diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibAudio/WavLoader.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibAudio/WavLoader.cpp
index f7b89a9636..458eb68eba 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibAudio/WavLoader.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibAudio/WavLoader.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Audio {
 static constexpr size_t const maximum_wav_size = 1 * GiB; // FIXME: is there a more appropriate size limit?
 
 WavLoaderPlugin::WavLoaderPlugin(StringView path)
-    : m_file(Core::File::construct(path))
+    : m_path(path)
 {
 }
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ MaybeLoaderError WavLoaderPlugin::initialize()
     if (m_backing_memory.has_value())
         m_stream = LOADER_TRY(Core::Stream::MemoryStream::construct(m_backing_memory.value()));
     else
-        m_stream = LOADER_TRY(Core::Stream::File::open(m_file->filename(), Core::Stream::OpenMode::Read));
+        m_stream = LOADER_TRY(Core::Stream::File::open(m_path, Core::Stream::OpenMode::Read));
 
     TRY(parse_header());
     return {};
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibAudio/WavLoader.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibAudio/WavLoader.h
index 0901dd8106..ff96120d57 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibAudio/WavLoader.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibAudio/WavLoader.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ public:
     virtual u16 num_channels() override { return m_num_channels; }
     virtual String format_name() override { return "RIFF WAVE (.wav)"; }
     virtual PcmSampleFormat pcm_format() override { return m_sample_format; }
-    virtual RefPtr<Core::File> file() override { return m_file; }
 
 private:
     MaybeLoaderError parse_header();
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ private:
     template<typename SampleReader>
     MaybeLoaderError read_samples_from_stream(Core::Stream::Stream& stream, SampleReader read_sample, FixedArray<Sample>& samples) const;
 
-    // This is only kept around for compatibility for now.
-    RefPtr<Core::File> m_file;
+    StringView m_path;
     OwnPtr<Core::Stream::SeekableStream> m_stream;
     // The constructor might set this so that we can initialize the data stream later.
     Optional<Bytes const&> m_backing_memory;