diff --git a/python/jupytergis_lab/jupytergis_lab/notebook/gis_document.py b/python/jupytergis_lab/jupytergis_lab/notebook/gis_document.py
index 04b598104..e6830efa6 100644
--- a/python/jupytergis_lab/jupytergis_lab/notebook/gis_document.py
+++ b/python/jupytergis_lab/jupytergis_lab/notebook/gis_document.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     LayerType,
     SourceType,
 )
-from .utils import normalize_path
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
 
@@ -708,7 +707,7 @@ def _path_to_comm(cls, filePath: Optional[str]) -> Dict:
         contentType = None
 
         if filePath is not None:
-            path = normalize_path(filePath)
+            path = filePath
             file_name = Path(path).name
             try:
                 ext = file_name.split(".")[1].lower()
diff --git a/python/jupytergis_lab/jupytergis_lab/notebook/utils.py b/python/jupytergis_lab/jupytergis_lab/notebook/utils.py
index 36ca3a583..064d09c97 100644
--- a/python/jupytergis_lab/jupytergis_lab/notebook/utils.py
+++ b/python/jupytergis_lab/jupytergis_lab/notebook/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import os
 from enum import Enum
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 import requests
@@ -16,10 +15,3 @@ def multi_urljoin(*parts) -> str:
         parts[0],
         "/".join(part for part in parts[1:]),
     )
-
-
-def normalize_path(path: str) -> str:
-    if os.path.isabs(path):
-        return path
-    else:
-        return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), path))