diff --git a/secrets/file/src/main/kotlin/FileBasedSecretsProvider.kt b/secrets/file/src/main/kotlin/FileBasedSecretsProvider.kt
index 1aec15194..a7a2dc170 100644
--- a/secrets/file/src/main/kotlin/FileBasedSecretsProvider.kt
+++ b/secrets/file/src/main/kotlin/FileBasedSecretsProvider.kt
@@ -116,29 +116,4 @@ class FileBasedSecretsProvider(config: Config) : SecretsProvider {
         secrets -= path
         writeSecrets(secrets)
     }
-
-    override fun createPath(
-        organizationId: Long?,
-        productId: Long?,
-        repositoryId: Long?,
-        secretName: String
-    ): Path {
-        val secretType = when {
-            organizationId != null -> "organization"
-            productId != null -> "product"
-            repositoryId != null -> "repository"
-            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException(
-                "Either one of organizationId, productId or repositoryId should be specified to create a path."
-            )
-        }
-        return Path(
-            listOfNotNull(
-                secretType,
-                organizationId,
-                productId,
-                repositoryId,
-                secretName
-            ).joinToString("_")
-        )
-    }
 }
diff --git a/secrets/spi/src/main/kotlin/SecretsProvider.kt b/secrets/spi/src/main/kotlin/SecretsProvider.kt
index 70a13dfab..bde0668f0 100644
--- a/secrets/spi/src/main/kotlin/SecretsProvider.kt
+++ b/secrets/spi/src/main/kotlin/SecretsProvider.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,18 @@ interface SecretsProvider {
 
     /**
      * Generate a [Path] for the secret belonging to the given [organizationId], [productId] and [repositoryId], as well
-     * as the [secretName].
+     * as the [secretName]. The default implementation concatenates these properties with underscores.
      */
-    fun createPath(organizationId: Long?, productId: Long?, repositoryId: Long?, secretName: String): Path
+    fun createPath(organizationId: Long?, productId: Long?, repositoryId: Long?, secretName: String): Path {
+        val secretType = when {
+            organizationId != null -> "organization"
+            productId != null -> "product"
+            repositoryId != null -> "repository"
+            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException(
+                "Either one of organizationId, productId or repositoryId should be specified to create a path."
+            )
+        }
+
+        return Path(listOfNotNull(secretType, organizationId, productId, repositoryId, secretName).joinToString("_"))
+    }
 }
diff --git a/secrets/spi/src/testFixtures/kotlin/SecretsProviderFactoryForTesting.kt b/secrets/spi/src/testFixtures/kotlin/SecretsProviderFactoryForTesting.kt
index 0056a863a..59e7720ce 100644
--- a/secrets/spi/src/testFixtures/kotlin/SecretsProviderFactoryForTesting.kt
+++ b/secrets/spi/src/testFixtures/kotlin/SecretsProviderFactoryForTesting.kt
@@ -103,31 +103,6 @@ class SecretsProviderFactoryForTesting : SecretsProviderFactory {
             override fun removeSecret(path: Path) {
                 storage -= checkPath(path)
             }
-
-            override fun createPath(
-                organizationId: Long?,
-                productId: Long?,
-                repositoryId: Long?,
-                secretName: String
-            ): Path {
-                val secretType = when {
-                    organizationId != null -> "organization"
-                    productId != null -> "product"
-                    repositoryId != null -> "repository"
-                    else -> throw IllegalArgumentException(
-                        "Either one of organizationId, productId or repositoryId should be specified to create a path."
-                    )
-                }
-                return Path(
-                    listOfNotNull(
-                        secretType,
-                        organizationId,
-                        productId,
-                        repositoryId,
-                        secretName
-                    ).joinToString("_")
-                )
-            }
         }.also { latestInstance = it }
     }
 }
diff --git a/secrets/vault/src/main/kotlin/VaultSecretsProvider.kt b/secrets/vault/src/main/kotlin/VaultSecretsProvider.kt
index 553ab4720..931a5a1f2 100644
--- a/secrets/vault/src/main/kotlin/VaultSecretsProvider.kt
+++ b/secrets/vault/src/main/kotlin/VaultSecretsProvider.kt
@@ -118,18 +118,6 @@ class VaultSecretsProvider(
         }
     }
 
-    override fun createPath(organizationId: Long?, productId: Long?, repositoryId: Long?, secretName: String): Path {
-        val secretType = when {
-            organizationId != null -> "organization"
-            productId != null -> "product"
-            repositoryId != null -> "repository"
-            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException(
-                "Either one of organizationId, productId or repositoryId should be specified to create a path."
-            )
-        }
-        return Path(listOfNotNull(secretType, organizationId, productId, repositoryId, secretName).joinToString("_"))
-    }
-
     /**
      * Create an [HttpClient] with a configuration to communicate with the Vault service. The client is prepared to
      * obtain a new client token if necessary.