diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d61a9b3..d2fc503 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ Implementation Notes
 --------------------
 
 * pathlib is used for path handling
-
-  * Absolute paths are used internally for consistency
-
 * When hardlinking, rbackup passes the entire path to avoid needing relative paths
 * The backup script changes the process umask to 0000
 
diff --git a/rbackup/struct/hierarchy.py b/rbackup/struct/hierarchy.py
index 026940d..6eefe95 100644
--- a/rbackup/struct/hierarchy.py
+++ b/rbackup/struct/hierarchy.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Hierarchy(PathLike):
         :type dest: str or path-like object
         :raises PermissionError: if process does not have permission to write at dest
         """
-        self._path = Path(dest).resolve()
+        self._path = Path(dest)
         self._metadata_path = self._path / ".metadata"
         self._name = self._path.name
 
diff --git a/tests/test_hierarchy.py b/tests/test_hierarchy.py
index 66bcbe4..d13e09b 100644
--- a/tests/test_hierarchy.py
+++ b/tests/test_hierarchy.py
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ class TestHierarchyPaths(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_retrieves_correct_metadata_filename(self):
         self.assertEqual(Hierarchy("/tmp/backup").metadata_path.name, ".metadata")
 
-    @given(from_regex(r"[\w/._-]+", fullmatch=True))
-    def test_returns_absolute_path(self, dest):
-        try:
-            self.assertTrue(Hierarchy(dest).path.is_absolute())
-        except PermissionError:
-            pass
-
     def test_raises_notimplemented_error(self):
         h = Hierarchy("/tmp/backup")
         with self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError):