diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/gh17808.phpt b/ext/phar/tests/gh17808.phpt
index 03e54ff264bf..28cb9a2e2279 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/gh17808.phpt
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/gh17808.phpt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 GH-17808 (PharFileInfo refcount bug)
 --EXTENSIONS--
 phar
-zlib
 --FILE--
 <?php
 $fname = __DIR__.'/tar/files/Structures_Graph-1.0.3.tgz';
diff --git a/ext/phar/util.c b/ext/phar/util.c
index 8c7fa29ae175..34acaa6939e8 100644
--- a/ext/phar/util.c
+++ b/ext/phar/util.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ zend_result phar_get_entry_data(phar_entry_data **ret, char *fname, size_t fname
 /**
  * Create a new dummy file slot within a writeable phar for a newly created file
  */
-static phar_entry_data *phar_get_or_create_entry_data_ex(char *fname, size_t fname_len, const char *path, size_t path_len, const char *mode, char allow_dir, char **error, int security) /* {{{ */
+phar_entry_data *phar_get_or_create_entry_data(char *fname, size_t fname_len, const char *path, size_t path_len, const char *mode, char allow_dir, char **error, int security) /* {{{ */
 {
 	phar_archive_data *phar;
 	phar_entry_info *entry, etemp;
@@ -640,6 +640,10 @@ static phar_entry_data *phar_get_or_create_entry_data_ex(char *fname, size_t fna
 	const char *pcr_error;
 	char is_dir;
 
+#ifdef PHP_WIN32
+	phar_unixify_path_separators(path, path_len);
+#endif
+
 	is_dir = (path_len && path[path_len - 1] == '/') ? 1 : 0;
 
 	if (FAILURE == phar_get_archive(&phar, fname, fname_len, NULL, 0, error)) {
@@ -727,19 +731,6 @@ static phar_entry_data *phar_get_or_create_entry_data_ex(char *fname, size_t fna
 }
 /* }}} */
 
-phar_entry_data *phar_get_or_create_entry_data(char *fname, size_t fname_len, const char *path, size_t path_len, const char *mode, char allow_dir, char **error, int security)
-{
-#ifdef PHP_WIN32
-	char *path_dup = estrndup(path, path_len);
-	phar_unixify_path_separators(path_dup, path_len);
-	phar_entry_data *ret = phar_get_or_create_entry_data_ex(fname, fname_len, path_dup, path_len, mode, allow_dir, error, security);
-	efree(path_dup);
-	return ret;
-#else
-	return phar_get_or_create_entry_data_ex(fname, fname_len, path, path_len, mode, allow_dir, error, security);
-#endif
-}
-
 static inline void phar_set_pharfp(phar_archive_data *phar, php_stream *fp)
 {
 	if (!phar->is_persistent) {
@@ -1254,12 +1245,16 @@ phar_entry_info *phar_get_entry_info(phar_archive_data *phar, const char *path,
  * valid pre-existing empty directory entries
  */
 // TODO: convert this to use zend_string too
-static phar_entry_info *phar_get_entry_info_dir_ex(phar_archive_data *phar, const char *path, size_t path_len, char dir, char **error, int security) /* {{{ */
+phar_entry_info *phar_get_entry_info_dir(phar_archive_data *phar, const char *path, size_t path_len, char dir, char **error, int security) /* {{{ */
 {
 	const char *pcr_error;
 	phar_entry_info *entry;
 	int is_dir;
 
+#ifdef PHP_WIN32
+	phar_unixify_path_separators(path, path_len);
+#endif
+
 	is_dir = (path_len && (path[path_len - 1] == '/')) ? 1 : 0;
 
 	if (error) {
@@ -1406,19 +1401,6 @@ static phar_entry_info *phar_get_entry_info_dir_ex(phar_archive_data *phar, cons
 }
 /* }}} */
 
-phar_entry_info *phar_get_entry_info_dir(phar_archive_data *phar, const char *path, size_t path_len, char dir, char **error, int security)
-{
-#ifdef PHP_WIN32
-	char *path_dup = estrndup(path, path_len);
-	phar_unixify_path_separators(path_dup, path_len);
-	phar_entry_info *ret = phar_get_entry_info_dir_ex(phar, path_dup, path_len, dir, error, security);
-	efree(path_dup);
-	return ret;
-#else
-	return phar_get_entry_info_dir_ex(phar, path, path_len, dir, error, security);
-#endif
-}
-
 static const char hexChars[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
 
 static int phar_hex_str(const char *digest, size_t digest_len, char **signature) /* {{{ */