diff --git a/accounts-db/benches/bench_accounts_file.rs b/accounts-db/benches/bench_accounts_file.rs
index 808f1a630..3a05b0139 100644
--- a/accounts-db/benches/bench_accounts_file.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/benches/bench_accounts_file.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fn bench_write_accounts_file(c: &mut Criterion) {
                 || {
                     let path = temp_dir.path().join(format!("append_vec_{accounts_count}"));
                     let file_size = accounts.len() * (space + append_vec::STORE_META_OVERHEAD);
-                    AppendVec::new(&path, true, file_size)
+                    AppendVec::new(path, true, file_size)
                 },
                 |append_vec| {
                     let res = append_vec.append_accounts(&storable_accounts, 0).unwrap();
diff --git a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
index d172fd4c4..7f29edec1 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ impl AccountStorageEntry {
     pub fn new(path: &Path, slot: Slot, id: AccountsFileId, file_size: u64) -> Self {
         let tail = AccountsFile::file_name(slot, id);
         let path = Path::new(path).join(tail);
-        let accounts = AccountsFile::AppendVec(AppendVec::new(&path, true, file_size as usize));
+        let accounts = AccountsFile::AppendVec(AppendVec::new(path, true, file_size as usize));
 
         Self {
             id,
diff --git a/accounts-db/src/accounts_file.rs b/accounts-db/src/accounts_file.rs
index 6371be608..54bf8b76c 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/accounts_file.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/accounts_file.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl AccountsFile {
     /// The second element of the returned tuple is the number of accounts in the
     /// accounts file.
     pub fn new_from_file(path: impl AsRef<Path>, current_len: usize) -> Result<(Self, usize)> {
-        let (av, num_accounts) = AppendVec::new_from_file(path, current_len)?;
+        let (av, num_accounts) = AppendVec::new_from_file(path.as_ref(), current_len)?;
         Ok((Self::AppendVec(av), num_accounts))
     }
 
diff --git a/accounts-db/src/append_vec.rs b/accounts-db/src/append_vec.rs
index bf91ca0d1..b2499cb2c 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/append_vec.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/append_vec.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use {
         fs::{remove_file, OpenOptions},
         io::{Seek, SeekFrom, Write},
         mem,
-        path::{Path, PathBuf},
+        path::PathBuf,
         sync::{
             atomic::{AtomicU64, AtomicUsize, Ordering},
             Mutex,
@@ -237,19 +237,20 @@ impl Drop for AppendVec {
 }
 
 impl AppendVec {
-    pub fn new(file: &Path, create: bool, size: usize) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(file: impl Into<PathBuf>, create: bool, size: usize) -> Self {
+        let file = file.into();
         let initial_len = 0;
         AppendVec::sanitize_len_and_size(initial_len, size).unwrap();
 
         if create {
-            let _ignored = remove_file(file);
+            let _ignored = remove_file(&file);
         }
 
         let mut data = OpenOptions::new()
             .read(true)
             .write(true)
             .create(create)
-            .open(file)
+            .open(&file)
             .map_err(|e| {
                 panic!(
                     "Unable to {} data file {} in current dir({:?}): {:?}",
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ impl AppendVec {
         APPEND_VEC_MMAPPED_FILES_OPEN.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
 
         AppendVec {
-            path: file.to_path_buf(),
+            path: file,
             map,
             // This mutex forces append to be single threaded, but concurrent with reads
             // See UNSAFE usage in `append_ptr`
@@ -347,15 +348,16 @@ impl AppendVec {
         format!("{slot}.{id}")
     }
 
-    pub fn new_from_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, current_len: usize) -> Result<(Self, usize)> {
-        let new = Self::new_from_file_unchecked(&path, current_len)?;
+    pub fn new_from_file(path: impl Into<PathBuf>, current_len: usize) -> Result<(Self, usize)> {
+        let path = path.into();
+        let new = Self::new_from_file_unchecked(path, current_len)?;
 
         let (sanitized, num_accounts) = new.sanitize_layout_and_length();
         if !sanitized {
             // This info show the failing accountvec file path.  It helps debugging
             // the appendvec data corrupution issues related to recycling.
             return Err(AccountsFileError::AppendVecError(
-                AppendVecError::IncorrectLayout(path.as_ref().to_path_buf()),
+                AppendVecError::IncorrectLayout(new.path.clone()),
             ));
         }
 
@@ -363,7 +365,8 @@ impl AppendVec {
     }
 
     /// Creates an appendvec from file without performing sanitize checks or counting the number of accounts
-    pub fn new_from_file_unchecked<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, current_len: usize) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub fn new_from_file_unchecked(path: impl Into<PathBuf>, current_len: usize) -> Result<Self> {
+        let path = path.into();
         let file_size = std::fs::metadata(&path)?.len();
         Self::sanitize_len_and_size(current_len, file_size as usize)?;
 
@@ -384,7 +387,7 @@ impl AppendVec {
         APPEND_VEC_MMAPPED_FILES_OPEN.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
 
         Ok(AppendVec {
-            path: path.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
+            path,
             map,
             append_lock: Mutex::new(()),
             current_len: AtomicUsize::new(current_len),