diff --git a/src/libstore/builtins/unpack-channel.cc b/src/libstore/builtins/unpack-channel.cc
index 7f9a520ee..d30626a30 100644
--- a/src/libstore/builtins/unpack-channel.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/builtins/unpack-channel.cc
@@ -3,46 +3,52 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
+namespace fs { using namespace std::filesystem; }
+
 void builtinUnpackChannel(
     const BasicDerivation & drv,
     const std::map<std::string, Path> & outputs)
 {
-    auto getAttr = [&](const std::string & name) {
+    auto getAttr = [&](const std::string & name) -> const std::string & {
         auto i = drv.env.find(name);
         if (i == drv.env.end()) throw Error("attribute '%s' missing", name);
         return i->second;
     };
 
-    std::filesystem::path out(outputs.at("out"));
-    std::filesystem::path channelName(getAttr("channelName"));
-    auto src = getAttr("src");
+    fs::path out{outputs.at("out")};
+    auto & channelName = getAttr("channelName");
+    auto & src = getAttr("src");
 
-    if (channelName.filename() != channelName) {
+    if (fs::path{channelName}.filename().string() != channelName) {
         throw Error("channelName is not allowed to contain filesystem seperators, got %1%", channelName);
     }
 
-    createDirs(out);
+    try {
+        fs::create_directories(out);
+    } catch (fs::filesystem_error &) {
+        throw SysError("creating directory '%1%'", out.string());
+    }
 
     unpackTarfile(src, out);
 
     size_t fileCount;
     std::string fileName;
     try {
-        auto entries = std::filesystem::directory_iterator{out};
+        auto entries = fs::directory_iterator{out};
         fileName = entries->path().string();
-        fileCount = std::distance(std::filesystem::begin(entries), std::filesystem::end(entries));
-    } catch (std::filesystem::filesystem_error &e) {
-        throw SysError("failed to read directory %1%", out);
+        fileCount = std::distance(fs::begin(entries), fs::end(entries));
+    } catch (fs::filesystem_error &) {
+        throw SysError("failed to read directory %1%", out.string());
     }
 
-
     if (fileCount != 1)
         throw Error("channel tarball '%s' contains more than one file", src);
-    std::filesystem::path target(out / channelName);
+
+    auto target = out / channelName;
     try {
-        std::filesystem::rename(fileName, target);
-    } catch (std::filesystem::filesystem_error &e) {
-        throw SysError("failed to rename %1% to %2%", fileName, target);
+        fs::rename(fileName, target);
+    } catch (fs::filesystem_error &) {
+        throw SysError("failed to rename %1% to %2%", fileName, target.string());
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/tarfile.cc b/src/libutil/tarfile.cc
index 2e3236295..a8a22d283 100644
--- a/src/libutil/tarfile.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/tarfile.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
+namespace fs {
+using namespace std::filesystem;
+}
+
 namespace {
 
 int callback_open(struct archive *, void * self)
@@ -102,14 +106,14 @@ TarArchive::TarArchive(Source & source, bool raw, std::optional<std::string> com
         "Failed to open archive (%s)");
 }
 
-TarArchive::TarArchive(const Path & path)
+TarArchive::TarArchive(const fs::path & path)
     : archive{archive_read_new()}
     , buffer(defaultBufferSize)
 {
     archive_read_support_filter_all(archive);
     enableSupportedFormats(archive);
     archive_read_set_option(archive, NULL, "mac-ext", NULL);
-    check(archive_read_open_filename(archive, path.c_str(), 16384), "failed to open archive: %s");
+    check(archive_read_open_filename(archive, path.string().c_str(), 16384), "failed to open archive: %s");
 }
 
 void TarArchive::close()
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ TarArchive::~TarArchive()
         archive_read_free(this->archive);
 }
 
-static void extract_archive(TarArchive & archive, const Path & destDir)
+static void extract_archive(TarArchive & archive, const fs::path & destDir)
 {
     int flags = ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_TIME | ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_SYMLINKS | ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_NODOTDOT;
 
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ static void extract_archive(TarArchive & archive, const Path & destDir)
         else
             archive.check(r);
 
-        archive_entry_copy_pathname(entry, (destDir + "/" + name).c_str());
+        archive_entry_copy_pathname(entry, (destDir / name).string().c_str());
 
         // sources can and do contain dirs with no rx bits
         if (archive_entry_filetype(entry) == AE_IFDIR && (archive_entry_mode(entry) & 0500) != 0500)
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ static void extract_archive(TarArchive & archive, const Path & destDir)
         // Patch hardlink path
         const char * original_hardlink = archive_entry_hardlink(entry);
         if (original_hardlink) {
-            archive_entry_copy_hardlink(entry, (destDir + "/" + original_hardlink).c_str());
+            archive_entry_copy_hardlink(entry, (destDir / original_hardlink).string().c_str());
         }
 
         archive.check(archive_read_extract(archive.archive, entry, flags));
@@ -158,19 +162,19 @@ static void extract_archive(TarArchive & archive, const Path & destDir)
     archive.close();
 }
 
-void unpackTarfile(Source & source, const Path & destDir)
+void unpackTarfile(Source & source, const fs::path & destDir)
 {
     auto archive = TarArchive(source);
 
-    createDirs(destDir);
+    fs::create_directories(destDir);
     extract_archive(archive, destDir);
 }
 
-void unpackTarfile(const Path & tarFile, const Path & destDir)
+void unpackTarfile(const fs::path & tarFile, const fs::path & destDir)
 {
     auto archive = TarArchive(tarFile);
 
-    createDirs(destDir);
+    fs::create_directories(destDir);
     extract_archive(archive, destDir);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/tarfile.hh b/src/libutil/tarfile.hh
index 0517177db..5e29c6bba 100644
--- a/src/libutil/tarfile.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/tarfile.hh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ struct TarArchive
 
     void check(int err, const std::string & reason = "failed to extract archive (%s)");
 
-    explicit TarArchive(const Path & path);
+    explicit TarArchive(const std::filesystem::path & path);
 
     /// @brief Create a generic archive from source.
     /// @param source - Input byte stream.
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ struct TarArchive
 
 int getArchiveFilterCodeByName(const std::string & method);
 
-void unpackTarfile(Source & source, const Path & destDir);
+void unpackTarfile(Source & source, const std::filesystem::path & destDir);
 
-void unpackTarfile(const Path & tarFile, const Path & destDir);
+void unpackTarfile(const std::filesystem::path & tarFile, const std::filesystem::path & destDir);
 
 time_t unpackTarfileToSink(TarArchive & archive, ExtendedFileSystemObjectSink & parseSink);