diff --git a/pkg/minikube/assets/vm_assets.go b/pkg/minikube/assets/vm_assets.go
index 30cbe58745..27d668a7ea 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/assets/vm_assets.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/assets/vm_assets.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
+	"path"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ type FileAsset struct {
 }
 
 func NewMemoryAssetTarget(d []byte, targetPath, permissions string) *MemoryAsset {
-	return NewMemoryAsset(d, filepath.Dir(targetPath), filepath.Base(targetPath), permissions)
+	return NewMemoryAsset(d, path.Dir(targetPath), path.Base(targetPath), permissions)
 }
 
 func NewFileAsset(assetName, targetDir, targetName, permissions string) (*FileAsset, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
index 3a9faf579a..7646827c83 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ func generateConfig(k8s bootstrapper.KubernetesConfig) (string, error) {
 
 func maybeDownloadAndCache(binary, version string) (string, error) {
 	targetDir := constants.MakeMiniPath("cache", version)
-	targetFilepath := filepath.Join(targetDir, binary)
+	targetFilepath := path.Join(targetDir, binary)
 
 	_, err := os.Stat(targetFilepath)
 	// If it exists, do no verification and continue