diff --git a/phpBB/develop/namespacify.php b/phpBB/develop/namespacify.php
index 447e87905e..b6414d57a4 100644
--- a/phpBB/develop/namespacify.php
+++ b/phpBB/develop/namespacify.php
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 //
 die("Please read the first lines of this script for instructions on how to enable it");
 
-$namespace_dir = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../phpbb/');
-$code_dir = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../');
-$test_dir = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../tests/');
-$config_dir = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../config/');
+$namespace_dir = __DIR__ . '/../phpbb/';
+$code_dir = __DIR__ . '/../';
+$test_dir = __DIR__ . '/../../tests/';
+$config_dir = __DIR__ . '/../config/';
 
 function map_class_name($old_class_name, $code_dir)
 {
@@ -191,4 +191,3 @@ foreach ($iterator as $file)
 		file_put_contents($file->getPathname(), $code);
 	}
 }
-
diff --git a/phpBB/develop/rename_interfaces.php b/phpBB/develop/rename_interfaces.php
index 90bf9cc205..f0dcf0be96 100644
--- a/phpBB/develop/rename_interfaces.php
+++ b/phpBB/develop/rename_interfaces.php
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 //
 die("Please read the first lines of this script for instructions on how to enable it");
 
-$code_dir = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../');
-$test_dir = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../tests/');
+$code_dir = __DIR__ . '/../';
+$test_dir = __DIR__ . '/../../tests/';
 $iterator = new \AppendIterator();
 $iterator->append(new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator($code_dir)));
 $iterator->append(new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator($test_dir)));
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions.php b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
index 06ff2eca84..1206f42caf 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
@@ -3240,12 +3240,12 @@ function phpbb_filter_root_path($errfile)
 	{
 		if ($phpbb_filesystem)
 		{
-			$root_path = $phpbb_filesystem->realpath(__DIR__ . '/../');
+			$root_path = $phpbb_filesystem-> __DIR__ . '/../';
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			$filesystem = new \phpbb\filesystem\filesystem();
-			$root_path = $filesystem->realpath(__DIR__ . '/../');
+			$root_path = $filesystem-> __DIR__ . '/../';
 		}
 	}