diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
index 2f7835941e..651283cf4e 100644
--- a/git-sh-setup.sh
+++ b/git-sh-setup.sh
@@ -272,10 +272,8 @@ case $(uname -s) in
 	find () {
 		/usr/bin/find "$@"
 	}
-	# git sees Windows-style pwd
-	pwd () {
-		builtin pwd -W
-	}
+	# Let pwd always return the uniqe real windows path
+	alias pwd='pwd -W'
 	is_absolute_path () {
 		case "$1" in
 		[/\\]* | [A-Za-z]:*)
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 79bfaac9d4..372ab01e54 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -243,9 +243,6 @@ module_clone()
 	# resolve any symlinks that might be present in $PWD
 	a=$(cd_to_toplevel && cd "$gitdir" && pwd)/
 	b=$(cd_to_toplevel && cd "$sm_path" && pwd)/
-	# normalize Windows-style absolute paths to POSIX-style absolute paths
-	case $a in [a-zA-Z]:/*) a=/${a%%:*}${a#*:} ;; esac
-	case $b in [a-zA-Z]:/*) b=/${b%%:*}${b#*:} ;; esac
 	# Remove all common leading directories after a sanity check
 	if test "${a#$b}" != "$a" || test "${b#$a}" != "$b"; then
 		die "$(eval_gettext "Gitdir '\$a' is part of the submodule path '\$b' or vice versa")"