locations()) {
-            if (Files.exists(location.resolve(translog.getPath(id)))) {
+            if (Files.exists(location.resolve(translog.getFilename(id)))) {
                 return;
             }
         }
-        fail(translog.getPath(id) + " is not present in any location: " + Arrays.toString(translog.locations()));
+        fail(translog.getFilename(id) + " is not present in any location: " + Arrays.toString(translog.locations()));
     }
 
     public void assertFileDeleted(Translog translog, long id) {
         for (Path location : translog.locations()) {
-            assertFalse(Files.exists(location.resolve(translog.getPath(id))));
+            assertFalse(Files.exists(location.resolve(translog.getFilename(id))));
         }
     }