diff --git a/algorithms/unix/path/simplify_path.py b/algorithms/unix/path/simplify_path.py
index 8880fc0c6..7cdf4581e 100644
--- a/algorithms/unix/path/simplify_path.py
+++ b/algorithms/unix/path/simplify_path.py
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
 
 Reference: https://leetcode.com/problems/simplify-path/description/
 """
+import posixpath
+
 
-import os
 def simplify_path_v1(path):
-    return os.path.abspath(path)
+    return posixpath.normpath(path)
+
 
 def simplify_path_v2(path):
     stack, tokens = [], path.split("/")
diff --git a/tests/test_unix.py b/tests/test_unix.py
index 3cafba98f..63bf4cffc 100644
--- a/tests/test_unix.py
+++ b/tests/test_unix.py
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ def test_join_with_slash(self):
     def test_full_path(self):
         file_name = "file_name"
         # Test full path relative
-        expect_path = "{}/{}".format(os.getcwd(), file_name)
+        expect_path = os.path.join('{}', '{}').format(os.getcwd(), file_name)
         self.assertEqual(expect_path, full_path(file_name))
         # Test full path with expanding user
         # ~/file_name
-        expect_path = "{}/{}".format(os.path.expanduser('~'), file_name)
+        expect_path = os.path.join('{}', '{}').format(os.path.expanduser('~'), file_name)
         self.assertEqual(expect_path, full_path("~/{}".format(file_name)))
 
     def test_split(self):