diff --git a/src/TextUI/Configuration/Cli/Builder.php b/src/TextUI/Configuration/Cli/Builder.php
index 9c4515ac2e9..2e5b57ee046 100644
--- a/src/TextUI/Configuration/Cli/Builder.php
+++ b/src/TextUI/Configuration/Cli/Builder.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 use function getcwd;
 use function is_file;
 use function is_numeric;
-use function realpath;
 use function sprintf;
 use PHPUnit\Runner\TestSuiteSorter;
 use SebastianBergmann\CliParser\Exception as CliParserException;
@@ -806,24 +805,12 @@ public function fromParameters(array $parameters): Configuration
                     break;
 
                 case '--log-events-text':
-                    $path     = $option[1];
-                    $realPath = realpath($path);
-
-                    if (!$realPath) {
-                        throw new Exception("Specified path: {$path} can't be resolved");
-                    }
-                    $logEventsText = $realPath;
+                    $logEventsText = $option[1];
 
                     break;
 
                 case '--log-events-verbose-text':
-                    $path     = $option[1];
-                    $realPath = realpath($path);
-
-                    if (!$realPath) {
-                        throw new Exception("Specified path: {$path} can't be resolved");
-                    }
-                    $logEventsVerboseText = $realPath;
+                    $logEventsVerboseText = $option[1];
 
                     break;
 
diff --git a/tests/end-to-end/cli/log-events-text-invalid-argument.phpt b/tests/end-to-end/cli/log-events-text-invalid-argument.phpt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1362b641765..00000000000
--- a/tests/end-to-end/cli/log-events-text-invalid-argument.phpt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
---TEST--
-phpunit --no-output --log-events-text logfile.txt
---FILE--
-<?php declare(strict_types=1);
-$traceFile = 'dasdasdasdasd/dasdasdsa.log';
-
-$_SERVER['argv'][] = '--do-not-cache-result';
-$_SERVER['argv'][] = '--no-configuration';
-$_SERVER['argv'][] = '--no-output';
-$_SERVER['argv'][] = '--log-events-text';
-$_SERVER['argv'][] = $traceFile;
-$_SERVER['argv'][] = __DIR__ . '/../_files/log-events-text';
-
-require __DIR__ . '/../../bootstrap.php';
-
-(new PHPUnit\TextUI\Application)->run($_SERVER['argv']);
-
-print file_get_contents($traceFile);
-
-unlink($traceFile);
---EXPECTF--
-PHPUnit 10.5.3 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.
-
-Specified path: dasdasdasdasd/dasdasdsa.log can't be resolved
diff --git a/tests/end-to-end/cli/log-events-verbose-text-invalid-argument.phpt b/tests/end-to-end/cli/log-events-verbose-text-invalid-argument.phpt
deleted file mode 100644
index ad2962385c5..00000000000
--- a/tests/end-to-end/cli/log-events-verbose-text-invalid-argument.phpt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
---TEST--
-phpunit --no-output --log-events-verbose-text logfile.txt
---FILE--
-<?php declare(strict_types=1);
-$traceFile = 'dasdasdasdasd/dasdasdsa.log';
-
-$_SERVER['argv'][] = '--do-not-cache-result';
-$_SERVER['argv'][] = '--no-configuration';
-$_SERVER['argv'][] = '--no-output';
-$_SERVER['argv'][] = '--log-events-verbose-text';
-$_SERVER['argv'][] = $traceFile;
-$_SERVER['argv'][] = __DIR__ . '/../_files/log-events-text';
-
-require __DIR__ . '/../../bootstrap.php';
-
-(new PHPUnit\TextUI\Application)->run($_SERVER['argv']);
-
-print file_get_contents($traceFile);
-
-unlink($traceFile);
---EXPECTF--
-PHPUnit 10.5.3 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.
-
-Specified path: dasdasdasdasd/dasdasdsa.log can't be resolved