diff --git a/snakemake/deployment/conda.py b/snakemake/deployment/conda.py
index 6f1a1b7a8..473ac2b23 100644
--- a/snakemake/deployment/conda.py
+++ b/snakemake/deployment/conda.py
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def execute_deployment_script(self, env_file, deploy_file):
             )
         logger.info(
             "Running post-deploy script {}...".format(
-                Path(deploy_file).relative_to(os.getcwd())
+                os.path.relpath(path=deploy_file, start=os.getcwd())
             )
         )
         conda = Conda(self._container_img)