diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c
index de1ca7ef742..0ad2ba049b4 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c
@@ -365,14 +365,6 @@ void BLI_cleanup_path(const char *relabase, char *path)
 	 */
 	
 #ifdef WIN32
-	
-	/* Note, this should really be moved to the file selector,
-	 * since this function is used in many areas */
-	if (strcmp(path, ".") == 0) {  /* happens for example in FILE_MAIN */
-		get_default_root(path);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	while ( (start = strstr(path, "\\..\\")) ) {
 		eind = start + strlen("\\..\\") - 1;
 		a = start - path - 1;
@@ -400,12 +392,6 @@ void BLI_cleanup_path(const char *relabase, char *path)
 		memmove(start, eind, strlen(eind) + 1);
 	}
 #else
-	if (path[0] == '.') {  /* happens, for example in FILE_MAIN */
-		path[0] = '/';
-		path[1] = 0;
-		return;
-	}
-
 	while ( (start = strstr(path, "/../")) ) {
 		a = start - path - 1;
 		if (a > 0) {