diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c56a6f..a76fc90 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Refer [here](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/v1/README.md) for previous
     # Default: true
     persist-credentials: ''
 
-    # Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the repository
+    # Path relative to $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the repository
     path: ''
 
     # Whether to execute `git clean -ffdx && git reset --hard HEAD` before fetching
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 91d3982..47a4423 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Whether to configure the token or SSH key with the local git config'
     default: true
   path:
-    description: 'Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the repository'
+    description: 'Path relative to $GITHUB_WORKSPACE to place the repository'
   clean:
     description: 'Whether to execute `git clean -ffdx && git reset --hard HEAD` before fetching'
     default: true
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index e765cc2..c02508e 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -14537,9 +14537,6 @@ function getInputs() {
     // Repository path
     result.repositoryPath = core.getInput('path') || '.';
     result.repositoryPath = path.resolve(githubWorkspacePath, result.repositoryPath);
-    if (!(result.repositoryPath + path.sep).startsWith(githubWorkspacePath + path.sep)) {
-        throw new Error(`Repository path '${result.repositoryPath}' is not under '${githubWorkspacePath}'`);
-    }
     // Workflow repository?
     const isWorkflowRepository = qualifiedRepository.toUpperCase() ===
         `${github.context.repo.owner}/${github.context.repo.repo}`.toUpperCase();
diff --git a/src/input-helper.ts b/src/input-helper.ts
index 4c05d6e..65b8614 100644
--- a/src/input-helper.ts
+++ b/src/input-helper.ts
@@ -40,15 +40,6 @@ export function getInputs(): IGitSourceSettings {
     githubWorkspacePath,
     result.repositoryPath
   )
-  if (
-    !(result.repositoryPath + path.sep).startsWith(
-      githubWorkspacePath + path.sep
-    )
-  ) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Repository path '${result.repositoryPath}' is not under '${githubWorkspacePath}'`
-    )
-  }
 
   // Workflow repository?
   const isWorkflowRepository =