diff --git a/crates/distribution-types/src/editable.rs b/crates/distribution-types/src/editable.rs
index b0c1ae8bff4c..d4901a325519 100644
--- a/crates/distribution-types/src/editable.rs
+++ b/crates/distribution-types/src/editable.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-use requirements_txt::EditableRequirement;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-use url::Url;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use pep508_rs::VerbatimUrl;
+use requirements_txt::EditableRequirement;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct LocalEditable {
@@ -11,8 +12,12 @@ pub struct LocalEditable {
 }
 
 impl LocalEditable {
-    pub fn url(&self) -> Url {
-        Url::from_directory_path(&self.path).expect("A valid path makes a valid url")
+    pub fn url(&self) -> VerbatimUrl {
+        self.requirement.url()
+    }
+
+    pub fn path(&self) -> &Path {
+        &self.path
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/pep508-rs/src/verbatim_url.rs b/crates/pep508-rs/src/verbatim_url.rs
index 2a7300dc63c8..c6da1cad265e 100644
--- a/crates/pep508-rs/src/verbatim_url.rs
+++ b/crates/pep508-rs/src/verbatim_url.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use regex::Regex;
@@ -27,6 +28,14 @@ impl VerbatimUrl {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Helper method `LocalEditable`
+    pub fn from_path(path: &Path, given: String) -> Result<Self, ()> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            url: Url::from_directory_path(path)?,
+            given: Some(given),
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Return the underlying [`Url`].
     pub fn raw(&self) -> &Url {
         &self.url
diff --git a/crates/puffin-distribution/src/source_dist.rs b/crates/puffin-distribution/src/source_dist.rs
index 1e24da7caff6..1a993738175d 100644
--- a/crates/puffin-distribution/src/source_dist.rs
+++ b/crates/puffin-distribution/src/source_dist.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ use distribution_types::{
     Dist, GitSourceDist, LocalEditable, Metadata, PathSourceDist, RemoteSource, SourceDist,
 };
 use install_wheel_rs::read_dist_info;
-use pep508_rs::VerbatimUrl;
 use platform_tags::Tags;
 use puffin_cache::{
     digest, CacheBucket, CacheEntry, CacheShard, CachedByTimestamp, CanonicalUrl, WheelCache,
@@ -688,7 +687,7 @@ impl<'a, T: BuildContext> SourceDistCachedBuilder<'a, T> {
         // We finally have the name of the package and can construct the dist
         let dist = Dist::Source(SourceDist::Path(PathSourceDist {
             name: filename.name.clone(),
-            url: VerbatimUrl::unknown(editable.url()),
+            url: editable.url(),
             path: editable.path.clone(),
             editable: true,
         }));
diff --git a/crates/puffin-installer/src/plan.rs b/crates/puffin-installer/src/plan.rs
index 7dab6fb64131..f3e9b70f706c 100644
--- a/crates/puffin-installer/src/plan.rs
+++ b/crates/puffin-installer/src/plan.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl InstallPlan {
         for editable in editable_requirements {
             let editable_dist = site_packages
                 .editables()
-                .find(|(_dist, url, _dir_info)| *url == &editable.url())
+                .find(|(_dist, url, _dir_info)| url == &editable.url().raw())
                 .map(|(dist, _url, _dir_info)| dist.clone());
             if let Some(dist) = editable_dist {
                 debug!("Treating editable requirement as immutable: {editable}");
diff --git a/crates/puffin-resolver/src/resolver.rs b/crates/puffin-resolver/src/resolver.rs
index f8b309939698..e4322f261447 100644
--- a/crates/puffin-resolver/src/resolver.rs
+++ b/crates/puffin-resolver/src/resolver.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use distribution_types::{
     BuiltDist, Dist, DistributionId, Identifier, LocalEditable, Metadata, PackageId, SourceDist,
     VersionOrUrl,
 };
-use pep508_rs::{MarkerEnvironment, Requirement, VerbatimUrl};
+use pep508_rs::{MarkerEnvironment, Requirement};
 use platform_tags::Tags;
 use puffin_cache::CanonicalUrl;
 use puffin_client::RegistryClient;
@@ -202,11 +202,8 @@ impl<'a, Provider: ResolverProvider> Resolver<'a, Provider> {
         let index = Index::default();
         let mut editables = FxHashMap::default();
         for (editable_requirement, metadata) in &manifest.editables {
-            let dist = Dist::from_url(
-                metadata.name.clone(),
-                VerbatimUrl::unknown(editable_requirement.url()),
-            )
-            .expect("This is a valid distribution");
+            let dist = Dist::from_url(metadata.name.clone(), editable_requirement.url())
+                .expect("This is a valid distribution");
             // Mock editable responses
             index.distributions.register(&dist.package_id());
             index
@@ -237,7 +234,7 @@ impl<'a, Provider: ResolverProvider> Resolver<'a, Provider> {
                     manifest
                         .editables
                         .iter()
-                        .map(|(editable, _)| editable.url()),
+                        .map(|(editable, _)| editable.url().raw().clone()),
                 )
                 .collect(),
             project: manifest.project,
@@ -638,11 +635,7 @@ impl<'a, Provider: ResolverProvider> Resolver<'a, Provider> {
 
