diff --git a/ghcide/session-loader/Development/IDE/Session.hs b/ghcide/session-loader/Development/IDE/Session.hs
index df14e2d1b9..463e0ceb7e 100644
--- a/ghcide/session-loader/Development/IDE/Session.hs
+++ b/ghcide/session-loader/Development/IDE/Session.hs
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ import           Data.HashSet                        (HashSet)
 import qualified Data.HashSet                        as Set
 import qualified Data.Set                            as OS
 import           Database.SQLite.Simple
-import           Development.IDE.Core.Tracing        (withTrace)
 import           Development.IDE.Core.WorkerThread   (awaitRunInThread,
                                                       withWorkerQueue)
 import qualified Development.IDE.GHC.Compat.Util     as Compat
@@ -120,19 +119,13 @@ import qualified System.Random                       as Random
 import           System.Random                       (RandomGen)
 import           Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP        (readP_to_S)
 
-import           Control.Exception.Extra             (errorIO)
-import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict                 as HashMap
-import qualified Data.Tuple                          as Tuple
-import           Development.IDE.Core.OfInterest     (OfInterestVar (OfInterestVar),
-                                                      getFilesOfInterest,
-                                                      getFilesOfInterestUntracked)
 import           GHC.Data.Bag
 import           GHC.Driver.Env                      (hsc_all_home_unit_ids)
 import           GHC.Driver.Errors.Types
 import           GHC.Types.Error                     (errMsgDiagnostic,
                                                       singleMessage)
 import           GHC.Unit.State
-import qualified HIE.Bios.Cradle                     as HieBios
+
 
 data Log
   = LogSettingInitialDynFlags
@@ -733,26 +726,19 @@ loadSessionWithOptions recorder SessionLoadingOptions{..} rootDir que = do
     -- to get some more options then we wait for the currently running action to finish
     -- before attempting to do so.
     let getOptionsBatch :: FilePath -> IO (IdeResult HscEnvEq, [FilePath])
-        getOptionsBatch file' = do
+        getOptionsBatch file = do
             pendingFiles <- atomically $ flushTQueue pendingFilesTQueue
-            let file = toAbsolutePath file'
             hieYaml <- cradleLoc file
             logWith recorder Debug LogSettingInitialDynFlags
-            results <- getOptionsList (Set.toList $ Set.fromList $ toAbsolutePath file : map fromNormalizedFilePath pendingFiles)
+            results <- getOptionsList (Set.toList $ Set.fromList $ file : pendingFiles)
             return (results Map.! file) `Safe.catch` \e ->
                 return (([renderPackageSetupException file e], Nothing), maybe [] pure hieYaml)
 
     returnWithVersion $ \file -> do
       -- see Note [Serializing runs in separate thread]
-      atomically $ writeTQueue pendingFilesTQueue file
+      atomically $ writeTQueue pendingFilesTQueue $ toAbsolutePath file
       awaitRunInThread que $ getOptionsBatch file
 
--- cradleToType :: Cradle Void -> IO ()
--- cradleToType c = do
---     case c of
---         Cradle { cradleOptsProg = Just (GHC.GhcVersion _), cradleOptsProg = Just (GHC.GhcVersion _) } -> return ()
---         _ ->
---     return ()
 
 -- how we do batch loading of cradles depends on the the type of cradle we are using
 cradleToOptsAndLibDirs :: Recorder (WithPriority Log) -> SessionLoadingPreferenceConfig -> [(Cradle Void, (Maybe FilePath, FilePath))] -> [FilePath]