diff --git a/drivers/graphics/fbbootlogd/src/scheme.rs b/drivers/graphics/fbbootlogd/src/scheme.rs
index 67bcede4d7..3c4455232e 100644
--- a/drivers/graphics/fbbootlogd/src/scheme.rs
+++ b/drivers/graphics/fbbootlogd/src/scheme.rs
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ impl SchemeSync for FbbootlogScheme {
     }
 
     fn fpath(&mut self, _id: usize, buf: &mut [u8], _ctx: &CallerCtx) -> Result<usize> {
-        FpathWriter::with_legacy(buf, "fbbootlog", |_| Ok(()))
+        FpathWriter::with(buf, "fbbootlog", |_| Ok(()))
     }
 
     fn fsync(&mut self, _id: usize, _ctx: &CallerCtx) -> Result<()> {
diff --git a/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/scheme.rs b/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/scheme.rs
index a8a497831c..dcbde34633 100644
--- a/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/scheme.rs
+++ b/drivers/graphics/fbcond/src/scheme.rs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ impl SchemeSync for FbconScheme {
     }
 
     fn fpath(&mut self, id: usize, buf: &mut [u8], _ctx: &CallerCtx) -> Result<usize> {
-        FpathWriter::with_legacy(buf, "fbcon", |w| {
+        FpathWriter::with(buf, "fbcon", |w| {
             let handle = self.get_vt_handle_mut(id)?;
             write!(w, "{}", handle.vt_i.0).unwrap();
             Ok(())
diff --git a/drivers/storage/driver-block/src/lib.rs b/drivers/storage/driver-block/src/lib.rs
index 315aa659d1..183bc90fc1 100644
--- a/drivers/storage/driver-block/src/lib.rs
+++ b/drivers/storage/driver-block/src/lib.rs
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ impl<T: Disk> SchemeAsync for DiskSchemeInner<T> {
     }
 
     async fn fpath(&mut self, id: usize, buf: &mut [u8], _ctx: &CallerCtx) -> Result<usize> {
-        FpathWriter::with_legacy(buf, &self.scheme_name, |w| {
+        FpathWriter::with(buf, &self.scheme_name, |w| {
             match *self.handles.get(id)? {
                 Handle::List(_) => (),
                 Handle::Disk(number) => {
diff --git a/ipcd/src/chan.rs b/ipcd/src/chan.rs
index ec19751283..d4a195e237 100644
--- a/ipcd/src/chan.rs
+++ b/ipcd/src/chan.rs
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ impl<'sock> SchemeSync for ChanScheme<'sock> {
         }
     }
     fn fpath(&mut self, id: usize, buf: &mut [u8], _ctx: &CallerCtx) -> Result<usize> {
-        FpathWriter::with_legacy(buf, "chan", |w| {
+        FpathWriter::with(buf, "chan", |w| {
             let handle = self.handles.get(&id).ok_or(Error::new(EBADF))?;
             if let Extra::SchemeRoot = handle.extra {
                 return Ok(());
diff --git a/scheme-utils/src/lib.rs b/scheme-utils/src/lib.rs
index b262939c6b..08e2380e19 100644
--- a/scheme-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/scheme-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -92,17 +92,6 @@ impl<'a> FpathWriter<'a> {
         Ok(w.written)
     }
 
-    pub fn with_legacy(
-        buf: &'a mut [u8],
-        scheme_name: &str,
-        f: impl FnOnce(&mut Self) -> Result<()>,
-    ) -> Result<usize> {
-        let mut w = FpathWriter { buf, written: 0 };
-        write!(w, "{scheme_name}:").unwrap();
-        f(&mut w)?;
-        Ok(w.written)
-    }
-
     pub fn push_str(&mut self, s: &str) {
         let count = core::cmp::min(s.len(), self.buf.len() - self.written);
         self.buf[self.written..self.written + count].copy_from_slice(&s.as_bytes()[..count]);