diff --git a/modules/paths_internal.py b/modules/paths_internal.py
index 2ed1392a4..6058b0cde 100644
--- a/modules/paths_internal.py
+++ b/modules/paths_internal.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import shlex
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
-normalized_filepath = lambda filepath: str(Path(filepath).resolve())
+normalized_filepath = lambda filepath: str(Path(filepath).absolute())
 
 commandline_args = os.environ.get('COMMANDLINE_ARGS', "")
 sys.argv += shlex.split(commandline_args)