diff --git a/app/models/app.rb b/app/models/app.rb
index a7f6f96..33fa274 100644
--- a/app/models/app.rb
+++ b/app/models/app.rb
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ class App
   end
 
   def github_url_to_file(file)
-    file = "/#{file}" unless file.start_with? '/'
     "#{github_url}/blob/#{repo_branch + file}"
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/app_spec.rb b/spec/models/app_spec.rb
index 2357ce1..76f7933 100644
--- a/spec/models/app_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/app_spec.rb
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ describe App do
       app = Fabricate(:app, :github_repo => "errbit/errbit")
       app.github_url_to_file('/path/to/file').should == "https://github.com/errbit/errbit/blob/master/path/to/file"
     end
-
-    it 'resolves to full path to file without leading root symbol' do
-      app = Fabricate(:app, :github_repo => "errbit/errbit")
-      app.github_url_to_file('path/to/file').should == "https://github.com/errbit/errbit/blob/master/path/to/file"
-    end
   end
 
   context '#github_repo?' do
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