diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/bzlmod/BazelLockFileFunction.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/bzlmod/BazelLockFileFunction.java
index 5e34b4c3e83481..4c8aa872646c60 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/bzlmod/BazelLockFileFunction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/bzlmod/BazelLockFileFunction.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.FileValue;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.bazel.repository.RepositoryOptions.LockfileMode;
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ public SkyValue compute(SkyKey skyKey, Environment env)
 
     BazelLockFileValue lockfileValue;
     try (SilentCloseable c = Profiler.instance().profile(ProfilerTask.BZLMOD, "parse lockfile")) {
-      lockfileValue = getLockfileValue(lockfilePath, rootDirectory);
+      lockfileValue = getLockfileValue(lockfilePath);
     } catch (IOException | JsonSyntaxException | NullPointerException e) {
       throw new BazelLockfileFunctionException(
           ExternalDepsException.withMessage(
@@ -101,8 +100,7 @@ public SkyValue compute(SkyKey skyKey, Environment env)
     return lockfileValue;
   }
 
-  public static BazelLockFileValue getLockfileValue(RootedPath lockfilePath, Path rootDirectory)
-      throws IOException {
+  public static BazelLockFileValue getLockfileValue(RootedPath lockfilePath) throws IOException {
     BazelLockFileValue bazelLockFileValue;
     try {
       String json = FileSystemUtils.readContent(lockfilePath.asPath(), UTF_8);
@@ -114,8 +112,7 @@ public static BazelLockFileValue getLockfileValue(RootedPath lockfilePath, Path
                     lockfilePath
                         .asPath()
                         .getParentDirectory()
-                        .getRelative(LabelConstants.MODULE_DOT_BAZEL_FILE_NAME),
-                    rootDirectory)
+                        .getRelative(LabelConstants.MODULE_DOT_BAZEL_FILE_NAME))
                 .fromJson(json, BazelLockFileValue.class);
       } else {
         // This is an old version, needs to be updated
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/bzlmod/BazelLockFileModule.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/bzlmod/BazelLockFileModule.java
index 9d6cd27b326c96..481e5387395e6c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/bzlmod/BazelLockFileModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/bzlmod/BazelLockFileModule.java
@@ -252,8 +252,7 @@ private static void updateLockfile(Path workspaceRoot, BazelLockFileValue update
                       lockfilePath
                           .asPath()
                           .getParentDirectory()
-                          .getRelative(LabelConstants.MODULE_DOT_BAZEL_FILE_NAME),
-                      workspaceRoot)
+                          .getRelative(LabelConstants.MODULE_DOT_BAZEL_FILE_NAME))
                   .toJson(updatedLockfile)
               + "\n");
     } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/bzlmod/GsonTypeAdapterUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/bzlmod/GsonTypeAdapterUtil.java
index 64e07c8f9428f1..3d346798852bb3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/bzlmod/GsonTypeAdapterUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/bzlmod/GsonTypeAdapterUtil.java
@@ -384,23 +384,23 @@ protected abstract static class RootModuleFileEscapingLocation {
 
     public abstract int column();
 
-    public Location toLocation(String moduleFilePath, String workspaceRoot) {
+    public Location toLocation(String moduleFilePath) {
       String file;
       if (file().equals(ROOT_MODULE_FILE_LABEL)) {
         file = moduleFilePath;
       } else {
-        file = file().replace("%workspace%", workspaceRoot);
+        file = file();
       }
       return Location.fromFileLineColumn(file, line(), column());
     }
 
     public static RootModuleFileEscapingLocation fromLocation(
-        Location location, String moduleFilePath, String workspaceRoot) {
+        Location location, String moduleFilePath) {
       String file;
       if (location.file().equals(moduleFilePath)) {
         file = ROOT_MODULE_FILE_LABEL;
       } else {
-        file = location.file().replace(workspaceRoot, "%workspace%");
+        file = location.file();
       }
       return new AutoValue_GsonTypeAdapterUtil_RootModuleFileEscapingLocation(
           file, location.line(), location.column());
@@ -410,11 +410,9 @@ public static RootModuleFileEscapingLocation fromLocation(
   private static final class LocationTypeAdapterFactory implements TypeAdapterFactory {
 
     private final String moduleFilePath;
-    private final String workspaceRoot;
 
-    public LocationTypeAdapterFactory(Path moduleFilePath, Path workspaceRoot) {
+    public LocationTypeAdapterFactory(Path moduleFilePath) {
       this.moduleFilePath = moduleFilePath.getPathString();
-      this.workspaceRoot = workspaceRoot.getPathString();
     }
 
     @Nullable
@@ -433,15 +431,12 @@ public <T> TypeAdapter<T> create(Gson gson, TypeToken<T> typeToken) {
             public void write(JsonWriter jsonWriter, Location location) throws IOException {
               relativizedLocationTypeAdapter.write(
                   jsonWriter,
-                  RootModuleFileEscapingLocation.fromLocation(
-                      location, moduleFilePath, workspaceRoot));
+                  RootModuleFileEscapingLocation.fromLocation(location, moduleFilePath));
             }
 
             @Override
             public Location read(JsonReader jsonReader) throws IOException {
-              return relativizedLocationTypeAdapter
-                  .read(jsonReader)
-                  .toLocation(moduleFilePath, workspaceRoot);
+              return relativizedLocationTypeAdapter.read(jsonReader).toLocation(moduleFilePath);
             }
           };
     }
@@ -527,10 +522,10 @@ public Optional<Checksum> read(JsonReader jsonReader) throws IOException {
     }
   }
 
-  public static Gson createLockFileGson(Path moduleFilePath, Path workspaceRoot) {
+  public static Gson createLockFileGson(Path moduleFilePath) {
     return newGsonBuilder()
         .setPrettyPrinting()
-        .registerTypeAdapterFactory(new LocationTypeAdapterFactory(moduleFilePath, workspaceRoot))
+        .registerTypeAdapterFactory(new LocationTypeAdapterFactory(moduleFilePath))
         .registerTypeAdapterFactory(new OptionalChecksumTypeAdapterFactory())
         .create();
   }
diff --git a/src/test/py/bazel/bzlmod/bazel_lockfile_test.py b/src/test/py/bazel/bzlmod/bazel_lockfile_test.py
index a2457b9d544a37..1a739b220dc2b8 100644
--- a/src/test/py/bazel/bzlmod/bazel_lockfile_test.py
+++ b/src/test/py/bazel/bzlmod/bazel_lockfile_test.py
@@ -1561,17 +1561,9 @@ def testLockfileWithNoUserSpecificPath(self):
           ['build', '--registry=file:///%workspace%/registry', '//:lala']
       )
 
-      with open('MODULE.bazel.lock', 'r') as json_file:
-        lockfile = json.load(json_file)
-      ss_dep = lockfile['moduleDepGraph']['ss@1.3-1']
-      remote_patches = ss_dep['repoSpec']['attributes']['remote_patches']
-      ext_usage_location = ss_dep['extensionUsages'][0]['location']['file']
-
-      self.assertNotIn(self.my_registry.getURL(), ext_usage_location)
-      self.assertIn('%workspace%', ext_usage_location)
-      for key in remote_patches.keys():
-        self.assertNotIn(self.my_registry.getURL(), key)
-        self.assertIn('%workspace%', key)
+      with open('MODULE.bazel.lock', 'r') as f:
+        self.assertNotIn(self.my_registry.getURL(), f.read())
+
     finally:
       self.my_registry.stop()