diff --git a/components/fpdebug/fpdbgwinclasses.pas b/components/fpdebug/fpdbgwinclasses.pas
index bcad6b78ae..a192cc9abe 100644
--- a/components/fpdebug/fpdbgwinclasses.pas
+++ b/components/fpdebug/fpdbgwinclasses.pas
@@ -540,8 +540,6 @@ begin
       u := '';
       LogLastError;
     end;
-    // Remove the \\?\ prefix
-    Delete(S,1,4);
     result := S;
   end;
 end;
diff --git a/components/fpdebug/fpimgreaderbase.pas b/components/fpdebug/fpimgreaderbase.pas
index 9dd18546d4..01e6a1783c 100644
--- a/components/fpdebug/fpimgreaderbase.pas
+++ b/components/fpdebug/fpimgreaderbase.pas
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ begin
 
   SetLength(U, MAX_PATH+1);
   SetLength(U, GetFinalPathNameByHandle(Handle, @U[1], Length(U), 0));
-  if Copy(U, 1, 4)='\\?\' then
-    Delete(U, 1, 4);
+//  if Copy(U, 1, 4)='\\?\' then
+//    Delete(U, 1, 4);
   Result := U;
 end;
 {$endif}