diff --git a/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_identify_pubkeys.rb b/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_identify_pubkeys.rb
index 41a2227580..192bdd4454 100644
--- a/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_identify_pubkeys.rb
+++ b/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_identify_pubkeys.rb
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Auxiliary
       keyfile = datastore['SSH_KEYFILE_B64'].unpack("m*").first
     elsif file.kind_of? Array
       keyfile = ''
-      file.map { |f| ::File.expand_path(f) }.each do |dir_entry|
+      file.each do |dir_entry|
         next unless ::File.readable? dir_entry
         keyfile << ::File.open(dir_entry, "rb") {|f| f.read(f.stat.size)}
       end
     else
-      keyfile = ::File.open(::File.expand_path(file), "rb") {|f| f.read(f.stat.size)}
+      keyfile = ::File.open(file, "rb") {|f| f.read(f.stat.size)}
     end
     keys = []
     this_key = []