diff --git a/pkg/cosign/tuf/client.go b/pkg/cosign/tuf/client.go
index 1d2ac38efc5..2edbe481e2e 100644
--- a/pkg/cosign/tuf/client.go
+++ b/pkg/cosign/tuf/client.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ func getRoot(meta map[string]json.RawMessage, ed fs.FS) (json.RawMessage, error)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, errors.New("fs.ReadFileFS unimplemented for embedded repo")
 	}
-	trustedRoot, err := rd.ReadFile(filepath.FromSlash(filepath.Join("repository", "root.json")))
+	trustedRoot, err := rd.ReadFile(filepath.Join("repository", "root.json"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -513,11 +512,11 @@ func rootCacheDir() string {
 }
 
 func cachedRemote(cacheRoot string) string {
-	return filepath.FromSlash(filepath.Join(cacheRoot, "remote.json"))
+	return filepath.Join(cacheRoot, "remote.json")
 }
 
 func cachedTargetsDir(cacheRoot string) string {
-	return filepath.FromSlash(filepath.Join(cacheRoot, "targets"))
+	return filepath.Join(cacheRoot, "targets")
 }
 
 // Local store implementations
@@ -563,7 +562,7 @@ func (e embeddedLocalStore) GetMeta() (map[string]json.RawMessage, error) {
 			// Skip the target directory or other strange files.
 			continue
 		}
-		b, err := rd.ReadFile(filepath.FromSlash(filepath.Join("repository", entry.Name())))
+		b, err := rd.ReadFile(filepath.Join("repository", entry.Name()))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("reading embedded file: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -703,7 +702,7 @@ func (e *embeddedWrapper) Get(p string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, errors.New("fs.ReadFileFS unimplemented for embedded repo")
 	}
-	b, err := rd.ReadFile(filepath.FromSlash(filepath.Join("repository", "targets", p)))
+	b, err := rd.ReadFile(filepath.Join("repository", "targets", p))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -723,7 +722,7 @@ func (e *embeddedWrapper) Set(name string, b []byte) error {
 		if !ok {
 			return errors.New("fs.ReadFileFS unimplemented for embedded repo")
 		}
-		entries, err := ed.ReadDir(filepath.FromSlash(filepath.Join("repository", "targets")))
+		entries, err := ed.ReadDir(filepath.Join("repository", "targets"))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -733,7 +732,7 @@ func (e *embeddedWrapper) Set(name string, b []byte) error {
 		}
 		// Copy targets to the writeable store so we can find all of them later.
 		for _, entry := range entries {
-			b, err := rd.ReadFile(filepath.FromSlash(filepath.Join("repository", "targets", entry.Name())))
+			b, err := rd.ReadFile(filepath.Join("repository", "targets", entry.Name()))
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("reading embedded file: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -792,11 +791,15 @@ func (d *diskCache) Set(p string, b []byte) error {
 }
 
 func noCache() bool {
-	b, err := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv(SigstoreNoCache))
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return b
+	// TODO: Remove!
+	return true
+	/*
+		b, err := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv(SigstoreNoCache))
+		if err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		return b
+	*/
 }
 
 func remoteFromMirror(ctx context.Context, mirror string) (client.RemoteStore, error) {