diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/ReactNativeBlobUtil/ReactNativeBlobUtilFS.java b/android/src/main/java/com/ReactNativeBlobUtil/ReactNativeBlobUtilFS.java
index 9f7feb2d3..12e158b0e 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/ReactNativeBlobUtil/ReactNativeBlobUtilFS.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/ReactNativeBlobUtil/ReactNativeBlobUtilFS.java
@@ -1185,9 +1185,6 @@ static String normalizePath(String path) {
             return null;
         if (!path.matches("\\w+\\:.*"))
             return path;
-        if (path.startsWith("file://")) {
-            return path.replace("file://", "");
-        }
 
         Uri uri = Uri.parse(path);
         if (path.startsWith(ReactNativeBlobUtilConst.FILE_PREFIX_BUNDLE_ASSET)) {