diff --git a/cadquery/occ_impl/importers/assembly.py b/cadquery/occ_impl/importers/assembly.py
index 4126c0ad1..28de735d1 100644
--- a/cadquery/occ_impl/importers/assembly.py
+++ b/cadquery/occ_impl/importers/assembly.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from typing import cast
-from path import Path
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from OCP.TopoDS import TopoDS_Shape
 from OCP.TCollection import TCollection_ExtendedString
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ def importXbf(assy: AssemblyProtocol, path: str):
     app = TDocStd_Application()
     BinXCAFDrivers.DefineFormat_s(app)
 
-    dirname, fname = Path(path).absolute().splitpath()
+    p = Path(path).absolute()
+    dirname, fname = str(p.parent), p.name
     doc = cast(
         TDocStd_Document,
         app.Retrieve(
@@ -204,7 +205,8 @@ def importXml(assy: AssemblyProtocol, path: str):
     app = TDocStd_Application()
     XmlXCAFDrivers.DefineFormat_s(app)
 
-    dirname, fname = Path(path).absolute().splitpath()
+    p = Path(path).absolute()
+    dirname, fname = str(p.parent), p.name
     doc = cast(
         TDocStd_Document,
         app.Retrieve(
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 590179b13..e6941c852 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ dependencies:
   - ezdxf>=1.3.0
   - typing_extensions
   - nlopt
-  - path
   - casadi
   - runtype
   - multimethod >=1.11,<2.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2bcbf98fd..c9f082d64 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
         "nlopt>=2.9.0,<3.0",
         "runtype",
         "casadi",
-        "path",
         "trame",
         "trame-vtk",
         "trame-components",
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index d30b369de..705e6f106 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
+import os
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
@@ -20,3 +22,17 @@ def pytest_collection_modifyitems(config, items):
     for item in items:
         if "gui" in item.keywords:
             item.add_marker(skip_gui)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def cwd():
+    @contextmanager
+    def _cwd(path):
+        oldpwd = os.getcwd()
+        os.chdir(path)
+        try:
+            yield
+        finally:
+            os.chdir(oldpwd)
+
+    return _cwd
diff --git a/tests/test_assembly.py b/tests/test_assembly.py
index 2b0b3180d..2fd46421e 100644
--- a/tests/test_assembly.py
+++ b/tests/test_assembly.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from itertools import product
 from math import degrees
 import copy
-from path import Path
+from pathlib import Path
 from pathlib import PurePath
 import re
 from pytest import approx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
 def tmpdir(tmp_path_factory):
-    return Path(tmp_path_factory.mktemp("assembly"))
+    return tmp_path_factory.mktemp("assembly")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -557,18 +557,6 @@ def find_node(node_list, name_path):
     :param name_path: list of node names (corresponding to path)
     """
 
-    def purepath_is_relative_to(p0, p1):
-        """Alternative to PurePath.is_relative_to for Python 3.8
-        PurePath.is_relative_to is new in Python 3.9
-        """
-        try:
-            if p0.relative_to(p1):
-                is_relative_to = True
-        except ValueError:
-            is_relative_to = False
-
-        return is_relative_to
-
     def get_nodes(node_list, name, parents):
         if parents:
             nodes = []
@@ -577,8 +565,7 @@ def get_nodes(node_list, name, parents):
                     [
                         p
                         for p in node_list
-                        # if p["path"].is_relative_to(parent["path"])
-                        if purepath_is_relative_to(p["path"], parent["path"])
+                        if p["path"].is_relative_to(parent["path"])
                         and len(p["path"].relative_to(parent["path"]).parents) == 1
                         and re.fullmatch(name, p["name"])
                         and p not in nodes
@@ -1376,18 +1363,18 @@ def test_save(extension, args, nested_assy, nested_assy_sphere):
         ("stl", ("STL",), {}),
     ],
 )
-def test_export(extension, args, kwargs, tmpdir, nested_assy):
+def test_export(extension, args, kwargs, tmpdir, nested_assy, cwd):
 
     filename = "nested." + extension
 
-    with tmpdir:
+    with cwd(tmpdir):
         nested_assy.export(filename, *args, **kwargs)
         assert os.path.exists(filename)
 
