diff --git a/src/Refitter.Core/RefitGenerator.cs b/src/Refitter.Core/RefitGenerator.cs
index 1dd333adf..8f8a80f68 100644
--- a/src/Refitter.Core/RefitGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Refitter.Core/RefitGenerator.cs
@@ -32,32 +32,7 @@ public static async Task<RefitGenerator> CreateAsync(RefitGeneratorSettings sett
 
     private static async Task<OpenApiDocument> GetOpenApiDocument(RefitGeneratorSettings settings)
     {
-        var specialCharacters = new[]
-        {
-            ":"
-        };
-
-        return specialCharacters.Aggregate(
-            await OpenApiDocumentFactory.CreateAsync(settings.OpenApiPath),
-            SanitizePath);
-    }
-
-    private static OpenApiDocument SanitizePath(
-        OpenApiDocument openApiDocument,
-        string stringToRemove)
-    {
-        var paths = openApiDocument.Paths.Keys
-            .Where(pathKey => pathKey.Contains(stringToRemove))
-            .ToArray();
-
-        foreach (var path in paths)
-        {
-            var value = openApiDocument.Paths[path];
-            openApiDocument.Paths.Remove(path);
-            openApiDocument.Paths.Add(path.Replace(stringToRemove, string.Empty), value);
-        }
-
-        return openApiDocument;
+        return await OpenApiDocumentFactory.CreateAsync(settings.OpenApiPath);
     }
 
     private static void ProcessContractFilter(OpenApiDocument openApiDocument, bool removeUnusedSchema, string[] includeSchemaMatches,
diff --git a/src/Refitter.Tests/Examples/ColonsInPathTests.cs b/src/Refitter.Tests/Examples/ColonsInPathTests.cs
index c8e835800..4b227b51e 100644
--- a/src/Refitter.Tests/Examples/ColonsInPathTests.cs
+++ b/src/Refitter.Tests/Examples/ColonsInPathTests.cs
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ public async Task Can_Generate_Code()
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public async Task Generates_Path_Without_Colons()
+    public async Task Generates_OperationName_Without_Colons()
     {
         var generatedCode = await GenerateCode();
         using var scope = new AssertionScope();
-        generatedCode.Should().NotContain("/:");
+        generatedCode.Should().NotContain(":OrderItems(");
+        generatedCode.Should().Contain("\"/orders/{orderId}/:orderItems/{orderItemId}\"");
     }
 
     [Fact]