diff --git a/src/Command/CommandHelper.php b/src/Command/CommandHelper.php
index 8e7e8fbc53..e63a694829 100644
--- a/src/Command/CommandHelper.php
+++ b/src/Command/CommandHelper.php
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
-use function realpath;
 
 class CommandHelper
 {
@@ -435,11 +434,6 @@ private static function getConfigFiles(
 		} else {
 			$data = $neonAdapter->load($configFile);
 		}
-
-		$configFile = realpath($configFile);
-		if ($configFile === false) {
-			throw new \PHPStan\ShouldNotHappenException();
-		}
 		$allConfigFiles = [$configFile];
 		if (isset($data['includes'])) {
 			Validators::assert($data['includes'], 'list', sprintf("section 'includes' in file '%s'", $configFile));