diff --git a/compiler/msgs.nim b/compiler/msgs.nim
index a8bf1bfc87f1b..371f00ba4f275 100644
--- a/compiler/msgs.nim
+++ b/compiler/msgs.nim
@@ -254,14 +254,10 @@ proc toFilenameOption*(conf: ConfigRef, fileIdx: FileIndex, opt: FilenameOption)
   of foRelProject: result = toProjPath(conf, fileIdx)
   of foMagicSauce:
     let absPath = toFullPath(conf, fileIdx)
-    result = canonicalImport(conf, absPath.AbsoluteFile)
-    #   relPath = toProjPath(conf, fileIdx)
-    # result = if (optListFullPaths in conf.globalOptions) or
-    #             (relPath.len > absPath.len) or
-    #             (relPath.count("..") > 2):
-    #            absPath
-    #          else:
-    #            relPath
+    if optListFullPaths in conf.globalOptions:
+      result = absPath
+    else:
+      result = canonicalImportAux(conf, absPath.AbsoluteFile)
   of foName: result = toProjPath(conf, fileIdx).lastPathPart
   of foStacktrace:
     if optExcessiveStackTrace in conf.globalOptions:
diff --git a/compiler/options.nim b/compiler/options.nim
index 5fb471d683964..5c48eae839c35 100644
--- a/compiler/options.nim
+++ b/compiler/options.nim
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ proc findProjectNimFile*(conf: ConfigRef; pkg: string): string =
     if dir == "": break
   return ""
 
-proc canonicalImport*(conf: ConfigRef, file: AbsoluteFile): string =
+proc canonicalImportAux*(conf: ConfigRef, file: AbsoluteFile): string =
   ##[
   Shows the canonical module import, e.g.:
   system, std/tables, fusion/pointers, system/assertions, std/private/asciitables
@@ -898,6 +898,10 @@ proc canonicalImport*(conf: ConfigRef, file: AbsoluteFile): string =
       ret = relPath
   if ret.isEmpty:
     ret = relativeTo(file, conf.projectPath)
+  result = ret.string
+
+proc canonicalImport*(conf: ConfigRef, file: AbsoluteFile): string =
+  let ret = canonicalImportAux(conf, file)
   result = ret.string.nativeToUnixPath.changeFileExt("")
 
 proc canonDynlibName(s: string): string =