diff --git a/vlib/v/util/errors.v b/vlib/v/util/errors.v
index 4a92d1e052..7b7f2628d6 100644
--- a/vlib/v/util/errors.v
+++ b/vlib/v/util/errors.v
@@ -200,13 +200,6 @@ pub fn verror(kind string, s string) {
 }
 
 pub fn vlines_escape_path(path string, ccompiler string) string {
-	is_cc_tcc := ccompiler.contains('tcc')
-	if is_cc_tcc {
-		// tcc currently has a bug, causing all #line files,
-		// to be prefixed with the *same folder as the .tmp.c file*
-		// this ../../ escaping, is a temporary workaround for that
-		return '../../../../../..' + cescaped_path(os.real_path(path))
-	}
 	return cescaped_path(os.real_path(path))
 }