diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/test/node/api/extHostWorkspace.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/test/node/api/extHostWorkspace.test.ts
index 775c768e064bab35f8abb6668aa5c96cec5b6f40..a6aee8f4070ef773a0ca711ba3193ec732dd576d 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/test/node/api/extHostWorkspace.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/test/node/api/extHostWorkspace.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import * as assert from 'assert';
-import { normalize } from 'path';
 import { ExtHostWorkspace } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostWorkspace';
 import { TestThreadService } from './testThreadService';
 
@@ -16,12 +15,12 @@ suite('ExtHostWorkspace', function () {
 
 		const ws = new ExtHostWorkspace(new TestThreadService(), '/Coding/Applications/NewsWoWBot');
 
-		assert.equal(ws.getRelativePath('/Coding/Applications/NewsWoWBot/bernd/das/brot'), normalize('bernd/das/brot'));
+		assert.equal(ws.getRelativePath('/Coding/Applications/NewsWoWBot/bernd/das/brot'), 'bernd/das/brot');
 		assert.equal(ws.getRelativePath('/Apps/DartPubCache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/convert-2.0.1/lib/src/hex.dart'),
-			normalize('/Apps/DartPubCache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/convert-2.0.1/lib/src/hex.dart'));
+			'/Apps/DartPubCache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/convert-2.0.1/lib/src/hex.dart');
 
 		assert.equal(ws.getRelativePath(''), '');
-		assert.equal(ws.getRelativePath('/foo/bar'), normalize('/foo/bar'));
+		assert.equal(ws.getRelativePath('/foo/bar'), '/foo/bar');
 	});
 
 	test('asRelativePath, same paths, #11402', function () {
@@ -29,10 +28,10 @@ suite('ExtHostWorkspace', function () {
 		const input = '/home/aeschli/workspaces/samples/docker';
 		const ws = new ExtHostWorkspace(new TestThreadService(), root);
 
-		assert.equal(ws.getRelativePath(input), normalize(input));
+		assert.equal(ws.getRelativePath(input), input);
 
 		const input2 = '/home/aeschli/workspaces/samples/docker/a.file';
-		assert.equal(ws.getRelativePath(input2), normalize('a.file'));
+		assert.equal(ws.getRelativePath(input2), 'a.file');
 
 	});
 });