diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index cb8d23f..8da46d1 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@
 
     seen = set()
     for dir in path:
-        dir = os.path.normcase(os.path.abspath(dir))
+        dir = os.path.normcase(dir)
         if not dir in seen:
             seen.add(dir)
             for thefile in files: