diff --git a/.changeset/spicy-houses-fry.md b/.changeset/spicy-houses-fry.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41f376a3546f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spicy-houses-fry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Simplifies path operations of `astro sync`
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/sync/write-files.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/sync/write-files.ts
index 395bd54f2b12..62f2ccb21f99 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/sync/write-files.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/sync/write-files.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import type fsMod from 'node:fs';
 import { dirname, relative } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { bold } from 'kleur/colors';
-import { normalizePath } from 'vite';
 import type { AstroSettings } from '../../@types/astro.js';
 import { AstroError, AstroErrorData } from '../errors/index.js';
 import type { Logger } from '../logger/core.js';
 import { REFERENCE_FILE } from './constants.js';
+import { normalizePath } from 'vite';
 
 export async function writeFiles(settings: AstroSettings, fs: typeof fsMod, logger: Logger) {
 	try {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function writeInjectedTypes(settings: AstroSettings, fs: typeof fsMod) {
 	const references: Array<string> = [];
 
 	for (const { filename, content } of settings.injectedTypes) {
-		const filepath = normalizePath(fileURLToPath(new URL(filename, settings.dotAstroDir)));
+		const filepath = fileURLToPath(new URL(filename, settings.dotAstroDir));
 		fs.mkdirSync(dirname(filepath), { recursive: true });
 		fs.writeFileSync(filepath, content, 'utf-8');
 		references.push(normalizePath(relative(fileURLToPath(settings.dotAstroDir), filepath)));
@@ -38,17 +38,15 @@ function writeInjectedTypes(settings: AstroSettings, fs: typeof fsMod) {
 		fs.mkdirSync(settings.dotAstroDir, { recursive: true });
 	}
 	fs.writeFileSync(
-		normalizePath(fileURLToPath(new URL(REFERENCE_FILE, settings.dotAstroDir))),
+		fileURLToPath(new URL(REFERENCE_FILE, settings.dotAstroDir)),
 		astroDtsContent,
 		'utf-8',
 	);
 }
 
 async function setUpEnvTs(settings: AstroSettings, fs: typeof fsMod, logger: Logger) {
-	const envTsPath = normalizePath(fileURLToPath(new URL('env.d.ts', settings.config.srcDir)));
-	const envTsPathRelativetoRoot = normalizePath(
-		relative(fileURLToPath(settings.config.root), envTsPath),
-	);
+	const envTsPath = fileURLToPath(new URL('env.d.ts', settings.config.srcDir));
+	const envTsPathRelativetoRoot = relative(fileURLToPath(settings.config.root), envTsPath);
 	const relativePath = normalizePath(
 		relative(
 			fileURLToPath(settings.config.srcDir),
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/astro-sync.test.js b/packages/astro/test/astro-sync.test.js
index dfe4755d1102..bb044574fe32 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/astro-sync.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/astro-sync.test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import * as fs from 'node:fs';
 import { beforeEach, describe, it } from 'node:test';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import ts from 'typescript';
-import { normalizePath } from 'vite';
 import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
 
 const createFixture = () => {
@@ -16,8 +15,7 @@ const createFixture = () => {
 	/**
 	 * @param {string} path
 	 */
-	const getExpectedPath = (path) =>
-		normalizePath(fileURLToPath(new URL(path, astroFixture.config.root)));
+	const getExpectedPath = (path) => fileURLToPath(new URL(path, astroFixture.config.root));
 
 	return {
 		/** @param {string} root */
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/units/dev/collections-renderentry.test.js b/packages/astro/test/units/dev/collections-renderentry.test.js
index 9441129a7cd4..082cd6b2f78b 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/units/dev/collections-renderentry.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/units/dev/collections-renderentry.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import * as assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import os from 'node:os';
 import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
@@ -9,8 +8,6 @@ import { createFsWithFallback, createRequestAndResponse, runInContainer } from '
 
 const root = new URL('../../fixtures/content/', import.meta.url);
 
-const _describe = os.platform() === 'win32' ? describe.skip : describe;
-
 /** @type {typeof runInContainer} */
 async function runInContainerWithContentListeners(params, callback) {
 	return await runInContainer(params, async (container) => {
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@ async function runInContainerWithContentListeners(params, callback) {
 	});
 }
 
-_describe('Content Collections - render()', () => {
+describe('Content Collections - render()', () => {
 	it('can be called in a page component', async () => {
 		const fs = createFsWithFallback(
 			{