 
-def test_export_vtkjs(tmpdir, nested_assy):
+def test_export_vtkjs(tmpdir, nested_assy, cwd):
 
-    with tmpdir:
+    with cwd(tmpdir):
         nested_assy.export("nested.vtkjs")
         assert os.path.exists("nested.vtkjs.zip")
 
@@ -1553,7 +1540,7 @@ def test_colors_assy0(assy_fixture, request, tmpdir, kind):
     """
 
     assy = request.getfixturevalue(assy_fixture)
-    stepfile = (Path(tmpdir) / assy_fixture).with_suffix(f".{kind}")
+    stepfile = str((Path(tmpdir) / assy_fixture).with_suffix(f".{kind}"))
     assy.export(stepfile)
 
     assy_i = assy.load(stepfile)
@@ -1585,7 +1572,7 @@ def test_colors_assy1(assy_fixture, request, tmpdir, kind):
     """
 
     assy = request.getfixturevalue(assy_fixture)
-    stepfile = (Path(tmpdir) / assy_fixture).with_suffix(f".{kind}")
+    stepfile = str((Path(tmpdir) / assy_fixture).with_suffix(f".{kind}"))
     assy.export(stepfile)
 
     assy_i = assy.load(stepfile)
diff --git a/tests/test_examples.py b/tests/test_examples.py
index 6f022484e..13ede3213 100755
--- a/tests/test_examples.py
+++ b/tests/test_examples.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from glob import glob
 from itertools import chain, count
 
-from path import Path
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from docutils.parsers.rst import directives
 from docutils.core import publish_doctree
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 from cadquery.cq_directive import cq_directive
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def tmpdir(tmp_path_factory):
+    return tmp_path_factory.mktemp("examples")
+
+
 def find_examples(pattern="examples/*.py", path=Path("examples")):
 
     for p in glob(pattern):
@@ -56,10 +61,11 @@ def run(self):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "code, path", chain(find_examples(), find_examples_in_docs()), ids=count(0)
 )
-def test_example(code, path):
+def test_example(code, path, tmpdir, cwd):
 
     # build
-    with path:
+    with cwd(tmpdir):
+        # tmpdir is for future use; currently there are no examples that export files
         res = cqgi.parse(code).build()
 
     assert res.exception is None
diff --git a/tests/test_exporters.py b/tests/test_exporters.py
index c769d124b..055d7698a 100644
--- a/tests/test_exporters.py
+++ b/tests/test_exporters.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # core modules
 import os
 import io
-from path import Path
+from pathlib import Path
 import re
 import sys
 import math
diff --git a/tests/test_vis.py b/tests/test_vis.py
index a29da7aaf..695e530de 100644
--- a/tests/test_vis.py
+++ b/tests/test_vis.py
@@ -17,15 +17,16 @@
 from vtkmodules.vtkRenderingAnnotation import vtkAnnotatedCubeActor
 from vtkmodules.vtkIOImage import vtkPNGWriter
 
-from pytest import fixture, raises
-from path import Path
+from pytest import fixture, raises, mark
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from typing import List
 
 
 @fixture(scope="module")
 def tmpdir(tmp_path_factory):
-    return Path(tmp_path_factory.mktemp("screenshots"))
+    return tmp_path_factory.mktemp("screenshots")
 
 
 @fixture
@@ -138,11 +139,18 @@ def test_show(wp, assy, sk, patch_vtk):
     show(vtkAxesActor(), [vtkAnnotatedCubeActor()])
 
 
-def test_screenshot(wp, tmpdir, patch_vtk):
+def test_screenshot(wp, patch_vtk):
 
     # smoke test for now
-    with tmpdir:
+    show(wp, interact=False, screenshot="img.png", trihedron=False, gradient=False)
+
+
+@mark.skip(reason="running only smoke test for now")
+def test_screenshot_no_patch(wp, tmpdir, cwd):
+
+    with cwd(tmpdir):
         show(wp, interact=False, screenshot="img.png", trihedron=False, gradient=False)
+        assert (Path(tmpdir) / "img.png").exists()
 
 
 def test_ctrlPts():