diff --git a/S16-io/cwd.t b/S16-io/cwd.t
index ed9a6329e0..f826be7db0 100644
--- a/S16-io/cwd.t
+++ b/S16-io/cwd.t
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use Test;
 
 plan 3;
 
-isa_ok $*CWD, IO::Path;
+#?rakudo todo 'still in newio branch'
+isa_ok $*CWD, IO::Dir;
 lives_ok { $*CWD.perl }, '$*CWD.perl works';
 lives_ok { $*CWD.gist }, '$*CWD.gist works';
diff --git a/S16-io/tmpdir.t b/S16-io/tmpdir.t
index a31dffaea6..73f21a900a 100644
--- a/S16-io/tmpdir.t
+++ b/S16-io/tmpdir.t
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use Test;
 
 plan 3;
 
-isa_ok $*TMPDIR, IO::Path;
+#?rakudo todo 'still in newio branch'
+isa_ok $*TMPDIR, IO::Dir;
 lives_ok { $*TMPDIR.perl }, '$*TMPDIR.perl works';
 lives_ok { $*TMPDIR.gist }, '$*TMPDIR.gist works';
diff --git a/S22-package-format/local.t b/S22-package-format/local.t
index 0894058436..623e50e8f6 100644
--- a/S22-package-format/local.t
+++ b/S22-package-format/local.t
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ my $module := 'NanooNanoo';
 my $srcext := 'pm';
 my $src    := "$module.$srcext";
 my $base   := "$cwd/t/spec/S22-package-format";
-my $srcdir := "$base/local-file-src";  
-my $srcsrc := $*KERNEL.name eq 'win32' ?? "$srcdir\\$src" !! "$srcdir/$src";
+my $srcdir := "$base/local-file-src/";  
+my $srcsrc := $srcdir ~ $src;
 my $cmpext := $*VM.precomp-ext;
-my $cmpdir := "$base/local-file-cmp";
-my $cmpsrc := "$cmpdir/$src"; # should not exist
-my $cmpcmp := "$cmpdir/$src.$cmpext";
+my $cmpdir := "$base/local-file-cmp/";
+my $cmpsrc := $cmpdir ~ $src; # should not exist
+my $cmpcmp := "$cmpdir$src.$cmpext";
 
 # creating dirs / files needed
 my $initialized = True; # try to cleanup from here on out
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ ok signal(SIGINT).tap( {die} ), 'install Ctrl-C handler for cleanup in END';
 # basic CURLF sanity
 my $curlf1 = CompUnitRepo::Local::File.new($cwd);
 isa_ok $curlf1, CompUnitRepo::Local::File;
-isa_ok $curlf1.path, IO::Path;
-is $curlf1.path, $cwd, 'is . looking at the right directory';
+isa_ok $curlf1.IO, IO::Path;
+is $curlf1.IO, $cwd, 'is . looking at the right directory';
 is $curlf1.short-id, 'file', 'is the short-id right';
 dies_ok { $curlf1.install( "foo" ) }, 'Cannot install on CUR::File';
 
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ ok $curlf1 === $curlf2, 'are they the same';
 my $curlf = CompUnitRepo::Local::File.new($srcdir);
 isa_ok $curlf, CompUnitRepo::Local::File;
 ok $curlf2 !=== $curlf, 'are they different';
-isa_ok $curlf.path, IO::Path;
-is $curlf.path, IO::Path.new($srcdir), "is '$srcdir' looking at the right dir";
+isa_ok $curlf.IO, IO::Path;
+is $curlf.IO, IO::Path.new($srcdir), "is '$srcdir' looking at the right dir";
 
 # all candidates
 my $candidates = $curlf.candidates('NanooNanoo');
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ is $candidates.elems, 0, "did we get 0 candidates";
 is $compunit-src.from,        'Perl6', "is the language 'Perl6'";
 is $compunit-src.name,        $module, "is the name '$module'";
 is $compunit-src.extension,   $srcext, "is the extension '$srcext'";
-is $compunit-src.path,        $srcsrc, "is the path '$srcsrc'";
+is $compunit-src.abspath,     $srcsrc, "is the abspath '$srcsrc'";
 is $compunit-src.is-loaded,     False, "is the module is-loaded";
 is $compunit-src.has-source,     True, "do we have the source?";
 is $compunit-src.has-precomp,   False, "is the module pre-compiled";
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ isa_ok $compunit-cmp, CompUnit;
 is $compunit-cmp.from,        'Perl6', "is the language 'Perl6'";
 is $compunit-cmp.name,        $module, "is the name '$module'";
 is $compunit-cmp.extension,   $srcext, "is the extension '$srcext'";
-is $compunit-cmp.path,        $cmpsrc, "is the path '$cmpsrc'";
+is $compunit-cmp.abspath,     $cmpsrc, "is the path '$cmpsrc'";
 is $compunit-cmp.is-loaded,     False, "is the module is-loaded";
 is $compunit-cmp.has-source,    False, "don't we have the source?";
 is $compunit-cmp.has-precomp,    True, "is the module pre-compiled";
diff --git a/S32-io/io-path-win.t b/S32-io/io-path-win.t
index 176c84e9cd..c23ab49d0f 100644
--- a/S32-io/io-path-win.t
+++ b/S32-io/io-path-win.t
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use Test;
 plan 49;
 
 my $*SPEC = IO::Spec::Win32;  # .IO needs to have IO::Spec::Win32
-my $*CWD  = 'C:\\zip\\loc'.IO;
+my $*CWD  = 'C:\\zip\\loc\\'; # for the sake of testing here, it's just a string
 
 my $relpath = IO::Path::Win32.new('foo\\bar' );
 my $abspath = IO::Path::Win32.new('\\foo\\bar');
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ is IO::Path::Win32.new("\\usr\\bin").relative("/usr"),    "bin",            "rel
 
 is $relpath.absolute.IO.relative,  "foo\\bar", "relative inverts absolute";
 is $relpath.absolute("/foo").IO.relative("\\foo"), "foo\\bar","absolute inverts relative";
-#?rakudo 1 todo 'resolve NYI, needs nqp::readlink'
+#?rakudo 1 skip 'resolve NYI, needs nqp::readlink'
 is $abspath.relative.IO.absolute.IO.resolve, "\\foo\\bar",    "absolute inverts relative with resolve";
 
 is IO::Path::Win32.new("foo/bar").parent, "foo",    "parent of 'foo/bar' is 'foo'";
diff --git a/S32-io/io-spec-unix.t b/S32-io/io-spec-unix.t
index 22bad8ef2c..ad6fbe460b 100644
--- a/S32-io/io-spec-unix.t
+++ b/S32-io/io-spec-unix.t
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ if $*DISTRO.name ~~ any(<mswin32 os2 netware symbian dos cygwin>) {
 }
 else {
 	isa_ok $*SPEC, IO::Spec::Unix, "unix: loads correct module";
-	is $*SPEC.rel2abs( $*SPEC.curdir ), $*CWD, "rel2abs: \$*CWD test";
+    #?rakudo todo "awaiting newio merge"
+	is $*SPEC.rel2abs( $*SPEC.curdir ), $*CWD.chop, "rel2abs: \$*CWD test";
 	ok {.IO.d && .IO.w}.( $*SPEC.tmpdir ), "tmpdir: {$*SPEC.tmpdir} is a writable directory";
 }