diff --git a/core/tools/implementations/lsTool.ts b/core/tools/implementations/lsTool.ts
index 8fc9a044e22..d4ef4e622b7 100644
--- a/core/tools/implementations/lsTool.ts
+++ b/core/tools/implementations/lsTool.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ export function resolveLsToolDirPath(dirPath: string | undefined) {
   if (!dirPath || dirPath === ".") {
     return ".";
   }
-  // Don't strip leading slash from absolute paths - let the resolver handle it
-  if (dirPath.startsWith(".") && !dirPath.startsWith("./")) {
-    return dirPath.slice(1);
-  }
   return dirPath.replace(/\\/g, "/");
 }
 
diff --git a/core/tools/implementations/lsTool.vitest.ts b/core/tools/implementations/lsTool.vitest.ts
index 7ec20682715..1b2fef32abd 100644
--- a/core/tools/implementations/lsTool.vitest.ts
+++ b/core/tools/implementations/lsTool.vitest.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@ test("resolveLsToolDirPath preserves forward slashes", () => {
   expect(resolveLsToolDirPath("path/to/dir")).toBe("path/to/dir");
 });
 
+test("resolveLsToolDirPath preserves hidden directory paths", () => {
+  expect(resolveLsToolDirPath(".continue/rules")).toBe(".continue/rules");
+});
+
+test("resolveLsToolDirPath preserves hidden directory name only", () => {
+  expect(resolveLsToolDirPath(".git")).toBe(".git");
+});
+
+test("resolveLsToolDirPath preserves parent directory references", () => {
+  expect(resolveLsToolDirPath("..")).toBe("..");
+  expect(resolveLsToolDirPath("../foo")).toBe("../foo");
+});
+
 test("lsToolImpl truncates output when entries exceed MAX_LS_TOOL_LINES", async () => {
   // Generate more than MAX_LS_TOOL_LINES entries (which is 200)
   const mockEntries = Array.from({ length: 250 }, (_, i) => `file${i}.txt`);