diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/launching/FinalLaunchSequence.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/launching/FinalLaunchSequence.java
index e3b6ae88b04..7d52aef31de 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/launching/FinalLaunchSequence.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/launching/FinalLaunchSequence.java
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public class FinalLaunchSequence extends ReflectionSequence {
 
 		if (dir != null) {
 			fCommandControl.queueCommand(
-					fCommandFactory.createMIEnvironmentCD(fCommandControl.getContext(), dir.toPortableString()), 
+					fCommandFactory.createMIEnvironmentCD(fCommandControl.getContext(), dir.toString()), 
 					new DataRequestMonitor<MIInfo>(getExecutor(), requestMonitor));
 		} else {
 			requestMonitor.done();
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ public class FinalLaunchSequence extends ReflectionSequence {
 	@Execute
 	public void stepNewProcess(final RequestMonitor rm) {
 		if (!fGDBBackend.getIsAttachSession()) {
-
 			boolean noBinarySpecified = CDebugUtils.getAttribute(
 					fAttributes,
 					IGDBLaunchConfigurationConstants.ATTR_DEBUGGER_USE_SOLIB_SYMBOLS_FOR_APP,
@@ -563,7 +562,7 @@ public class FinalLaunchSequence extends ReflectionSequence {
 			String binary = null;
 			final IPath execPath = fGDBBackend.getProgramPath();
 			if (!noBinarySpecified && execPath != null && !execPath.isEmpty()) {
-				binary = execPath.toPortableString();
+				binary = execPath.toString();
 			}
 
 			// Even if binary is null, we must call this to do all the other steps