diff --git a/packages/metro-resolver/src/PackageResolve.js b/packages/metro-resolver/src/PackageResolve.js
index 187da7e1e2..f42d63b1ae 100644
--- a/packages/metro-resolver/src/PackageResolve.js
+++ b/packages/metro-resolver/src/PackageResolve.js
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ export function redirectModulePath(
       // BRITTLE ASSUMPTION: This is always treated as a package-relative path
       // and is converted back, even if the redirected path is a specifier
       // referring to another package.
-      redirectedPath = path.resolve(containingPackage.rootPath, redirectedPath);
+      redirectedPath = path.isAbsolute(redirectedPath)
+        ? path.normalize(redirectedPath)
+        : path.join(containingPackage.rootPath, redirectedPath);
     }
   } else {
     // Otherwise, `modulePath` may be an unprefixed relative path or a bare
diff --git a/packages/metro-resolver/src/resolve.js b/packages/metro-resolver/src/resolve.js
index 3aa4c4f899..1799358c00 100644
--- a/packages/metro-resolver/src/resolve.js
+++ b/packages/metro-resolver/src/resolve.js
@@ -220,8 +220,11 @@ function resolveModulePath(
   toModuleName: string,
   platform: string | null,
 ): Result<Resolution, FileAndDirCandidates> {
+  // System-separated absolute path
   const modulePath = path.isAbsolute(toModuleName)
-    ? resolveWindowsPath(toModuleName)
+    ? path.sep === '/'
+      ? toModuleName
+      : toModuleName.replaceAll('/', '\\')
     : path.join(path.dirname(context.originModulePath), toModuleName);
   const redirectedPath = context.redirectModulePath(modulePath);
   if (redirectedPath === false) {
@@ -584,16 +587,6 @@ function resolveSourceFileForExt(
   return null;
 }
 
-// HasteFS stores paths with backslashes on Windows, this ensures the path is in
-// the proper format. Will also add drive letter if not present so `/root` will
-// resolve to `C:\root`. Noop on other platforms.
-function resolveWindowsPath(modulePath: string) {
-  if (path.sep !== '\\') {
-    return modulePath;
-  }
-  return path.resolve(modulePath);
-}
-
 function isRelativeImport(filePath: string) {
   return /^[.][.]?(?:[/]|$)/.test(filePath);
 }