diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 374478a34fd5b..de3e209c1561f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4805,7 +4805,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc_abi",
  "rustc_data_structures",
  "rustc_error_messages",
- "rustc_fs_util",
  "rustc_macros",
  "rustc_serialize",
  "rustc_span",
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/Cargo.toml b/compiler/rustc_target/Cargo.toml
index d399bfcda50b5..a205009cccfa3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ object = { version = "0.37.0", default-features = false, features = ["elf", "mac
 rustc_abi = { path = "../rustc_abi" }
 rustc_data_structures = { path = "../rustc_data_structures" }
 rustc_error_messages = { path = "../rustc_error_messages" }
-rustc_fs_util = { path = "../rustc_fs_util" }
 rustc_macros = { path = "../rustc_macros" }
 rustc_serialize = { path = "../rustc_serialize" }
 rustc_span = { path = "../rustc_span" }
@@ -22,4 +21,3 @@ serde_json = "1.0.59"
 serde_path_to_error = "0.1.17"
 tracing = "0.1"
 # tidy-alphabetical-end
-
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/tuple.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/tuple.rs
index 2c4a879d79440..81a403839e1c1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/tuple.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/tuple.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::{fmt, io};
 
 use rustc_error_messages::into_diag_arg_using_display;
-use rustc_fs_util::try_canonicalize;
 use rustc_serialize::{Decodable, Decoder, Encodable, Encoder};
 
 /// Either a target tuple string or a path to a JSON file.
@@ -91,7 +90,8 @@ impl TargetTuple {
 
     /// Creates a target tuple from the passed target path.
     pub fn from_path(path: &Path) -> Result<Self, io::Error> {
-        let canonicalized_path = try_canonicalize(path)?;
+        let canonicalized_path =
+            std::fs::canonicalize(path).or_else(|_| std::path::absolute(path))?;
         let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(&canonicalized_path).map_err(|err| {
             io::Error::new(
                 io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,