diff --git a/lib/oldpath/oldresolver/resolver.go b/lib/oldpath/oldresolver/resolver.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e475e29be91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/oldpath/oldresolver/resolver.go
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+package oldresolver
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	path "github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/lib/oldpath"
+
+	cid "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
+	ipld "github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format"
+	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
+	dag "github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag"
+)
+
+var log = logging.Logger("pathresolv")
+
+// ErrNoComponents is used when Paths after a protocol
+// do not contain at least one component
+var ErrNoComponents = errors.New(
+	"path must contain at least one component")
+
+// ErrNoLink is returned when a link is not found in a path
+type ErrNoLink struct {
+	Name string
+	Node cid.Cid
+}
+
+// Error implements the Error interface for ErrNoLink with a useful
+// human readable message.
+func (e ErrNoLink) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("no link named %q under %s", e.Name, e.Node.String())
+}
+
+// ResolveOnce resolves path through a single node
+type ResolveOnce func(ctx context.Context, ds ipld.NodeGetter, nd ipld.Node, names []string) (*ipld.Link, []string, error)
+
+// Resolver provides path resolution to IPFS
+// It has a pointer to a DAGService, which is uses to resolve nodes.
+// TODO: now that this is more modular, try to unify this code with the
+//       the resolvers in namesys
+type Resolver struct {
+	DAG ipld.NodeGetter
+
+	ResolveOnce ResolveOnce
+}
+
+// NewBasicResolver constructs a new basic resolver.
+func NewBasicResolver(ds ipld.DAGService) *Resolver {
+	return &Resolver{
+		DAG:         ds,
+		ResolveOnce: ResolveSingle,
+	}
+}
+
+// ResolveToLastNode walks the given path and returns the cid of the last node
+// referenced by the path
+func (r *Resolver) ResolveToLastNode(ctx context.Context, fpath path.Path) (cid.Cid, []string, error) {
+	c, p, err := path.SplitAbsPath(fpath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return cid.Cid{}, nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(p) == 0 {
+		return c, nil, nil
+	}
+
+	nd, err := r.DAG.Get(ctx, c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return cid.Cid{}, nil, err
+	}
+
+	for len(p) > 0 {
+		lnk, rest, err := r.ResolveOnce(ctx, r.DAG, nd, p)
+
+		// Note: have to drop the error here as `ResolveOnce` doesn't handle 'leaf'
+		// paths (so e.g. for `echo '{"foo":123}' | ipfs dag put` we wouldn't be
+		// able to resolve `zdpu[...]/foo`)
+		if lnk == nil {
+			break
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			if err == dag.ErrLinkNotFound {
+				err = ErrNoLink{Name: p[0], Node: nd.Cid()}
+			}
+			return cid.Cid{}, nil, err
+		}
+
+		next, err := lnk.GetNode(ctx, r.DAG)
+		if err != nil {
+			return cid.Cid{}, nil, err
+		}
+		nd = next
+		p = rest
+	}
+
+	if len(p) == 0 {
+		return nd.Cid(), nil, nil
+	}
+
+	// Confirm the path exists within the object
+	val, rest, err := nd.Resolve(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err == dag.ErrLinkNotFound {
+			err = ErrNoLink{Name: p[0], Node: nd.Cid()}
+		}
+		return cid.Cid{}, nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(rest) > 0 {
+		return cid.Cid{}, nil, errors.New("path failed to resolve fully")
+	}
+	switch val.(type) {
+	case *ipld.Link:
+		return cid.Cid{}, nil, errors.New("inconsistent ResolveOnce / nd.Resolve")
+	default:
+		return nd.Cid(), p, nil
+	}
+}
+
+// ResolvePath fetches the node for given path. It returns the last item
+// returned by ResolvePathComponents.
+func (r *Resolver) ResolvePath(ctx context.Context, fpath path.Path) (ipld.Node, error) {
+	// validate path
+	if err := fpath.IsValid(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	nodes, err := r.ResolvePathComponents(ctx, fpath)
+	if err != nil || nodes == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return nodes[len(nodes)-1], err
+}
+
+// ResolveSingle simply resolves one hop of a path through a graph with no
+// extra context (does not opaquely resolve through sharded nodes)
+func ResolveSingle(ctx context.Context, ds ipld.NodeGetter, nd ipld.Node, names []string) (*ipld.Link, []string, error) {
+	return nd.ResolveLink(names)
+}
+
+// ResolvePathComponents fetches the nodes for each segment of the given path.
+// It uses the first path component as a hash (key) of the first node, then
+// resolves all other components walking the links, with ResolveLinks.
