diff --git a/singleheader/amalgamate.sh b/singleheader/amalgamate.sh
index b7e125b4..9dc798fd 100755
--- a/singleheader/amalgamate.sh
+++ b/singleheader/amalgamate.sh
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@
 ########################################################################
 set -e
 
+
 SCRIPTPATH="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
-PROJECTPATH=$(realpath "$SCRIPTPATH/..");
+PROJECTPATH=$SCRIPTPATH"/.."
+echo "Project at "$PROJECTPATH
+
 echo "We are about to amalgamate all simdjson files into one source file. "
 echo "See https://www.sqlite.org/amalgamation.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Compilation_Unit for rationale. "
 
-if [ -z "$AMALGAMATE_SOURCE_PATH" ]; then AMALGAMATE_SOURCE_PATH=$(realpath "$SCRIPTPATH/../src"); fi
-if [ -z "$AMALGAMATE_INCLUDE_PATH" ]; then AMALGAMATE_INCLUDE_PATH=$(realpath "$SCRIPTPATH/../include"); fi
+if [ -z "$AMALGAMATE_SOURCE_PATH" ]; then AMALGAMATE_SOURCE_PATH="$SCRIPTPATH/../src"; fi
+if [ -z "$AMALGAMATE_INCLUDE_PATH" ]; then AMALGAMATE_INCLUDE_PATH="$SCRIPTPATH/../include"; fi
 if [ -z "$AMALGAMATE_OUTPUT_PATH" ]; then AMALGAMATE_OUTPUT_PATH="$SCRIPTPATH"; fi
 
 # this list excludes the "src/generic headers"