diff --git a/src/local_ops.py b/src/local_ops.py
index 8ea86ec..3981bc3 100644
--- a/src/local_ops.py
+++ b/src/local_ops.py
@@ -506,14 +506,7 @@ def path_exists(self, path: str) -> bool:
 
     @property
     def pathsep(self) -> str:
-        os_name = self.get_name()
-        if os_name == "posix":
-            pathsep = ":"
-        elif os_name == "nt":
-            pathsep = ";"
-        else:
-            raise Exception("Unsupported operating system: {}".format(os_name))
-        return pathsep
+        return os.path.pathsep
 
     def mkdtemp(self, prefix: typing.Optional[str] = None) -> str:
         assert prefix is None or type(prefix) is str
diff --git a/src/remote_ops.py b/src/remote_ops.py
index 0caaac5..fc8fb77 100644
--- a/src/remote_ops.py
+++ b/src/remote_ops.py
@@ -421,10 +421,7 @@ def set_env(
         return
 
     def get_name(self):
-        cmd = 'python3 -c "import os; print(os.name)"'
-        stdout = self.exec_command(cmd, encoding=get_default_encoding())
-        assert type(stdout) is str
-        return stdout.strip()
+        return "posix"
 
     # Work with dirs
     def makedirs(
@@ -606,14 +603,7 @@ def path_exists(self, path: str) -> bool:
 
     @property
     def pathsep(self) -> str:
-        os_name = self.get_name()
-        if os_name == "posix":
-            pathsep = ":"
-        elif os_name == "nt":
-            pathsep = ";"
-        else:
-            raise Exception("Unsupported operating system: {}".format(os_name))
-        return pathsep
+        return posixpath.pathsep
 
     def mkdtemp(self, prefix: typing.Optional[str] = None) -> str:
         """