diff --git a/spec/atom/root-view-spec.coffee b/spec/atom/root-view-spec.coffee
index 8c32a604a..2ac3e78c9 100644
--- a/spec/atom/root-view-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/atom/root-view-spec.coffee
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ describe "RootView", ->
         rootView.toggleFileFinder()
         expect(rootView.fileFinder.urlList.children('li').length).toBe 3
 
-      it "remove common path prefix from files", ->
-        rootView.toggleFileFinder()
-        commonPathPattern = new RegExp("^" + fs.directory(baseUrl))
-        expect(rootView.fileFinder.urlList.children('li:first').text()).not.toMatch commonPathPattern
-
     describe "when the editor has no url", ->
       it "does not open the FileFinder", ->
         expect(rootView.editor.buffer.url).toBeUndefined()
diff --git a/src/atom/root-view.coffee b/src/atom/root-view.coffee
index ba6581388..0af4da34c 100644
--- a/src/atom/root-view.coffee
+++ b/src/atom/root-view.coffee
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class RootView extends Template
       else
         directory = fs.directory @editor.buffer.url
         urls = (url for url in fs.list(directory, true) when fs.isFile url)
-        urls = (url.replace(directory, "") for url in urls)
         @fileFinder = FileFinder.build({urls})
         @addPane(@fileFinder)
         @fileFinder.input.focus()