diff --git a/src/snowflake/connector/storage_client.py b/src/snowflake/connector/storage_client.py
index be29acdb6..8b9b106c1 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/connector/storage_client.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/connector/storage_client.py
@@ -89,10 +89,8 @@ def __init__(
         )
         # DOWNLOAD
         self.full_dst_file_name: str | None = (
-            os.path.realpath(
-                os.path.join(
-                    self.meta.local_location, os.path.basename(self.meta.dst_file_name)
-                )
+            os.path.join(
+                self.meta.local_location, os.path.basename(self.meta.dst_file_name)
             )
             if self.meta.local_location
             else None
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 31b2f8b93..384e94965 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ known_first_party =snowflake,parameters,generate_test_files
 [flake8]
 # Notes on ignores:
 # - all ignored Ds mean doc issues, these should be cleaned up
-ignore = B011,C901,D100,D101,D102,D103,D104,D105,D107,D401,E203,E402,E501,F821,W503
+ignore = B011,B027,C901,D100,D101,D102,D103,D104,D105,D107,D401,E203,E402,E501,F821,W503
 exclude=
     build,tool,.tox,parameters.py,parameters_jenkins.py,
 # Disable checking virtualenv contents