diff --git a/assets/tests/handle/handle_asset_path_when_script_loaded.lua b/assets/tests/handle/handle_asset_path_when_script_loaded.lua
index f0c5f301aa..dd3a289895 100644
--- a/assets/tests/handle/handle_asset_path_when_script_loaded.lua
+++ b/assets/tests/handle/handle_asset_path_when_script_loaded.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 local expected_asset_path = "tests/handle/handle_asset_path_when_script_loaded.lua"
 function normalize_path(path)
-    return string.gsub(tostring(path), "\\", "/")
+    if path then
+        return string.gsub(path, "\\", "/")
+    else
+        return nil
+    end
 end
 
 local normalized_gotten_asset_path = normalize_path(script_asset:asset_path())
diff --git a/crates/bevy_mod_scripting_core/src/asset.rs b/crates/bevy_mod_scripting_core/src/asset.rs
index 4e5f25f074..5c09fec0cf 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_mod_scripting_core/src/asset.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_mod_scripting_core/src/asset.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use bevy::{
     app::{App, Last},
-    asset::{Asset, AssetEvent, AssetLoader, AssetPath, Assets, LoadState},
+    asset::{Asset, AssetEvent, AssetLoader, Assets, LoadState},
     log::{error, trace, warn, warn_once},
     prelude::{
         AssetServer, Commands, Entity, EventReader, EventWriter, IntoScheduleConfigs, Local, Query,
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ pub struct ScriptAsset {
     pub content: Box<[u8]>, // Any chance a Cow<'static, ?> could work here?
     /// The language of the script
     pub language: Language,
-    /// The asset path of the script.
-    pub asset_path: AssetPath<'static>,
 }
 
 impl From<String> for ScriptAsset {
@@ -68,7 +66,6 @@ impl From<String> for ScriptAsset {
         ScriptAsset {
             content: s.into_bytes().into_boxed_slice(),
             language: Language::default(),
-            asset_path: AssetPath::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -168,7 +165,6 @@ impl AssetLoader for ScriptAssetLoader {
         let asset = ScriptAsset {
             content: content.into_boxed_slice(),
             language,
-            asset_path: load_context.asset_path().clone(),
         };
         Ok(asset)
     }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_mod_scripting_functions/src/core.rs b/crates/bevy_mod_scripting_functions/src/core.rs
index 9c0dfe2611..3904897bb6 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_mod_scripting_functions/src/core.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_mod_scripting_functions/src/core.rs
@@ -1257,15 +1257,14 @@ impl Handle<ScriptAsset> {
     /// * `path`: The asset path of the script asset.
     fn asset_path(ctxt: FunctionCallContext, handle: Ref<Handle<ScriptAsset>>) -> Option<String> {
         profiling::function_scope!("path");
-        ctxt.world().ok().and_then(|w| {
-            w.with_resource(|assets: &Assets<ScriptAsset>| {
-                // debug
-                assets
-                    .get(&*handle)
-                    .map(|asset| asset.asset_path.to_string())
+        handle.path().map(|p| p.to_string()).or_else(|| {
+            ctxt.world().ok().and_then(|w| {
+                w.with_resource(|asset_server: &AssetServer| {
+                    asset_server.get_path(&*handle).map(|p| p.to_string())
+                })
+                .ok()
+                .flatten()
             })
-            .ok()
-            .flatten()
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/testing_crates/script_integration_test_harness/src/scenario.rs b/crates/testing_crates/script_integration_test_harness/src/scenario.rs
index 1c5fa8a71f..c24a4e2b8e 100644
--- a/crates/testing_crates/script_integration_test_harness/src/scenario.rs
+++ b/crates/testing_crates/script_integration_test_harness/src/scenario.rs
@@ -700,7 +700,6 @@ impl ScenarioStep {
                     let boxed_byte_arr = content.into_bytes().into_boxed_slice();
                     *existing = ScriptAsset {
                         content: boxed_byte_arr,
-                        asset_path: path.into(),
                         language: existing.language.clone(),
                     };
                 } else {