diff --git a/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Main.hs b/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Main.hs
index a875bf76ce8..2d0ccf818a6 100644
--- a/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Main.hs
+++ b/ghcide/src/Development/IDE/Main.hs
@@ -210,14 +210,12 @@ defaultMain Arguments{..} = do
 
                 -- We want to set the global DynFlags right now, so that we can use
                 -- `unsafeGlobalDynFlags` even before the project is configured
-                -- We do it here since haskell-lsp changes our working directory to the correct place ('rootPath')
-                -- before calling this function
                 _mlibdir <-
                     setInitialDynFlags dir argsSessionLoadingOptions
                         `catchAny` (\e -> (hPutStrLn stderr $ "setInitialDynFlags: " ++ displayException e) >> pure Nothing)
 
 
-                sessionLoader <- loadSessionWithOptions argsSessionLoadingOptions $ fromMaybe dir rootPath
+                sessionLoader <- loadSessionWithOptions argsSessionLoadingOptions dir
                 config <- LSP.runLspT env LSP.getConfig
                 let def_options = argsIdeOptions config sessionLoader