diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b96582d6..28463a77 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ package_dir=
 packages = find:
 install_requires=
     gitpython>3
-    dulwich>=0.20.38
+    dulwich>=0.20.46
     pygit2>=1.10.0
     pygtrie>=2.3.2
     fsspec>=2021.7.0
diff --git a/src/scmrepo/git/backend/dulwich/__init__.py b/src/scmrepo/git/backend/dulwich/__init__.py
index b5c52fb0..6e8185fa 100644
--- a/src/scmrepo/git/backend/dulwich/__init__.py
+++ b/src/scmrepo/git/backend/dulwich/__init__.py
@@ -773,10 +773,6 @@ def status(
         staged, unstaged, untracked = git_status(
             self.root_dir, ignored=ignored, untracked_files=untracked_files
         )
-        if os.name == "nt":
-            # TODO: remove when https://github.com/jelmer/dulwich/pull/995 is
-            #       merged and released
-            untracked = [path.replace("\\", "/") for path in untracked]
 
         return (
             {