diff --git a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/staging_dir.py b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/staging_dir.py
index 0317e55720..ea22d99389 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/staging_dir.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/staging_dir.py
@@ -173,13 +173,10 @@ def get_staging_dir_info(
     )
 
     # add additional data
-    ctx_data.update({
-        "product": {
-            "type": product_type,
-            "name": product_name
-        },
-        "root": anatomy.roots
-    })
+    ctx_data["product"] = {
+        "type": product_type,
+        "name": product_name
+    }
 
     # add additional template formatting data
     if template_data:
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/tempdir.py b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/tempdir.py
index 52995d3f6a..fe057b7fc7 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/tempdir.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/tempdir.py
@@ -65,11 +65,9 @@ def _create_local_staging_dir(prefix, suffix, dirpath=None):
         str: path to tempdir
     """
     # use pathlib for creating tempdir
-    staging_dir = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(
+    return tempfile.mkdtemp(
         prefix=prefix, suffix=suffix, dir=dirpath
-    ))
-
-    return staging_dir.as_posix()
+    )
 
 
 def _create_custom_tempdir(project_name, anatomy):