diff --git a/apps/heft/package.json b/apps/heft/package.json
index fec0d462f0e..ca3c65bf748 100644
--- a/apps/heft/package.json
+++ b/apps/heft/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     "git-repo-info": "~2.1.0",
     "ignore": "~5.1.6",
     "tapable": "1.1.3",
-    "true-case-path": "~2.2.1",
     "watchpack": "2.4.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/apps/heft/src/configuration/HeftConfiguration.ts b/apps/heft/src/configuration/HeftConfiguration.ts
index 7d88d982e54..02388a34c5a 100644
--- a/apps/heft/src/configuration/HeftConfiguration.ts
+++ b/apps/heft/src/configuration/HeftConfiguration.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { type IPackageJson, PackageJsonLookup, InternalError, Path } from '@rushstack/node-core-library';
 import { Terminal, type ITerminalProvider, type ITerminal } from '@rushstack/terminal';
-import { trueCasePathSync } from 'true-case-path';
 import { type IRigConfig, RigConfig } from '@rushstack/rig-package';
 
 import { Constants } from '../utilities/Constants';
@@ -161,11 +160,12 @@ export class HeftConfiguration {
     );
     if (packageJsonPath) {
       let buildFolderPath: string = path.dirname(packageJsonPath);
-      // The CWD path's casing may be incorrect on a case-insensitive filesystem. Some tools, like Jest
-      // expect the casing of the project path to be correct and produce unexpected behavior when the casing
-      // isn't correct.
-      // This ensures the casing of the project folder is correct.
-      buildFolderPath = trueCasePathSync(buildFolderPath);
+      // On Windows it is possible for the drive letter in the CWD to be lowercase, but the normalized naming is uppercase
+      // Force it to always be uppercase for consistency.
+      buildFolderPath =
+        process.platform === 'win32'
+          ? buildFolderPath.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + buildFolderPath.slice(1)
+          : buildFolderPath;
       configuration._buildFolderPath = buildFolderPath;
     } else {
       throw new Error('No package.json file found. Are you in a project folder?');
diff --git a/common/changes/@rushstack/heft/kill-true-case-path_2024-10-11-23-03.json b/common/changes/@rushstack/heft/kill-true-case-path_2024-10-11-23-03.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..235eb918b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@rushstack/heft/kill-true-case-path_2024-10-11-23-03.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@rushstack/heft",
+      "comment": "Remove usage of true-case-path in favor of manually adjusting the drive letter casing to avoid confusing file system tracing tools with unnecessary directory enumerations.",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@rushstack/heft"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/config/subspaces/build-tests-subspace/repo-state.json b/common/config/subspaces/build-tests-subspace/repo-state.json
index 5c13112cf8e..cb6f5ac7ac7 100644
--- a/common/config/subspaces/build-tests-subspace/repo-state.json
+++ b/common/config/subspaces/build-tests-subspace/repo-state.json
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 {
   "pnpmShrinkwrapHash": "5b75a8ef91af53a8caf52319e5eb0042c4d06852",
   "preferredVersionsHash": "ce857ea0536b894ec8f346aaea08cfd85a5af648",
-  "packageJsonInjectedDependenciesHash": "5ff2fabbffcfb22bb3e29f56c997f7c762e89d20"
+  "packageJsonInjectedDependenciesHash": "31e2e4a94050edab124897e4049a6c1d94c21c91"
 }
diff --git a/common/config/subspaces/default/pnpm-lock.yaml b/common/config/subspaces/default/pnpm-lock.yaml
index c426ccc5542..4bc180884a4 100644
--- a/common/config/subspaces/default/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/common/config/subspaces/default/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@ importers:
       tapable:
         specifier: 1.1.3
         version: 1.1.3
-      true-case-path:
-        specifier: ~2.2.1
-        version: 2.2.1
       watchpack:
         specifier: 2.4.0
         version: 2.4.0