                 for (editable, metadata) in self.editables.values() {
                     constraints.insert(
-                        PubGrubPackage::Package(
-                            metadata.name.clone(),
-                            None,
-                            Some(VerbatimUrl::unknown(editable.url())),
-                        ),
+                        PubGrubPackage::Package(metadata.name.clone(), None, Some(editable.url())),
                         Range::singleton(PubGrubVersion::from(metadata.version.clone())),
                     );
                 }
diff --git a/crates/requirements-txt/src/lib.rs b/crates/requirements-txt/src/lib.rs
index 7c51d0fa8f17..abe7e4aa8e71 100644
--- a/crates/requirements-txt/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/requirements-txt/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ use fs_err as fs;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tracing::warn;
 use unscanny::{Pattern, Scanner};
-use url::Url;
 
-use pep508_rs::{Pep508Error, Requirement};
+use pep508_rs::{Pep508Error, Requirement, VerbatimUrl};
 
 /// We emit one of those for each requirements.txt entry
 enum RequirementsTxtStatement {
@@ -68,61 +67,53 @@ enum RequirementsTxtStatement {
     EditableRequirement(ParsedEditableRequirement),
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum EditableRequirement {
     Path {
         /// The absolute path, resolved from the current dir if the path in the requirements file was relative
         resolved: PathBuf,
         /// The relative path as it is written in the requirements file
-        original: PathBuf,
+        original: String,
     },
-    Url(Url),
+    Url(VerbatimUrl),
 }
 
 impl EditableRequirement {
-    pub fn url(&self) -> Url {
+    pub fn url(&self) -> VerbatimUrl {
         match self {
-            EditableRequirement::Path {
-                resolved,
-                original: _,
-            } => Url::from_directory_path(resolved).expect("Path valid for url"),
+            EditableRequirement::Path { resolved, original } => {
+                VerbatimUrl::from_path(resolved, original.clone())
+                    .expect("A valid path makes a valid url")
+            }
             EditableRequirement::Url(url) => url.clone(),
         }
     }
 }
 
 /// Relative paths aren't resolved with the current dir yet
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum ParsedEditableRequirement {
-    Path(PathBuf),
-    Url(Url),
+    Path(String),
+    Url(VerbatimUrl),
 }
 
 impl ParsedEditableRequirement {
-    pub fn unwrap_path(&self) -> &Path {
-        match self {
-            ParsedEditableRequirement::Path(path) => path,
-            ParsedEditableRequirement::Url(_) => {
-                todo!("url editables")
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn with_working_dir(
         self,
         working_dir: impl AsRef<Path>,
     ) -> io::Result<EditableRequirement> {
         Ok(match self {
             ParsedEditableRequirement::Path(path) => {
-                if path.is_absolute() {
+                let path_buf = PathBuf::from(&path);
+                if path_buf.is_absolute() {
                     EditableRequirement::Path {
-                        resolved: path.clone(),
+                        resolved: path_buf,
                         original: path,
                     }
                 } else {
                     EditableRequirement::Path {
                         // Avoid paths like `/home/ferris/project/scripts/../editable/`
-                        resolved: fs::canonicalize(working_dir.as_ref().join(&path))?,
+                        resolved: fs::canonicalize(working_dir.as_ref().join(&path_buf))?,
                         original: path,
                     }
                 }
@@ -136,7 +127,7 @@ impl ParsedEditableRequirement {
 impl Display for ParsedEditableRequirement {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match self {
-            ParsedEditableRequirement::Path(path) => path.display().fmt(f),
+            ParsedEditableRequirement::Path(path) => path.fmt(f),
             ParsedEditableRequirement::Url(url) => url.fmt(f),
         }
     }
@@ -148,7 +139,7 @@ impl Display for EditableRequirement {
             EditableRequirement::Path {
                 original,
                 resolved: _,
-            } => original.display().fmt(f),
+            } => original.fmt(f),
             EditableRequirement::Url(url) => url.fmt(f),
         }
     }
@@ -180,7 +171,7 @@ impl Display for RequirementEntry {
 }
 
 /// Parsed and flattened requirements.txt with requirements and constraints
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Clone, Default, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct RequirementsTxt {
     /// The actual requirements with the hashes
     pub requirements: Vec<RequirementEntry>,
@@ -326,10 +317,10 @@ fn parse_entry(
         }
     } else if s.eat_if("-e") {
         let path_or_url = parse_value(s, |c: char| !['\n', '\r'].contains(&c))?;
-        let editable_requirement = if let Ok(url) = Url::from_str(path_or_url) {
+        let editable_requirement = if let Ok(url) = VerbatimUrl::from_str(path_or_url) {
             ParsedEditableRequirement::Url(url)
         } else {
-            ParsedEditableRequirement::Path(PathBuf::from(path_or_url))
+            ParsedEditableRequirement::Path(path_or_url.to_string())
         };
         RequirementsTxtStatement::EditableRequirement(editable_requirement)
     } else if s.at(char::is_ascii_alphanumeric) {