diff --git a/binding/lua_filesystem.cpp b/binding/lua_filesystem.cpp
index a8b3db87..04dcdecd 100644
--- a/binding/lua_filesystem.cpp
+++ b/binding/lua_filesystem.cpp
@@ -254,7 +254,9 @@ namespace bee::lua_filesystem {
 
         static int extension(lua_State* L) {
             path_ptr self = getpathptr(L, 1);
-            push(L, self->extension());
+            auto u8str    = self->extension().generic_u8string();
+            auto str      = u8tostrview(u8str);
+            lua_pushlstring(L, str.data(), str.size());
             return 1;
         }
 
@@ -292,23 +294,6 @@ namespace bee::lua_filesystem {
             return 1;
         }
 
-        static int equal_extension(lua_State* L) {
-            path_ptr self = getpathptr(L, 1);
-            path_ptr path = getpathptr(L, 2);
-            auto selfext  = self->extension();
-            auto pathext  = path->native();
-            if (selfext.empty()) {
-                lua_pushboolean(L, pathext.empty());
-                return 1;
-            }
-            if (pathext[0] != '.') {
-                lua_pushboolean(L, path_helper::equal(selfext, fs::path::string_type { '.' } + pathext));
-                return 1;
-            }
-            lua_pushboolean(L, path_helper::equal(selfext, pathext));
-            return 1;
-        }
-
         static int lexically_normal(lua_State* L) {
             path_ptr self = getpathptr(L, 1);
             push(L, self->lexically_normal());
@@ -356,7 +341,6 @@ namespace bee::lua_filesystem {
                 { "remove_filename", remove_filename },
                 { "replace_filename", replace_filename },
                 { "replace_extension", replace_extension },
-                { "equal_extension", equal_extension },
                 { "lexically_normal", lexically_normal },
                 { NULL, NULL },
             };
diff --git a/test/test_filesystem.lua b/test/test_filesystem.lua
index 432b2e51..b2673d05 100644
--- a/test/test_filesystem.lua
+++ b/test/test_filesystem.lua
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ end
 
 function test_fs:test_extension()
     local function get_extension(path)
-        return fs.path(path):extension():string()
+        return fs.path(path):extension()
     end
     lt.assertEquals(get_extension("a/b/c.ext"), ".ext")
     lt.assertEquals(get_extension("a/b/c"), "")
@@ -192,20 +192,6 @@ function test_fs:test_replace_extension()
     lt.assertEquals(replace_extension("c.ext", ".lua"), "c.lua")
 end
 
-function test_fs:test_equal_extension()
-    local function equal_extension(path, ext)
-        return lt.assertEquals(fs.path(path):equal_extension(ext), true)
-    end
-    equal_extension("a/b/c.ext", ".ext")
-    equal_extension("a/b/c.ext", "ext")
-    equal_extension("a/b/c", "")
-    equal_extension("a/b/.ext", "")
-    equal_extension("a/b/c.", ".")
-    equal_extension("a/b/c..", ".")
-    equal_extension("a/b/c..lua", ".lua")
-    equal_extension("a/b/c..lua", "lua")
-end
-
 function test_fs:test_get_permissions()
     local filename = "temp.txt"
     create_file(filename)