diff --git a/include/wx/fswatcher.h b/include/wx/fswatcher.h
index a9a9d8342c..5870c6cb35 100644
--- a/include/wx/fswatcher.h
+++ b/include/wx/fswatcher.h
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ protected:
     static wxString GetCanonicalPath(const wxFileName& path)
     {
         wxFileName path_copy = wxFileName(path);
-        if ( !path_copy.Normalize() )
+        if ( !path_copy.MakeAbsolute() )
         {
             wxFAIL_MSG(wxString::Format(wxASCII_STR("Unable to normalize path '%s'"),
                                          path.GetFullPath()));
diff --git a/samples/stc/stctest.cpp b/samples/stc/stctest.cpp
index 07a8c4a6ad..be31fbacaf 100644
--- a/samples/stc/stctest.cpp
+++ b/samples/stc/stctest.cpp
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ void AppFrame::CreateMenu ()
 
 void AppFrame::FileOpen (wxString fname)
 {
-    wxFileName w(fname); w.Normalize(); fname = w.GetFullPath();
+    wxFileName w(fname); w.MakeAbsolute(); fname = w.GetFullPath();
     m_edit->LoadFile (fname);
     m_edit->SelectNone();
 }
diff --git a/src/common/stdpbase.cpp b/src/common/stdpbase.cpp
index 5f5c12a0c8..5ba2a9c80f 100644
--- a/src/common/stdpbase.cpp
+++ b/src/common/stdpbase.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ wxString wxStandardPathsBase::GetExecutablePath() const
         return argv0;       // better than nothing
 
     wxFileName filename(path);
-    filename.Normalize();
+    filename.MakeAbsolute();
     return filename.GetFullPath();
 }
 
diff --git a/utils/wxrc/wxrc.cpp b/utils/wxrc/wxrc.cpp
index d18afcc766..1269d7ce67 100644
--- a/utils/wxrc/wxrc.cpp
+++ b/utils/wxrc/wxrc.cpp
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ void XmlResApp::ParseParams(const wxCmdLineParser& cmdline)
     if (!parOutput.empty())
     {
         wxFileName fn(parOutput);
-        fn.Normalize();
+        fn.MakeAbsolute();
         parOutput = fn.GetFullPath();
         parOutputPath = wxPathOnly(parOutput);
     }