diff --git a/packages/loot-core/bin/copy-migrations b/packages/loot-core/bin/copy-migrations
index 81eef9b31bcace7f348636e16a6e73f06667277b..4d83f6dba4d9bb7b3f9d42f9cefd1dfa5cd87153 100755
--- a/packages/loot-core/bin/copy-migrations
+++ b/packages/loot-core/bin/copy-migrations
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-dest_dir=$(realpath "$1")
+ROOT=`dirname $(dirname "$0")`
+DEST="$1"
 
-ROOT=`dirname "$0"`
-cd "$ROOT"
-
-rm -rf "$dest_dir"/migrations
-mkdir -p "$dest_dir"/migrations
-cp ../migrations/* "$dest_dir"/migrations/
-cp ../default-db.sqlite "$dest_dir"
+rm -rf "$DEST"/migrations
+mkdir -p "$DEST"/migrations
+cp "$ROOT"/migrations/* "$DEST"/migrations/
+cp "$ROOT"/default-db.sqlite "$DEST"
diff --git a/upcoming-release-notes/893.md b/upcoming-release-notes/893.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d5b7b89e31cfeacc28d90f42fd3dff830dd0e144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming-release-notes/893.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Maintenance
+authors: [j-f1]
+---
+
+Remove usage of `realpath` command in build script