diff --git a/helper/url/url_test.go b/helper/url/url_test.go
index ce3226b4..1015f4af 100644
--- a/helper/url/url_test.go
+++ b/helper/url/url_test.go
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ var parseTests = []parseTest{
 var winParseTests = []parseTest{
 	{
 		rawURL: `C:\`,
-		scheme: ``,
+		scheme: `file`,
 		host:   ``,
 		path:   `C:/`,
-		str:    `C:/`,
+		str:    `file://C:/`,
 		err:    false,
 	},
 	{
diff --git a/helper/url/url_windows.go b/helper/url/url_windows.go
index 4655226f..4280ec59 100644
--- a/helper/url/url_windows.go
+++ b/helper/url/url_windows.go
@@ -11,19 +11,18 @@ func parse(rawURL string) (*url.URL, error) {
 	// Make sure we're using "/" since URLs are "/"-based.
 	rawURL = filepath.ToSlash(rawURL)
 
+	if len(rawURL) > 1 && rawURL[1] == ':' {
+		// Assume we're dealing with a drive letter. In which case we
+		// force the 'file' scheme to avoid "net/url" URL.String() prepending
+		// our url with "./".
+		rawURL = "file://" + rawURL
+	}
+
 	u, err := url.Parse(rawURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if len(rawURL) > 1 && rawURL[1] == ':' {
-		// Assume we're dealing with a drive letter file path where the drive
-		// letter has been parsed into the URL Scheme, and the rest of the path
-		// has been parsed into the URL Path without the leading ':' character.
-		u.Path = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", string(rawURL[0]), u.Path)
-		u.Scheme = ""
-	}
-
 	if len(u.Host) > 1 && u.Host[1] == ':' && strings.HasPrefix(rawURL, "file://") {
 		// Assume we're dealing with a drive letter file path where the drive
 		// letter has been parsed into the URL Host.