diff -urNpa mysql-8.0.37.orig/sql/mysqld.cc mysql-8.0.37/sql/mysqld.cc
--- mysql-8.0.37.orig/sql/mysqld.cc	2024-05-09 12:03:11.592583190 +0200
+++ mysql-8.0.37/sql/mysqld.cc	2024-05-09 12:03:54.597177666 +0200
@@ -1966,7 +1966,6 @@ static void add_terminator(vector<my_opt
 extern "C" bool mysqld_get_one_option(int, const struct my_option *, char *);
 static void set_server_version(void);
 static int init_thread_environment();
-static const char *get_relative_path(const char *path);
 static int fix_paths(void);
 static int test_if_case_insensitive(const char *dir_name);
 static void end_ssl();
@@ -6121,7 +6120,7 @@ static char *get_icu_data_directory_in_b
 // Look for MYSQL_ICU_DATADIR which depends on INSTALL_PRIV_LIBDIR
 static char *get_icu_data_directory_in_install_dir(char *to) {
   char buff[FN_REFLEN];
-  const char *mysql_icu_datadir = get_relative_path(MYSQL_ICU_DATADIR);
+  const char *mysql_icu_datadir = MYSQL_ICU_DATADIR;
   if (test_if_hard_path(mysql_icu_datadir))
     strmake(buff, mysql_icu_datadir, sizeof(buff) - 1);
   else
@@ -7221,7 +7220,7 @@ class Plugin_and_data_dir_option_parser
     memset(dir, 0, FN_REFLEN);
 
     convert_dirname(local_plugindir_buffer,
-                    plugindir ? plugindir : get_relative_path(PLUGINDIR),
+                    plugindir ? plugindir : PLUGINDIR,
                     NullS);
     (void)my_load_path(local_plugindir_buffer, local_plugindir_buffer,
                        mysql_home);
@@ -7316,7 +7315,7 @@ int mysqld_main(int argc, char **argv)
   argv_cached[argc_cached] = nullptr;
 
   /* Set data dir directory paths */
-  strmake(mysql_real_data_home, get_relative_path(MYSQL_DATADIR),
+  strmake(mysql_real_data_home, MYSQL_DATADIR,
           sizeof(mysql_real_data_home) - 1);
 
   /* Must be initialized early for comparison of options name */
@@ -11266,15 +11265,6 @@ static void set_server_version(void) {
 #endif
 }
 
-static const char *get_relative_path(const char *path) {
-  if (test_if_hard_path(path) && is_prefix(path, DEFAULT_MYSQL_HOME) &&
-      strcmp(DEFAULT_MYSQL_HOME, FN_ROOTDIR)) {
-    path += strlen(DEFAULT_MYSQL_HOME);
-    while (is_directory_separator(*path)) path++;
-  }
-  return path;
-}
-
 /**
   Test a file path to determine if the path is compatible with the secure file
   path restriction.
@@ -11492,7 +11482,7 @@ static int fix_paths(void) {
 
   convert_dirname(
       opt_plugin_dir,
-      opt_plugin_dir_ptr ? opt_plugin_dir_ptr : get_relative_path(PLUGINDIR),
+      opt_plugin_dir_ptr ? opt_plugin_dir_ptr : PLUGINDIR,
       NullS);
   (void)my_load_path(opt_plugin_dir, opt_plugin_dir, mysql_home);
   opt_plugin_dir_ptr = opt_plugin_dir;
@@ -11503,7 +11493,7 @@ static int fix_paths(void) {
       FN_LIBCHAR)
     --mysql_unpacked_real_data_home_len;
 
-  const char *sharedir = get_relative_path(SHAREDIR);
+  const char *sharedir = SHAREDIR;
   if (test_if_hard_path(sharedir))
     strmake(buff, sharedir, sizeof(buff) - 1); /* purecov: tested */
   else