diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/config/routes.ts b/packages/remix-dev/config/routes.ts
index 3e2b919517c..cbf90b5f9d3 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/config/routes.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/config/routes.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { win32 } from "node:path";
+import * as path from "node:path";
 import * as v from "valibot";
 
 import invariant from "../invariant";
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@ export function createRouteId(file: string) {
 }
 
 export function normalizeSlashes(file: string) {
-  return file.split(win32.sep).join("/");
+  return file.split(path.win32.sep).join("/");
 }
 
-export function stripFileExtension(file: string) {
+function stripFileExtension(file: string) {
   return file.replace(/\.[a-z0-9]+$/i, "");
 }
diff --git a/packages/remix-fs-routes/index.ts b/packages/remix-fs-routes/index.ts
index 04e61405570..1ad52e53d2d 100644
--- a/packages/remix-fs-routes/index.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-fs-routes/index.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import {
   getAppDirectory,
 } from "@remix-run/route-config";
 
-import { normalizeSlashes } from "./normalizeSlashes";
-
 /**
  * Creates route config from the file system that matches [Remix's default file
  * conventions](https://remix.run/docs/en/v2/file-conventions/routes), for
@@ -44,3 +42,7 @@ export async function flatRoutes(
 
   return routeManifestToRouteConfig(routes);
 }
+
+function normalizeSlashes(file: string) {
+  return file.split(path.win32.sep).join("/");
+}
diff --git a/packages/remix-fs-routes/normalizeSlashes.ts b/packages/remix-fs-routes/normalizeSlashes.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d16e5041e8..00000000000
--- a/packages/remix-fs-routes/normalizeSlashes.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import path from "node:path";
-
-export function normalizeSlashes(file: string) {
-  return file.split(path.win32.sep).join("/");
-}
diff --git a/packages/remix-route-config/routes.ts b/packages/remix-route-config/routes.ts
index d4a16790eb6..b595c00b3c8 100644
--- a/packages/remix-route-config/routes.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-route-config/routes.ts
@@ -13,15 +13,12 @@ export function getAppDirectory() {
   return getRouteConfigAppDirectory();
 }
 
-const createConfigRouteOptionKeys = [
+const routeOptionKeys = [
   "id",
   "index",
   "caseSensitive",
 ] as const satisfies ReadonlyArray<keyof RouteConfigEntry>;
-type CreateRouteOptions = Pick<
-  RouteConfigEntry,
-  typeof createConfigRouteOptionKeys[number]
->;
+type RouteOptions = Pick<RouteConfigEntry, typeof routeOptionKeys[number]>;
 /**
  * Helper function for creating a route config entry, for use within
  * `routes.ts`.
@@ -34,16 +31,16 @@ function route(
 function route(
   path: string | null | undefined,
   file: string,
-  options: CreateRouteOptions,
+  options: RouteOptions,
   children?: RouteConfigEntry[]
 ): RouteConfigEntry;
 function route(
   path: string | null | undefined,
   file: string,
-  optionsOrChildren: CreateRouteOptions | RouteConfigEntry[] | undefined,
+  optionsOrChildren: RouteOptions | RouteConfigEntry[] | undefined,
   children?: RouteConfigEntry[]
 ): RouteConfigEntry {
-  let options: CreateRouteOptions = {};
+  let options: RouteOptions = {};
 
   if (Array.isArray(optionsOrChildren) || !optionsOrChildren) {
     children = optionsOrChildren;
@@ -55,36 +52,30 @@ function route(
     file,
     children,
     path: path ?? undefined,
-    ...pick(options, createConfigRouteOptionKeys),
+    ...pick(options, routeOptionKeys),
   };
 }
 
-const createIndexOptionKeys = ["id"] as const satisfies ReadonlyArray<
+const indexOptionKeys = ["id"] as const satisfies ReadonlyArray<
   keyof RouteConfigEntry
 >;
-type CreateIndexOptions = Pick<
-  RouteConfigEntry,
-  typeof createIndexOptionKeys[number]
->;
+type IndexOptions = Pick<RouteConfigEntry, typeof indexOptionKeys[number]>;
 /**
  * Helper function for creating a route config entry for an index route, for use
  * within `routes.ts`.
  */
-function index(file: string, options?: CreateIndexOptions): RouteConfigEntry {
+function index(file: string, options?: IndexOptions): RouteConfigEntry {
   return {
     file,
     index: true,
-    ...pick(options, createIndexOptionKeys),
+    ...pick(options, indexOptionKeys),
   };
 }
 
-const createLayoutOptionKeys = ["id"] as const satisfies ReadonlyArray<
+const layoutOptionKeys = ["id"] as const satisfies ReadonlyArray<
   keyof RouteConfigEntry
 >;
-type CreateLayoutOptions = Pick<
-  RouteConfigEntry,
-  typeof createLayoutOptionKeys[number]
->;
+type LayoutOptions = Pick<RouteConfigEntry, typeof layoutOptionKeys[number]>;
 /**
  * Helper function for creating a route config entry for a layout route, for use
  * within `routes.ts`.
@@ -92,15 +83,15 @@ type CreateLayoutOptions = Pick<
 function layout(file: string, children?: RouteConfigEntry[]): RouteConfigEntry;
 function layout(
   file: string,
-  options: CreateLayoutOptions,
+  options: LayoutOptions,
   children?: RouteConfigEntry[]
 ): RouteConfigEntry;
 function layout(
   file: string,
-  optionsOrChildren: CreateLayoutOptions | RouteConfigEntry[] | undefined,
+  optionsOrChildren: LayoutOptions | RouteConfigEntry[] | undefined,
   children?: RouteConfigEntry[]
 ): RouteConfigEntry {
-  let options: CreateLayoutOptions = {};
+  let options: LayoutOptions = {};
 
   if (Array.isArray(optionsOrChildren) || !optionsOrChildren) {
     children = optionsOrChildren;
@@ -111,7 +102,7 @@ function layout(
   return {
     file,
     children,
-    ...pick(options, createLayoutOptionKeys),
+    ...pick(options, layoutOptionKeys),
   };
 }