diff --git a/src/Project.cpp b/src/Project.cpp
index 0d41c652b..76a0fb53e 100644
--- a/src/Project.cpp
+++ b/src/Project.cpp
@@ -3044,15 +3044,9 @@ bool AudacityProject::Save(bool overwrite /* = true */ ,
       wxString project = mFileName;
       if (project.Len() > 4 && project.Mid(project.Len() - 4) == wxT(".aup"))
          project = project.Mid(0, project.Len() - 4);
-// We suspect that wxWidget's wxPathOnly is Windows specific and incorrectly
-// treats '\' the same as '/' under Linux.  So we comment it out
-//    wxString projName = wxFileNameFromPath(project) + wxT("_data");
-//    wxString projPath = wxPathOnly(project);
-// ...and try this approach instead.
-      wxFileName filenameAsClass( project );
-      wxString projPath = filenameAsClass.GetPath();
-      wxString projName = filenameAsClass.GetFullName() + wxT("_data");
-
+      wxString projName = wxFileNameFromPath(project) + wxT("_data");
+      wxString projPath = wxPathOnly(project);
+      
       mWantSaveCompressed = bWantSaveCompressed;
       bool success = false;