diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/service/epic/EpicCloudSavesManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/service/epic/EpicCloudSavesManager.kt
index 414efaaedb..7d81ff15d1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/service/epic/EpicCloudSavesManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/service/epic/EpicCloudSavesManager.kt
@@ -1263,15 +1263,8 @@ object EpicCloudSavesManager {
         }
 
         // Resolve against on-disk casing to avoid creating duplicate dirs (e.g. locallow vs LocalLow).
-        val joinedPath = "/${canonicalizeAppDataSegments(normalizedParts).joinToString("/")}"
-        val trustedRoots = buildList {
-            add(usersPath)
-            add(File(winePrefix))
-            if (installDir.isNotEmpty()) {
-                add(File(installDir))
-            }
-        }
-        val resolved = resolveAbsolutePathCaseInsensitive(joinedPath, trustedRoots)
+        val joinedPath = normalizedParts.joinToString("/")
+        val resolved = FileUtils.resolveCaseInsensitive(File("/"), joinedPath)
         // guard against path traversal escaping the wine prefix
         val absPath = resolved.absolutePath
         val withinPrefix = absPath.startsWith("$winePrefix/") || absPath == winePrefix ||
@@ -1329,51 +1322,6 @@ object EpicCloudSavesManager {
         return actualPath
     }
 
-    internal fun resolveAbsolutePathCaseInsensitive(
-        path: String,
-        trustedRoots: List<File> = emptyList(),
-    ): File {
-        val normalizedPath = path.replace('\\', '/')
-        trustedRoots.firstNotNullOfOrNull { root ->
-            val rootPath = root.absolutePath.replace('\\', '/').trimEnd('/')
-            if (normalizedPath == rootPath || normalizedPath.startsWith("$rootPath/")) {
-                val relativePath = normalizedPath.removePrefix(rootPath).trimStart('/')
-                FileUtils.resolveCaseInsensitive(root, relativePath)
-            } else {
-                null
-            }
-        }?.let { return it }
-
-        val pathFile = File(normalizedPath)
-        val rootPath = pathFile.toPath().root?.toString()?.replace('\\', '/')
-        val base = when {
-            pathFile.isAbsolute && rootPath != null -> File(rootPath)
-            normalizedPath.startsWith("/") -> File("/")
-            else -> File("")
-        }
-        val relativePath = when {
-            pathFile.isAbsolute && rootPath != null -> normalizedPath.removePrefix(rootPath).trimStart('/')
-            else -> normalizedPath.trimStart('/')
-        }
-        return FileUtils.resolveCaseInsensitive(base, relativePath)
-    }
-
-    // Fixes issue where saves were being lost due to inconsistencies in lower-case sub-folders in AppData
-    internal fun canonicalizeAppDataSegments(segments: List<String>): List<String> {
-        return segments.mapIndexed { index, segment ->
-            if (index > 0 && segments[index - 1].equals("AppData", ignoreCase = true)) {
-                when (segment.lowercase()) {
-                    "local" -> "Local"
-                    "locallow" -> "LocalLow"
-                    "roaming" -> "Roaming"
-                    else -> segment
-                }
-            } else {
-                segment
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     private fun getSyncTimestamp(context: Context, appId: Int): String? {
         val prefs = context.getSharedPreferences("epic_cloud_saves", Context.MODE_PRIVATE)
         return prefs.getString("sync_timestamp_$appId", null)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/FileUtils.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/FileUtils.kt
index 7ad8339fa8..90bde3d2ec 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/FileUtils.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/gamenative/utils/FileUtils.kt
@@ -226,15 +226,9 @@ object FileUtils {
     fun resolveCaseInsensitive(baseDir: File, relativePath: String): File {
         val segments = relativePath.replace('\\', '/').split('/').filter { it.isNotEmpty() }
         var current = baseDir
-        for ((i, segment) in segments.withIndex()) {
+        for (segment in segments) {
             val match = current.listFiles()?.firstOrNull { it.name.equals(segment, ignoreCase = true) }
-            if (match != null) {
-                current = match
-            } else {
-                // append remaining segments verbatim
-                for (j in i until segments.size) current = File(current, segments[j])
-                return current
-            }
+            current = match ?: File(current, segment)
         }
         return current
     }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/app/gamenative/service/epic/EpicCloudSavesTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/app/gamenative/service/epic/EpicCloudSavesTest.kt
index aed62ba000..5ff138932d 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/app/gamenative/service/epic/EpicCloudSavesTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/app/gamenative/service/epic/EpicCloudSavesTest.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import app.gamenative.service.epic.manifest.EpicManifest
 import app.gamenative.service.epic.manifest.FileManifest
 import app.gamenative.service.epic.manifest.FileManifestList
 import app.gamenative.service.epic.manifest.ManifestMeta
+import app.gamenative.utils.FileUtils
 import java.io.File
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 import java.nio.ByteOrder
@@ -92,22 +93,21 @@ class EpicCloudSavesTest {
             .absolutePath
             .replace('\\', '/')
 
-        val resolved = EpicCloudSavesManager.resolveAbsolutePathCaseInsensitive(
-            metadataPath,
-            trustedRoots = listOf(wineUserDir),
-        )
+        val resolved = FileUtils.resolveCaseInsensitive(File("/"), metadataPath)
 
         assertEquals(saveDir.absolutePath, resolved.absolutePath)
         assertTrue(resolved.exists())
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `AppData child segments are canonicalized before creating save paths`() {
-        val segments = listOf("data", "prefix", "AppData", "locallow", "ZAUM Studio")
+    fun `resolveCaseInsensitive keeps matching after an unmatched parent segment`() {
+        val base = tmpDir.newFolder("base")
+        val deep = File(base, "Existing/Nested/LocalLow").apply { mkdirs() }
 
-        val canonicalized = EpicCloudSavesManager.canonicalizeAppDataSegments(segments)
+        val resolved = FileUtils.resolveCaseInsensitive(base, "existing/nested/locallow")
 
-        assertEquals(listOf("data", "prefix", "AppData", "LocalLow", "ZAUM Studio"), canonicalized)
+        assertEquals(deep.absolutePath, resolved.absolutePath)
+        assertTrue(resolved.exists())
     }
 
     @Test