diff --git a/src/fs/AllocatedPath.cxx b/src/fs/AllocatedPath.cxx
index 51a058ffc..087cbf76a 100644
--- a/src/fs/AllocatedPath.cxx
+++ b/src/fs/AllocatedPath.cxx
@@ -61,28 +61,6 @@ AllocatedPath::ToUTF8() const
 	return ::PathToUTF8(c_str());
 }
 
-const char *
-AllocatedPath::Relative(const char *other_fs) const
-{
-	const size_t l = length();
-	if (memcmp(data(), other_fs, l) != 0)
-		return nullptr;
-
-	other_fs += l;
-	if (*other_fs != 0) {
-		if (!PathTraitsFS::IsSeparator(*other_fs))
-			/* mismatch */
-			return nullptr;
-
-		/* skip remaining path separators */
-		do {
-			++other_fs;
-		} while (PathTraitsFS::IsSeparator(*other_fs));
-	}
-
-	return other_fs;
-}
-
 void
 AllocatedPath::ChopSeparators()
 {
diff --git a/src/fs/AllocatedPath.hxx b/src/fs/AllocatedPath.hxx
index 4496981d7..58e12862d 100644
--- a/src/fs/AllocatedPath.hxx
+++ b/src/fs/AllocatedPath.hxx
@@ -249,7 +249,9 @@ public:
 	 * nullptr on mismatch.
 	 */
 	gcc_pure
-	const char *Relative(const char *other_fs) const;
+	const char *Relative(const char *other_fs) const {
+		return PathTraitsFS::Relative(c_str(), other_fs);
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Chop trailing directory separators.