diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig b/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
index 0f47a0b647..2188d8bfc7 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
@@ -1701,7 +1701,7 @@ fn getZigArgs(compile: *Compile, fuzz: bool) ![][]const u8 {
         // This prevents a warning, that should probably be upgraded to an error in Zig's
         // CLI parsing code, when the linker sees an -L directory that does not exist.
 
-        if (prefix_dir.accessZ("lib", .{})) |_| {
+        if (prefix_dir.access("lib", .{})) |_| {
             try zig_args.appendSlice(&.{
                 "-L", b.pathJoin(&.{ search_prefix, "lib" }),
             });
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ fn getZigArgs(compile: *Compile, fuzz: bool) ![][]const u8 {
             }),
         }
 
-        if (prefix_dir.accessZ("include", .{})) |_| {
+        if (prefix_dir.access("include", .{})) |_| {
             try zig_args.appendSlice(&.{
                 "-I", b.pathJoin(&.{ search_prefix, "include" }),
             });
diff --git a/lib/std/os.zig b/lib/std/os.zig
index 7bee7ed104..8a2c606661 100644
--- a/lib/std/os.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os.zig
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ pub var argv: [][*:0]u8 = if (builtin.link_libc) undefined else switch (native_o
 };
 
 /// Call from Windows-specific code if you already have a WTF-16LE encoded, null terminated string.
-/// Otherwise use `access` or `accessZ`.
+/// Otherwise use `access`.
 pub fn accessW(path: [*:0]const u16) windows.GetFileAttributesError!void {
     const ret = try windows.GetFileAttributesW(path);
     if (ret != windows.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
diff --git a/lib/std/zig/LibCInstallation.zig b/lib/std/zig/LibCInstallation.zig
index f6d381be82..2ab4e48570 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/LibCInstallation.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/LibCInstallation.zig
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ fn findNativeIncludeDirPosix(self: *LibCInstallation, args: FindNativeOptions) F
         defer search_dir.close();
 
         if (self.include_dir == null) {
-            if (search_dir.accessZ(include_dir_example_file, .{})) |_| {
+            if (search_dir.access(include_dir_example_file, .{})) |_| {
                 self.include_dir = try allocator.dupeZ(u8, search_path);
             } else |err| switch (err) {
                 error.FileNotFound => {},
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ fn findNativeIncludeDirPosix(self: *LibCInstallation, args: FindNativeOptions) F
         }
 
         if (self.sys_include_dir == null) {
-            if (search_dir.accessZ(sys_include_dir_example_file, .{})) |_| {
+            if (search_dir.access(sys_include_dir_example_file, .{})) |_| {
                 self.sys_include_dir = try allocator.dupeZ(u8, search_path);
             } else |err| switch (err) {
                 error.FileNotFound => {},
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ fn findNativeIncludeDirWindows(
         };
         defer dir.close();
 
-        dir.accessZ("stdlib.h", .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
+        dir.access("stdlib.h", .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
             error.FileNotFound => continue,
             else => return error.FileSystem,
         };
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ fn findNativeCrtDirWindows(
         };
         defer dir.close();
 
-        dir.accessZ("ucrt.lib", .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
+        dir.access("ucrt.lib", .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
             error.FileNotFound => continue,
             else => return error.FileSystem,
         };
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ fn findNativeKernel32LibDir(
         };
         defer dir.close();
 
-        dir.accessZ("kernel32.lib", .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
+        dir.access("kernel32.lib", .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
             error.FileNotFound => continue,
             else => return error.FileSystem,
         };
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ fn findNativeMsvcIncludeDir(
     };
     defer dir.close();
 
-    dir.accessZ("vcruntime.h", .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
+    dir.access("vcruntime.h", .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
         error.FileNotFound => return error.LibCStdLibHeaderNotFound,
         else => return error.FileSystem,
     };