diff --git a/src/edit-session.coffee b/src/edit-session.coffee
index a3bb2673c..42c08c5ff 100644
--- a/src/edit-session.coffee
+++ b/src/edit-session.coffee
@@ -335,9 +335,6 @@ class EditSession
   # {Delegates to: TextBuffer.getPath}
   getPath: -> @buffer.getPath()
 
-  # {Delegates to: TextBuffer.getRelativePath}
-  getRelativePath: -> @buffer.getRelativePath()
-
   # {Delegates to: TextBuffer.getText}
   getText: -> @buffer.getText()
 
diff --git a/src/editor.coffee b/src/editor.coffee
index f75c84cf7..e236ca41c 100644
--- a/src/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/editor.coffee
@@ -600,9 +600,6 @@ class Editor extends View
   # {Delegates to: EditSession.getPath}
   getPath: -> @activeEditSession?.getPath()
 
-  # {Delegates to: EditSession.getRelativePath}
-  getRelativePath: -> @activeEditSession?.getRelativePath()
-
   #  {Delegates to: TextBuffer.getLineCount}
   getLineCount: -> @getBuffer().getLineCount()
 
diff --git a/src/text-buffer.coffee b/src/text-buffer.coffee
index 26f69209d..1fba092b2 100644
--- a/src/text-buffer.coffee
+++ b/src/text-buffer.coffee
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ class TextBuffer extends Model
     modifiedWhenLastPersisted: false
     digestWhenLastPersisted: null
 
-  @::lazyGetter 'project', -> @grandparent
-
   stoppedChangingDelay: 300
   stoppedChangingTimeout: null
   cachedDiskContents: null
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ class TextBuffer extends Model
     @subscribe @text, 'marker-created', (marker) => @emit 'marker-created', marker
     @subscribe @text, 'markers-updated', => @emit 'markers-updated'
 
-    @setPath(@project.resolve(@filePath)) if @project
+    @setPath(@filePath)
 
   # Private: Called by telepath
   beforePersistence: ->
@@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ class TextBuffer extends Model
         @emitModifiedStatusChanged(@isModified())
 
     @file.on "moved", =>
-      @relativePath = @project.relativize(@getPath())
       @emit "path-changed", this
 
   ### Public ###
@@ -161,10 +158,7 @@ class TextBuffer extends Model
     @file?.getPath()
 
   getUri: ->
-    @getRelativePath()
-
-  getRelativePath: ->
-    @relativePath
+    @getPath()
 
   # Sets the path for the file.
   #
@@ -180,7 +174,6 @@ class TextBuffer extends Model
     else
       @file = null
 
-    @relativePath = @project.relativize(path)
     @emit "path-changed", this
 
   # Retrieves the current buffer's file extension.
diff --git a/src/tokenized-buffer.coffee b/src/tokenized-buffer.coffee
index 4dc775496..7b1ca378d 100644
--- a/src/tokenized-buffer.coffee
+++ b/src/tokenized-buffer.coffee
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class TokenizedBuffer
       { @buffer, tabLength } = optionsOrState
       @state = atom.site.createDocument
         deserializer: @constructor.name
-        bufferPath: @buffer.getRelativePath()
+        bufferPath: @buffer.getPath()
         tabLength: tabLength ? atom.config.get('editor.tabLength') ? 2
 
     @subscribe syntax, 'grammar-added grammar-updated', (grammar) =>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class TokenizedBuffer
 
     @on 'grammar-changed grammar-updated', => @resetTokenizedLines()
     @subscribe @buffer, "changed", (e) => @handleBufferChange(e)
-    @subscribe @buffer, "path-changed", => @state.set('bufferPath', @buffer.getRelativePath())
+    @subscribe @buffer, "path-changed", => @state.set('bufferPath', @buffer.getPath())
 
     @reloadGrammar()