diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/local.py b/fsspec/implementations/local.py
index 900773f6a..619ea1d00 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/local.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/local.py
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ def ls(self, path, detail=False, **kwargs):
             with os.scandir(path) as it:
                 for f in it:
                     try:
-                        # Only get the info if requested since it is a bit expensive
-                        info = self.info(f) if detail else f.path
+                        # Only get the info if requested since it is a bit expensive (the stat call inside)
+                        # The strip_protocol is also used in info() and calls make_path_posix to always return posix paths
+                        info = self.info(f) if detail else self._strip_protocol(f.path)
                         infos.append(info)
                     except FileNotFoundError:
                         pass
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_local.py b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_local.py
index f33541088..2820c14f5 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_local.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/tests/test_local.py
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ def test_directories(tmpdir):
 def test_ls_on_file(tmpdir):
     tmpdir = make_path_posix(str(tmpdir))
     fs = LocalFileSystem()
-    resource = str(Path(tmpdir) / "a.json")
+    resource = tmpdir + "/a.json"
     fs.touch(resource)
     assert fs.exists(resource)
     assert fs.ls(tmpdir) == fs.ls(resource)
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ def test_ls_on_file(tmpdir):
 def test_ls_on_files(tmpdir):
     tmpdir = make_path_posix(str(tmpdir))
     fs = LocalFileSystem()
-    resources = [str(Path(tmpdir)/f) for f in ["file_1.json", "file_2.json"]]
+    resources = [f"{tmpdir}/{file}" for file in ["file_1.json", "file_2.json"]]
     for r in resources:
         fs.touch(r)