diff --git a/functions/path_join.pp b/functions/path_join.pp
index 7513de2..80c6c8d 100644
--- a/functions/path_join.pp
+++ b/functions/path_join.pp
@@ -1,30 +1,19 @@
-# @summary Take one or more paths and join them together using the os specific separator.
-# Because in how windows uses a different separator this function
-# will format a windows path into a equilivent unix like path.  This type of unix like
-# path will work on windows.
+# @summary Take one or more paths and join them together 
+# This function will format a windows paths into equivalent unix like paths.
+# This type of unix like path should work on windows.
 #
 # @param dirs Joins two or more directories by file separator.
 # @return [Stdlib::Absolutepath] The joined path
 # @example Joining Unix paths to return `/tmp/test/libs`
 #   extlib::path_join(['/tmp', 'test', 'libs'])
 # @example Joining Windows paths to return `/c/test/libs`
 #   extlib::path_join(['c:', 'test', 'libs'])
-function extlib::path_join(Variant[String, Array[String]] *$values) >> Stdlib::Absolutepath {
-  $unix_sep = '/'
-  $sep_regex = /\/|\\/
-  $dirs = $values.flatten
-  $first_value = $dirs[0]
-  # when first value is absolute path, append all other elements
-  # by breaking the path into pieces first, then joining
-  if $first_value =~ Stdlib::Absolutepath {
-    $fixed_dirs = $first_value.split($sep_regex) + $dirs.delete($first_value)
-  } else {
-    $fixed_dirs = $dirs
-  }
-  $no_empty_dirs = $fixed_dirs.filter |$dir| { !empty($dir) }
-  $dirs_without_sep = $no_empty_dirs.map |String $dir | {
-    # remove : and file separator
-    $dir.regsubst($sep_regex, '').regsubst(':', '')
-  }
-  join([$unix_sep,$dirs_without_sep.join($unix_sep)])
+function extlib::path_join(Variant[String, Array[String]] *$dirs) >> Stdlib::Absolutepath {
+  [$dirs].flatten.map |$index, $dir| {
+    $index ? {
+      # only allow paths in the first element (should we enforce this more strictly?)
+      0       => extlib::dir_clean($dir),
+      default => $dir,
+    }
+  }.join('/')
 }