diff --git a/mopidy/backends/libspotify/session_manager.py b/mopidy/backends/libspotify/session_manager.py
index 3e11fc6f..5831b713 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/libspotify/session_manager.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/libspotify/session_manager.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ logger = logging.getLogger('mopidy.backends.libspotify.session_manager')
 # LibspotifySessionManager: Too many ancestors (9/7)
 
 class LibspotifySessionManager(SpotifySessionManager, BaseThread):
-    cache_location = os.path.expanduser(settings.SPOTIFY_CACHE_PATH)
-    settings_location = os.path.expanduser(settings.SPOTIFY_CACHE_PATH)
+    cache_location = settings.SPOTIFY_CACHE_PATH
+    settings_location = settings.SPOTIFY_CACHE_PATH
     appkey_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'spotify_appkey.key')
     user_agent = 'Mopidy %s' % get_version()
 
diff --git a/mopidy/backends/local/__init__.py b/mopidy/backends/local/__init__.py
index 01dcf1df..21eea945 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/local/__init__.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/local/__init__.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class LocalPlaybackController(BasePlaybackController):
 class LocalStoredPlaylistsController(BaseStoredPlaylistsController):
     def __init__(self, *args):
         super(LocalStoredPlaylistsController, self).__init__(*args)
-        self._folder = os.path.expanduser(settings.LOCAL_PLAYLIST_PATH)
+        self._folder = settings.LOCAL_PLAYLIST_PATH
         self.refresh()
 
     def lookup(self, uri):
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ class LocalLibraryController(BaseLibraryController):
         self.refresh()
 
     def refresh(self, uri=None):
-        tag_cache = os.path.expanduser(settings.LOCAL_TAG_CACHE_FILE)
-        music_folder = os.path.expanduser(settings.LOCAL_MUSIC_PATH)
+        tag_cache = settings.LOCAL_TAG_CACHE_FILE
+        music_folder = settings.LOCAL_MUSIC_PATH
 
         tracks = parse_mpd_tag_cache(tag_cache, music_folder)
 
diff --git a/mopidy/frontends/mpd/translator.py b/mopidy/frontends/mpd/translator.py
index c7f5605a..fc1f031b 100644
--- a/mopidy/frontends/mpd/translator.py
+++ b/mopidy/frontends/mpd/translator.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def tracks_to_tag_cache_format(tracks):
 def _add_to_tag_cache(result, folders, files):
     for path, entry in folders.items():
         name = os.path.split(path)[1]
-        music_folder = os.path.expanduser(settings.LOCAL_MUSIC_PATH)
+        music_folder = settings.LOCAL_MUSIC_PATH
         mtime = get_mtime(os.path.join(music_folder, path))
         result.append(('directory', path))
         result.append(('mtime', mtime))
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def tracks_to_directory_tree(tracks):
         path = u''
         current = directories
 
-        local_folder = os.path.expanduser(settings.LOCAL_MUSIC_PATH)
+        local_folder = settings.LOCAL_MUSIC_PATH
         track_path = uri_to_path(track.uri)
         track_path = re.sub('^' + re.escape(local_folder), '', track_path)
         track_dir = os.path.dirname(track_path)
diff --git a/mopidy/scanner.py b/mopidy/scanner.py
index 436598bd..4ccccbdb 100644
--- a/mopidy/scanner.py
+++ b/mopidy/scanner.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import pygst
 pygst.require('0.10')
 import gst
 
-from os.path import abspath
 import datetime
 import sys
 import threading
diff --git a/mopidy/utils/path.py b/mopidy/utils/path.py
index b3669e38..5476e1fd 100644
--- a/mopidy/utils/path.py
+++ b/mopidy/utils/path.py
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@ import urllib
 logger = logging.getLogger('mopidy.utils.path')
 
 def get_or_create_folder(folder):
-    folder = os.path.expanduser(folder)
     if not os.path.isdir(folder):
         logger.info(u'Creating dir %s', folder)
         os.mkdir(folder, 0755)
     return folder
 
 def get_or_create_file(filename):
-    filename = os.path.expanduser(filename)
     if not os.path.isfile(filename):
         logger.info(u'Creating file %s', filename)
         open(filename, 'w')
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ def get_or_create_file(filename):
 
 def path_to_uri(*paths):
     path = os.path.join(*paths)
-    #path = os.path.expanduser(path) # FIXME Waiting for test case?
     path = path.encode('utf-8')
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
         return 'file:' + urllib.pathname2url(path)
@@ -46,16 +43,13 @@ def split_path(path):
     return parts
 
 def find_files(path):
-    path = os.path.expanduser(path)
     if os.path.isfile(path):
-        filename = os.path.abspath(path)
-        if not isinstance(filename, unicode):
-            filename = filename.decode('utf-8')
-        yield filename
+        if not isinstance(path, unicode):
+            path = path.decode('utf-8')
+        yield path
     else:
         for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(path):
             for filename in filenames:
-                dirpath = os.path.abspath(dirpath)
                 filename = os.path.join(dirpath, filename)
                 if not isinstance(filename, unicode):
                     filename = filename.decode('utf-8')
diff --git a/tests/utils/path_test.py b/tests/utils/path_test.py
index 758a09ab..4366305c 100644
--- a/tests/utils/path_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils/path_test.py
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ class GetOrCreateFolderTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assert_(os.path.isdir(self.parent))
         self.assertEqual(created, self.parent)
 
-    def test_that_userfolder_is_expanded(self):
-        raise SkipTest # Not sure how to safely test this
-
 
 class PathToFileURITest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_simple_path(self):
@@ -139,9 +136,6 @@ class FindFilesTest(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assert_(is_unicode(name),
                 '%s is not unicode object' % repr(name))
 
-    def test_expanduser(self):
-        raise SkipTest
-
 
 class MtimeTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):