diff --git a/Source/cmAddCustomCommandCommand.cxx b/Source/cmAddCustomCommandCommand.cxx
index bea89c0769..a8f750914b 100644
--- a/Source/cmAddCustomCommandCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmAddCustomCommandCommand.cxx
@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@ bool cmAddCustomCommandCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
       }
 
       if (cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(filename)) {
-        filename = cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(
-          filename, status.GetMakefile().GetHomeOutputDirectory());
+        filename = cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(filename);
       }
       switch (doing) {
         case doing_depfile:
diff --git a/Source/cmCustomCommandGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmCustomCommandGenerator.cxx
index d8307f62f2..6f5c8e9263 100644
--- a/Source/cmCustomCommandGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCustomCommandGenerator.cxx
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ void AppendPaths(const std::vector<std::string>& inputs,
     for (std::string& it : result) {
       cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(it);
       if (cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(it)) {
-        it = cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(
-          it, lg->GetMakefile()->GetHomeOutputDirectory());
+        it = cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(it);
       }
     }
     cm::append(output, result);
diff --git a/Source/cmSourceFileLocation.cxx b/Source/cmSourceFileLocation.cxx
index 222bafac88..921eb0ebc6 100644
--- a/Source/cmSourceFileLocation.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSourceFileLocation.cxx
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ cmSourceFileLocation::cmSourceFileLocation(cmMakefile const* mf,
   this->AmbiguousExtension = true;
   this->Directory = cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(name);
   if (cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(this->Directory)) {
-    this->Directory = cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(
-      this->Directory, mf->GetHomeOutputDirectory());
+    this->Directory = cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(this->Directory);
   }
   this->Name = cmSystemTools::GetFilenameName(name);
   if (kind == cmSourceFileLocationKind::Known) {