diff --git a/dependencies/runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/dependencies/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index 3901601c0e..db358fdf99 100644
--- a/dependencies/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dependencies/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ project(runtime)
 
 # QEMU
 set(QEMU_VERSION "9.1.1")
-file(REAL_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../archives/qemu-${QEMU_VERSION}.tar.xz" QEMU_PATH)
-set(RUNTIME_QEMU_ARCHIVE "${QEMU_PATH}" CACHE FILEPATH "" FORCE)
+set(RUNTIME_QEMU_ARCHIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../archives/qemu-${QEMU_VERSION}.tar.xz" CACHE FILEPATH "" FORCE)
 if(NOT BUILD_NATIVE_COMPONENTS)
     set(TRAMPOLINE_HEADERS_ONLY TRUE CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 endif()