diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/main-ngcc.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/main-ngcc.ts
index b4ec014e37..e47904e58d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/main-ngcc.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/main-ngcc.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import * as path from 'canonical-path';
 import * as yargs from 'yargs';
 
+import {AbsoluteFsPath} from '../src/ngtsc/path';
 import {mainNgcc} from './src/main';
 import {ConsoleLogger, LogLevel} from './src/logging/console_logger';
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ if (require.main === module) {
         'The formats option (-f/--formats) has been removed. Consider the properties option (-p/--properties) instead.');
     process.exit(1);
   }
-  const baseSourcePath = path.resolve(options['s'] || './node_modules');
+  const baseSourcePath = AbsoluteFsPath.resolve(options['s'] || './node_modules');
   const propertiesToConsider: string[] = options['p'];
   const targetEntryPointPath = options['t'] ? options['t'] : undefined;
   const compileAllFormats = !options['first-only'];
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/analysis/decoration_analyzer.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/analysis/decoration_analyzer.ts
index b69cb2eeab..1a24bfab42 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/analysis/decoration_analyzer.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/analysis/decoration_analyzer.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 import {ConstantPool} from '@angular/compiler';
-import * as path from 'path';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {BaseDefDecoratorHandler, ComponentDecoratorHandler, DirectiveDecoratorHandler, InjectableDecoratorHandler, NgModuleDecoratorHandler, PipeDecoratorHandler, ReferencesRegistry, ResourceLoader} from '../../../src/ngtsc/annotations';
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ class NgccResourceLoader implements ResourceLoader {
   preload(): undefined|Promise<void> { throw new Error('Not implemented.'); }
   load(url: string): string { return this.fs.readFile(AbsoluteFsPath.resolve(url)); }
   resolve(url: string, containingFile: string): string {
-    return path.resolve(path.dirname(containingFile), url);
+    return AbsoluteFsPath.resolve(AbsoluteFsPath.dirname(AbsoluteFsPath.from(containingFile)), url);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dependency_resolver.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dependency_resolver.ts
index e289b5aabb..f05424c7f0 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dependency_resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/dependencies/dependency_resolver.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 import {DepGraph} from 'dependency-graph';
-import {resolve} from 'path';
 
 import {AbsoluteFsPath} from '../../../src/ngtsc/path';
 import {Logger} from '../logging/logger';
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ function getEntryPointPath(entryPoint: EntryPoint): AbsoluteFsPath {
 
     if (format === 'esm2015' || format === 'esm5') {
       const formatPath = entryPoint.packageJson[property] !;
-      return AbsoluteFsPath.from(resolve(entryPoint.path, formatPath));
+      return AbsoluteFsPath.resolve(entryPoint.path, formatPath);
     }
   }
   throw new Error(`There is no format with import statements in '${entryPoint.path}' entry-point.`);
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/ngcc_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/ngcc_spec.ts
index f84dd23684..b6a54aaa2c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/ngcc_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/ngcc_spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import {AbsoluteFsPath} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/path';
 import {existsSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, statSync, writeFileSync} from 'fs';
 import * as mockFs from 'mock-fs';
-import {join} from 'path';
 
 import {getAngularPackagesFromRunfiles, resolveNpmTreeArtifact} from '../../../test/runfile_helpers';
 import {NodeJSFileSystem} from '../../src/file_system/node_js_file_system';
@@ -142,8 +141,8 @@ describe('ngcc main()', () => {
 
 
   function markPropertiesAsProcessed(packagePath: string, properties: EntryPointJsonProperty[]) {
-    const basePath = '/node_modules';
-    const targetPackageJsonPath = _(join(basePath, packagePath, 'package.json'));
+    const basePath = _('/node_modules');
+    const targetPackageJsonPath = AbsoluteFsPath.join(basePath, packagePath, 'package.json');
     const targetPackage = loadPackage(packagePath);
     const fs = new NodeJSFileSystem();
     markAsProcessed(fs, targetPackage, targetPackageJsonPath, 'typings');
@@ -386,7 +385,7 @@ function loadDirectory(directoryPath: string): Directory {
   const directory: Directory = {};
 
   readdirSync(directoryPath).forEach(item => {
-    const itemPath = join(directoryPath, item);
+    const itemPath = AbsoluteFsPath.resolve(directoryPath, item);
     if (statSync(itemPath).isDirectory()) {
       directory[item] = loadDirectory(itemPath);
     } else {