diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index 13b31c789..20039d4a5 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -1054,10 +1054,6 @@ func Rel(ctx PathContext, basePath string, targetPath string) string {
 // MaybeRel performs the same function as filepath.Rel, but reports errors to a PathContext, and returns false if
 // targetPath is not inside basePath.
 func MaybeRel(ctx PathContext, basePath string, targetPath string) (string, bool) {
-	// filepath.Rel returns an error if one path is absolute and the other is not, handle that case first.
-	if filepath.IsAbs(basePath) != filepath.IsAbs(targetPath) {
-		return "", false
-	}
 	rel, err := filepath.Rel(basePath, targetPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		reportPathError(ctx, err)
diff --git a/android/paths_test.go b/android/paths_test.go
index c4332d26b..fbeccb1c1 100644
--- a/android/paths_test.go
+++ b/android/paths_test.go
@@ -573,60 +573,3 @@ func TestDirectorySortedPaths(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("FilesInDirectory(b):\n %#v\n != \n %#v", inA.Strings(), expectedA)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestMaybeRel(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name   string
-		base   string
-		target string
-		out    string
-		isRel  bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name:   "normal",
-			base:   "a/b/c",
-			target: "a/b/c/d",
-			out:    "d",
-			isRel:  true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "parent",
-			base:   "a/b/c/d",
-			target: "a/b/c",
-			isRel:  false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "not relative",
-			base:   "a/b",
-			target: "c/d",
-			isRel:  false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "abs1",
-			base:   "/a",
-			target: "a",
-			isRel:  false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "abs2",
-			base:   "a",
-			target: "/a",
-			isRel:  false,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, testCase := range testCases {
-		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			ctx := &configErrorWrapper{}
-			out, isRel := MaybeRel(ctx, testCase.base, testCase.target)
-			if len(ctx.errors) > 0 {
-				t.Errorf("MaybeRel(..., %s, %s) reported unexpected errors %v",
-					testCase.base, testCase.target, ctx.errors)
-			}
-			if isRel != testCase.isRel || out != testCase.out {
-				t.Errorf("MaybeRel(..., %s, %s) want %v, %v got %v, %v",
-					testCase.base, testCase.target, testCase.out, testCase.isRel, out, isRel)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}