+func (r *Resolver) ResolvePathComponents(ctx context.Context, fpath path.Path) ([]ipld.Node, error) {
+
+	h, parts, err := path.SplitAbsPath(fpath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	log.Debug("resolve dag get")
+	nd, err := r.DAG.Get(ctx, h)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return r.ResolveLinks(ctx, nd, parts)
+}
+
+// ResolveLinks iteratively resolves names by walking the link hierarchy.
+// Every node is fetched from the DAGService, resolving the next name.
+// Returns the list of nodes forming the path, starting with ndd. This list is
+// guaranteed never to be empty.
+//
+// ResolveLinks(nd, []string{"foo", "bar", "baz"})
+// would retrieve "baz" in ("bar" in ("foo" in nd.Links).Links).Links
+func (r *Resolver) ResolveLinks(ctx context.Context, ndd ipld.Node, names []string) ([]ipld.Node, error) {
+	result := make([]ipld.Node, 0, len(names)+1)
+	result = append(result, ndd)
+	nd := ndd // dup arg workaround
+
+	// for each of the path components
+	for len(names) > 0 {
+		var cancel context.CancelFunc
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Minute)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		lnk, rest, err := r.ResolveOnce(ctx, r.DAG, nd, names)
+		if err == dag.ErrLinkNotFound {
+			return result, ErrNoLink{Name: names[0], Node: nd.Cid()}
+		} else if err != nil {
+			return result, err
+		}
+
+		nextnode, err := lnk.GetNode(ctx, r.DAG)
+		if err != nil {
+			return result, err
+		}
+
+		nd = nextnode
+		result = append(result, nextnode)
+		names = rest
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
diff --git a/lib/oldpath/path.go b/lib/oldpath/path.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe4bd67a24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/oldpath/path.go
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+package oldpath
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"path"
+	"strings"
+
+	cid "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
+)
+
+// helper type so path parsing errors include the path
+type pathError struct {
+	error error
+	path  string
+}
+
+func (e *pathError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("invalid path %q: %s", e.path, e.error)
+}
+
+func (e *pathError) Unwrap() error {
+	return e.error
+}
+
+func (e *pathError) Path() string {
+	return e.path
+}
+
+// A Path represents an ipfs content path:
+//   * /<cid>/path/to/file
+//   * /ipfs/<cid>
+//   * /ipns/<cid>/path/to/folder
+//   * etc
+type Path string
+
+// ^^^
+// TODO: debate making this a private struct wrapped in a public interface
+// would allow us to control creation, and cache segments.
+
+// FromString safely converts a string type to a Path type.
+func FromString(s string) Path {
+	return Path(s)
+}
+
+// FromCid safely converts a cid.Cid type to a Path type.
+func FromCid(c cid.Cid) Path {
+	return Path("/ipfs/" + c.String())
+}
+
+// Segments returns the different elements of a path
+// (elements are delimited by a /).
+func (p Path) Segments() []string {
+	cleaned := path.Clean(string(p))
+	segments := strings.Split(cleaned, "/")
+
+	// Ignore leading slash
+	if len(segments[0]) == 0 {
+		segments = segments[1:]
+	}
+
+	return segments
+}
+
+// String converts a path to string.
+func (p Path) String() string {
+	return string(p)
+}
+
+// IsJustAKey returns true if the path is of the form <key> or /ipfs/<key>, or
+// /ipld/<key>
+func (p Path) IsJustAKey() bool {
+	parts := p.Segments()
+	return len(parts) == 2 && (parts[0] == "ipfs" || parts[0] == "ipld")
+}
+
+// PopLastSegment returns a new Path without its final segment, and the final
+// segment, separately. If there is no more to pop (the path is just a key),
+// the original path is returned.
+func (p Path) PopLastSegment() (Path, string, error) {
+
+	if p.IsJustAKey() {
+		return p, "", nil
+	}
+
+	segs := p.Segments()
+	newPath, err := ParsePath("/" + strings.Join(segs[:len(segs)-1], "/"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", "", err
+	}
+
+	return newPath, segs[len(segs)-1], nil
+}
+
+// FromSegments returns a path given its different segments.
+func FromSegments(prefix string, seg ...string) (Path, error) {
+	return ParsePath(prefix + strings.Join(seg, "/"))
+}
+
+// ParsePath returns a well-formed ipfs Path.
+// The returned path will always be prefixed with /ipfs/ or /ipns/.
+// The prefix will be added if not present in the given string.
+// This function will return an error when the given string is
+// not a valid ipfs path.
