diff --git a/build/moz.configure/init.configure b/build/moz.configure/init.configure
index fbd626bc73bd..f462adf840b5 100644
--- a/build/moz.configure/init.configure
+++ b/build/moz.configure/init.configure
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def virtualenv_python3():
     return namespace(
         # sys.executable is currently not updated for in-process activations. However,
         # sys.prefix is, so we can calculate the python executable's path from there.
-        path=normsep(PythonVirtualenv(realpath(sys.prefix)).python_path),
+        path=normalize_path(PythonVirtualenv(realpath(sys.prefix)).python_path),
         str_version=".".join(str(i) for i in sys.version_info[0:3]),
     )
 
diff --git a/docs/setup/windows_build.rst b/docs/setup/windows_build.rst
index 2be2ecda0ec3..b489c8cad23e 100644
--- a/docs/setup/windows_build.rst
+++ b/docs/setup/windows_build.rst
@@ -151,19 +151,11 @@ they may be resolved by `upgrading your MozillaBuild <https://wiki.mozilla.org/M
 Spaces in folder names
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-**Firefox will not build** if the path to the installation
-tool folders contains **spaces** or other breaking characters such as
-pluses, quotation marks, or metacharacters.  The Visual Studio tools and
-SDKs are an exception - they may be installed in a directory which
-contains spaces. It is strongly recommended that you accept the default
-settings for all installation locations.
-
-If your Windows username contains a space, the default ``.mozbuild`` path
-will also contain a space. You will need to move where ``.mozbuild`` directory
-lives by setting the ``MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH`` environment variable to a location
-without a space in the path (eg: ``MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=C:\.mozbuild``). If your
-``.mozbuild`` already contains bootstrapped dependencies, you should copy or move it
-to that new location, otherwise you will need to run ``./mach bootstrap`` again.
+**Firefox will not build** if the path to MozillaBuild or the Firefox source
+contain **spaces** or other breaking characters such as pluses, quotation marks,
+or metacharacters.  The Visual Studio tools and SDKs are an exception - they may
+be installed in a directory which contains spaces. It is strongly recommended
+that you accept the default settings for all installation locations.
 
 Quotation marks in ``PATH``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~