diff --git a/crates/cli/src/main.rs b/crates/cli/src/main.rs
index a16f5a3bab9849ee93abac4e2eccb602698b65de..335e75ac4f5e43e63159fb26018849d8e0a22ced 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -178,14 +178,13 @@ fn parse_path_in_wsl(source: &str, wsl: &str) -> Result<String> {
         .arg("--distribution")
         .arg(distro_name)
         .arg("--exec")
-        .arg("wslpath")
-        .arg("-m")
+        .arg("realpath")
+        .arg("-s")
         .arg(&source.path)
         .output()?;
 
     let result = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
-    let prefix = format!("//wsl.localhost/{}", distro_name);
-    source.path = Path::new(result.trim().strip_prefix(&prefix).unwrap_or(&result)).to_owned();
+    source.path = Path::new(result.trim()).to_owned();
 
     Ok(source.to_string(|path| path.to_string_lossy().into_owned()))
 }