diff --git a/filecontent/src/org/labkey/filecontent/FileContentController.java b/filecontent/src/org/labkey/filecontent/FileContentController.java
index c47e2f499a6..1ab92e7a341 100644
--- a/filecontent/src/org/labkey/filecontent/FileContentController.java
+++ b/filecontent/src/org/labkey/filecontent/FileContentController.java
@@ -1260,8 +1260,7 @@ public ApiResponse execute(CustomPropertiesForm form, BindException errors)
                 Map<FieldKey, Object> data = result.getFieldKeyRowMap();
                 Map<String, Object> row = new HashMap<>();
 
-                java.nio.file.Path dataFilePath = FileUtil.stringToPath(getContainer(), (String) data.get(dataFileURLFieldKey));
-                row.put("dataFileUrl", null != dataFilePath ? FileUtil.pathToString(dataFilePath) : null);
+                row.put("dataFileUrl", data.get(dataFileURLFieldKey));
                 row.put("rowId", data.get(rowIdFieldKey));
                 row.put("name", data.get(nameFieldKey));