diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem/DiscFormats/CUE/CueFileResolver.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem/DiscFormats/CUE/CueFileResolver.cs
index 2f38222355..4a885b6a8c 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem/DiscFormats/CUE/CueFileResolver.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem/DiscFormats/CUE/CueFileResolver.cs
@@ -10,56 +10,18 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem.CUE
 	public class CueFileResolver
 	{
 		public bool caseSensitive = false;
-		public bool IsHardcodedResolve { get; private set; }
-		private string baseDir;
 
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Retrieving the FullName from a FileInfo can be slow (and probably other operations), so this will cache all the needed values
-		/// TODO - could we treat it like an actual cache and only fill the FullName if it's null?
-		/// </summary>
-		private struct MyFileInfo
-		{
-			public string FullName;
-			public FileInfo FileInfo;
-		}
-
-		private DirectoryInfo diBasedir;
-		private MyFileInfo[] fisBaseDir;
+		private string _baseDir;
+		private string[] _baseDirPaths;
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// sets the base directory and caches the list of files in the directory
 		/// </summary>
 		public void SetBaseDirectory(string baseDir)
 		{
-			this.baseDir = baseDir;
-			diBasedir = new DirectoryInfo(baseDir);
+			this._baseDir = baseDir;
 			//list all files, so we don't scan repeatedly.
-			fisBaseDir = MyFileInfosFromFileInfos(diBasedir.GetFiles());
-		}
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// TODO - doesnt seem like we're using this...
-		/// </summary>
-		public void SetHardcodeResolve(IDictionary<string, string> hardcodes)
-		{
-			IsHardcodedResolve = true;
-			fisBaseDir = new MyFileInfo[hardcodes.Count];
-			var i = 0;
-			foreach (var kvp in hardcodes)
-			{
-				fisBaseDir[i++] = new() { FullName = kvp.Key, FileInfo = new(kvp.Value) };
-			}
-		}
-
-		private MyFileInfo[] MyFileInfosFromFileInfos(FileInfo[] fis)
-		{
-			var myfis = new MyFileInfo[fis.Length];
-			for (var i = 0; i < fis.Length; i++)
-			{
-				myfis[i].FileInfo = fis[i];
-				myfis[i].FullName = fis[i].FullName;
-			}
-			return myfis;
+			_baseDirPaths = Directory.GetFiles(baseDir).Select(Path.GetFullPath).ToArray();
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -74,25 +36,14 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem.CUE
 			string targetFile = Path.GetFileName(path);
 			string targetFragment = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path);
 
-			DirectoryInfo di = null;
-			MyFileInfo[] fileInfos;
-			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Path.GetDirectoryName(path)))
-			{
-				di = new FileInfo(path).Directory;
-				//fileInfos = di.GetFiles(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path)); //does this work?
-				fileInfos = MyFileInfosFromFileInfos(di.GetFiles()); //we (probably) have to enumerate all the files to do a search anyway, so might as well do this
-				//TODO - don't do the search until a resolve fails
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				di = diBasedir;
-				fileInfos = fisBaseDir;
-			}
+			var directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
+			var filePaths = Directory.Exists(directory) ? Directory.GetFiles(directory).Select(Path.GetFullPath) : _baseDirPaths;
+			//TODO - don't do the search until a resolve fails // leftover comment from 3c26d48a59f64a7a94bda57fbcfd13eca49d8b9d, is this still relevant?
 
-			var results = new List<FileInfo>();
-			foreach (var fi in fileInfos)
+			var results = new List<string>();
+			foreach (var filePath in filePaths)
 			{
-				var ext = Path.GetExtension(fi.FullName).ToLowerInvariant();
+				var ext = Path.GetExtension(path).ToLowerInvariant();
 
 				//some choices are always bad: (we're looking for things like .bin and .wav)
 				//it's a little unclear whether we should go for a whitelist or a blacklist here.
@@ -106,7 +57,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem.CUE
 				if (ext is ".7z" or ".rar" or ".zip" or ".bz2" or ".gz")
 					continue;
 
-				var fragment = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fi.FullName);
+				var fragment = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath);
 				//match files with differing extensions
 				var cmp = string.Compare(fragment, targetFragment, caseSensitive ? StringComparison.Ordinal : StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 				if (cmp != 0)
@@ -115,14 +66,14 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem.CUE
 				if (cmp == 0)
 				{
 					//take care to add an exact match at the beginning
-					if (string.Equals(fi.FullName, Path.Combine(baseDir, path), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-						results.Insert(0, fi.FileInfo);
+					if (string.Equals(filePath, Path.Combine(_baseDir, path), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+						results.Insert(0, filePath);
 					else
-						results.Add(fi.FileInfo);
+						results.Add(filePath);
 				}
 			}
 
-			return results.Select(fi => fi.FullName).ToList();
+			return results;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem/DiscMountJob.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem/DiscMountJob.cs
index 42558deda3..fcf38d2d24 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem/DiscMountJob.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem/DiscMountJob.cs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem
 				var cfr = new CueFileResolver();
 				var cueContext = new CUE_Context { DiscMountPolicy = IN_DiscMountPolicy, Resolver = cfr };
 
-				if (!cfr.IsHardcodedResolve) cfr.SetBaseDirectory(cueDirPath);
+				cfr.SetBaseDirectory(cueDirPath);
 
 				// parse the cue file
 				var parseJob = new ParseCueJob(cueContent);