diff --git a/src/Path.hs b/src/Path.hs
index ed19c23..d30e9bb 100644
--- a/src/Path.hs
+++ b/src/Path.hs
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ parseAbsFile filepath =
      not ("~/" `isPrefixOf` filepath) &&
      not (hasParentDir filepath) &&
      not (null (normalizeFile filepath)) &&
-     filepath /= "." && filepath /= ".." &&
      FilePath.isValid filepath
      then return (Path (normalizeFile filepath))
      else throwM (InvalidAbsFile filepath)