diff --git a/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/ManagedIdentity/AzureArcManagedIdentitySource.cs b/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/ManagedIdentity/AzureArcManagedIdentitySource.cs
index f886347a14..bd085fb4c1 100644
--- a/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/ManagedIdentity/AzureArcManagedIdentitySource.cs
+++ b/src/client/Microsoft.Identity.Client/ManagedIdentity/AzureArcManagedIdentitySource.cs
@@ -138,9 +138,7 @@ private void ValidateSplitChallenge(string[] splitChallenge)
             }
 
             _requestContext.Logger.Verbose(() => $"[Managed Identity] Challenge is valid. FilePath: {splitChallenge[1]}");
-            string path = Path.GetFullPath(new Uri(splitChallenge[1]).LocalPath)
-                .TrimEnd(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar);
-
+            
             if (!IsValidPath(splitChallenge[1]))
             {
                 throw CreateManagedIdentityException(
@@ -148,7 +146,7 @@ private void ValidateSplitChallenge(string[] splitChallenge)
                     MsalErrorMessage.ManagedIdentityInvalidFile);
             }
 
-            _requestContext.Logger.Verbose(() => $"[Managed Identity] File path is valid. Path: {path}");
+            _requestContext.Logger.Verbose(() => $"[Managed Identity] File path is valid. Path: {splitChallenge[1]}");
 
             var length = new FileInfo(splitChallenge[1]).Length;