diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Contexts.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Contexts.scala
index bbcfe509fd21..679c43f76a36 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Contexts.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Contexts.scala
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ object Contexts {
     }
 
     /** Sourcefile with given path name, memoized */
-    def getSource(path: SourceFile.PathName): SourceFile = base.sourceNamed.get(path) match {
+    def getSource(path: TermName): SourceFile = base.sourceNamed.get(path) match {
       case Some(source) =>
         source
       case None =>
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ object Contexts {
 
     /** Sources that were loaded */
     val sources: mutable.HashMap[AbstractFile, SourceFile] = new mutable.HashMap[AbstractFile, SourceFile]
-    val sourceNamed: mutable.HashMap[SourceFile.PathName, SourceFile] = new mutable.HashMap[SourceFile.PathName, SourceFile]
+    val sourceNamed: mutable.HashMap[TermName, SourceFile] = new mutable.HashMap[TermName, SourceFile]
 
     // Types state
     /** A table for hash consing unique types */
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/PositionPickler.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/PositionPickler.scala
index 20b5ddd8703c..280d858eda69 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/PositionPickler.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/PositionPickler.scala
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class PositionPickler(pickler: TastyPickler, addrOfTree: untpd.Tree => Addr) {
 
     def pickleSource(source: SourceFile): Unit = {
       buf.writeInt(SOURCE)
-      buf.writeInt(pickler.nameBuffer.nameIndex(source.pathName).index)
+      buf.writeInt(pickler.nameBuffer.nameIndex(source.path.toTermName).index)
     }
 
     /** True if x's position shouldn't be reconstructed automatically from its initial span
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/Pickler.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/Pickler.scala
index 21e748ec594e..4b0b77205936 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/Pickler.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/Pickler.scala
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Pickler extends Phase {
         pickled.iterator.grouped(10).toList.zipWithIndex.map {
           case (row, i) => s"${i}0: ${row.mkString(" ")}"
         }
-        
+
       // println(i"rawBytes = \n$rawBytes%\n%") // DEBUG
       if (pickling ne noPrinter) {
         println(i"**** pickled info of $cls")
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/util/SourceFile.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/util/SourceFile.scala
index a22f6db0c927..3b32e77ebc81 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/util/SourceFile.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/util/SourceFile.scala
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ import java.io.IOException
 import scala.internal.Chars._
 import Spans._
 import scala.io.Codec
-import core.Names.TermName
 import core.Contexts.Context
 import scala.annotation.internal.sharable
-import core.Decorators.PreNamedString
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 import scala.collection.mutable
 
@@ -59,8 +57,6 @@ class SourceFile(val file: AbstractFile, computeContent: => Array[Char]) extends
   override def path: String = file.path
   override def jfile: Optional[JFile] = Optional.ofNullable(file.file)
 
-  def pathName: PathName = file.absolutePath.toTermName
-
   override def equals(that: Any): Boolean =
     (this `eq` that.asInstanceOf[AnyRef]) || {
       that match {
@@ -202,8 +198,6 @@ object SourceFile {
 
   implicit def fromContext(implicit ctx: Context): SourceFile = ctx.source
 
-  type PathName = TermName
-
   def fromId(id: Int): SourceFile = sourceOfChunk(id >> ChunkSizeLog)
 
   def virtual(name: String, content: String) = new SourceFile(new VirtualFile(name, content.getBytes), scala.io.Codec.UTF8)