+func ParsePath(txt string) (Path, error) {
+	parts := strings.Split(txt, "/")
+	if len(parts) == 1 {
+		kp, err := ParseCidToPath(txt)
+		if err == nil {
+			return kp, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	// if the path doesnt begin with a '/'
+	// we expect this to start with a hash, and be an 'ipfs' path
+	if parts[0] != "" {
+		if _, err := cid.Decode(parts[0]); err != nil {
+			return "", &pathError{error: err, path: txt}
+		}
+		// The case when the path starts with hash without a protocol prefix
+		return Path("/ipfs/" + txt), nil
+	}
+
+	if len(parts) < 3 {
+		return "", &pathError{error: fmt.Errorf("path does not begin with '/'"), path: txt}
+	}
+
+	//TODO: make this smarter
+	switch parts[1] {
+	case "ipfs", "ipld":
+		if parts[2] == "" {
+			return "", &pathError{error: fmt.Errorf("not enough path components"), path: txt}
+		}
+		// Validate Cid.
+		_, err := cid.Decode(parts[2])
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", &pathError{error: fmt.Errorf("invalid CID: %s", err), path: txt}
+		}
+	case "ipns":
+		if parts[2] == "" {
+			return "", &pathError{error: fmt.Errorf("not enough path components"), path: txt}
+		}
+	default:
+		return "", &pathError{error: fmt.Errorf("unknown namespace %q", parts[1]), path: txt}
+	}
+
+	return Path(txt), nil
+}
+
+// ParseCidToPath takes a CID in string form and returns a valid ipfs Path.
+func ParseCidToPath(txt string) (Path, error) {
+	if txt == "" {
+		return "", &pathError{error: fmt.Errorf("empty"), path: txt}
+	}
+
+	c, err := cid.Decode(txt)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", &pathError{error: err, path: txt}
+	}
+
+	return FromCid(c), nil
+}
+
+// IsValid checks if a path is a valid ipfs Path.
+func (p *Path) IsValid() error {
+	_, err := ParsePath(p.String())
+	return err
+}
+
+// Join joins strings slices using /
+func Join(pths []string) string {
+	return strings.Join(pths, "/")
+}
+
+// SplitList splits strings usings /
+func SplitList(pth string) []string {
+	return strings.Split(pth, "/")
+}
+
+// SplitAbsPath clean up and split fpath. It extracts the first component (which
+// must be a Multihash) and return it separately.
+func SplitAbsPath(fpath Path) (cid.Cid, []string, error) {
+	parts := fpath.Segments()
+	if parts[0] == "ipfs" || parts[0] == "ipld" {
+		parts = parts[1:]
+	}
+
+	// if nothing, bail.
+	if len(parts) == 0 {
+		return cid.Cid{}, nil, &pathError{error: fmt.Errorf("empty"), path: string(fpath)}
+	}
+
+	c, err := cid.Decode(parts[0])
+	// first element in the path is a cid
+	if err != nil {
+		return cid.Cid{}, nil, &pathError{error: fmt.Errorf("invalid CID: %s", err), path: string(fpath)}
+	}
+
+	return c, parts[1:], nil
+}
diff --git a/node/impl/full/chain.go b/node/impl/full/chain.go
index 6ed9b6de42c..61be82bc9e6 100644
--- a/node/impl/full/chain.go
+++ b/node/impl/full/chain.go
@@ -17,15 +17,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-blockservice"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
-	bsfetcher "github.com/ipfs/go-fetcher/impl/blockservice"
 	offline "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-exchange-offline"
 	cbor "github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-cbor"
 	ipld "github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-path"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-path/resolver"
-	cidlink "github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/linking/cid"
 	mh "github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
 	cbg "github.com/whyrusleeping/cbor-gen"
 
@@ -38,6 +34,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/store"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/types"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/vm"
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/lib/oldpath"
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/lib/oldpath/oldresolver"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/node/modules/dtypes"
 )
 
@@ -552,23 +550,27 @@ func resolveOnce(bs blockstore.Blockstore, tse stmgr.Executor) func(ctx context.
 }
 
 func (a *ChainAPI) ChainGetNode(ctx context.Context, p string) (*api.IpldObject, error) {
-	ip, err := path.ParsePath(p)
+	ip, err := oldpath.ParsePath(p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("parsing path: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	bs := a.ExposedBlockstore
 	bsvc := blockservice.New(bs, offline.Exchange(bs))
-	fc := bsfetcher.NewFetcherConfig(bsvc)
-	r := resolver.NewBasicResolver(fc)
+	dag := merkledag.NewDAGService(bsvc)
+
+	r := &oldresolver.Resolver{
+		DAG:         dag,
+		ResolveOnce: resolveOnce(bs, a.TsExec),
+	}
 
-	node, lnk, err := r.ResolvePath(ctx, ip)
+	node, err := r.ResolvePath(ctx, ip)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return &api.IpldObject{
-		Cid: lnk.(cidlink.Link).Cid,
+		Cid: node.Cid(),
 		Obj: node,
 	}, nil
 }