diff --git a/third_party/gpus/cuda_configure.bzl b/third_party/gpus/cuda_configure.bzl
index c7bc350959a..5c545447c6d 100644
--- a/third_party/gpus/cuda_configure.bzl
+++ b/third_party/gpus/cuda_configure.bzl
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ load(
     "raw_exec",
     "read_dir",
     "which",
+    "realpath",
 )
 
 _GCC_HOST_COMPILER_PATH = "GCC_HOST_COMPILER_PATH"
@@ -360,8 +361,8 @@ def _cuda_include_path(repository_ctx, cuda_config):
             )
     inc_entries = []
     if target_dir != "":
-        inc_entries.append(str(repository_ctx.path(target_dir).realpath))
-    inc_entries.append(str(repository_ctx.path(cuda_config.cuda_toolkit_path + "/include").realpath))
+        inc_entries.append(realpath(repository_ctx, target_dir))
+    inc_entries.append(realpath(repository_ctx, cuda_config.cuda_toolkit_path + "/include"))
     return inc_entries
 
 def enable_cuda(repository_ctx):
diff --git a/third_party/gpus/find_cuda_config.py b/third_party/gpus/find_cuda_config.py
index 57067b35629..e2ab42abf67 100644
--- a/third_party/gpus/find_cuda_config.py
+++ b/third_party/gpus/find_cuda_config.py
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ def _get_legacy_path(env_name, default=[]):
 
 def _normalize_path(path):
   """Returns normalized path, with forward slashes on Windows."""
-  path = os.path.normpath(path)
+  path = os.path.realpath(path)
   if _is_windows():
     path = path.replace("\\", "/")
   return path
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ def find_cuda_config():
   cuda_version = os.environ.get("TF_CUDA_VERSION", "")
   base_paths = _list_from_env("TF_CUDA_PATHS",
                               _get_default_cuda_paths(cuda_version))
-  base_paths = [os.path.realpath(path) for path in base_paths if os.path.exists(path)]
+  base_paths = [path for path in base_paths if os.path.exists(path)]
 
   result = {}
   if "cuda" in libraries: