diff --git a/scripts/termux-share b/scripts/termux-share
index bc5056f..7c33ef2 100755
--- a/scripts/termux-share
+++ b/scripts/termux-share
@@ -42,16 +42,13 @@ shift $(($OPTIND-1))
 if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then echo "$SCRIPTNAME: too many arguments"; exit 1; fi
 
 if [ $# != 0 ]; then
-    FILE="$1"
-    if [ -f "$FILE" ]; then
-        FILE=`realpath "$FILE"`
+    if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
+        echo "$1 is not a file"
+        exit 1
     fi
 
-    # Fix for issues on Android 8.1.
-    FILE=$(echo "$FILE" | sed 's/^\///')
-
     # Note that the file path can contain whitespace.
-    /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/libexec/termux-api Share $PARAMS --es file "$FILE"
+    /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/libexec/termux-api Share $PARAMS --es file "$(realpath "$1")"
 else
     /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/libexec/termux-api Share $PARAMS
 fi