diff --git a/src/git/gitService.ts b/src/git/gitService.ts
index 9c2374e..9f4fb5a 100644
--- a/src/git/gitService.ts
+++ b/src/git/gitService.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ import {
 import { GitUri } from './gitUri';
 import { RemoteProvider, RemoteProviderFactory, RemoteProviders, RemoteProviderWithApi } from './remotes/factory';
 import { GitReflogParser, GitShortLogParser } from './parsers/parsers';
-import { fsExists, getNetworkPathForDrive, isWindows } from './shell';
+import { fsExists, isWindows } from './shell';
 import { GitRevision, PullRequest, PullRequestDateFormatting } from './models/models';
 
 export * from './gitUri';
@@ -2601,8 +2601,12 @@ export class GitService implements Disposable {
 						const [, letter] = match;
 
 						try {
-							const networkPath = await getNetworkPathForDrive(letter);
-							if (networkPath != null) {
+							const networkPath = await new Promise<string>(resolve =>
+								fs.realpath.native(`${letter}:`, { encoding: 'utf8' }, (err, resolvedPath) =>
+									resolve(err != null ? undefined : resolvedPath),
+								),
+							);
+							if (networkPath !== undefined) {
 								return Strings.normalizePath(
 									repoUri.fsPath.replace(networkPath, `${letter.toLowerCase()}:`),
 								);
diff --git a/src/git/shell.ts b/src/git/shell.ts
index 04a6311..f97c58b 100644
--- a/src/git/shell.ts
+++ b/src/git/shell.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
-import { exec, execFile } from 'child_process';
+import { execFile } from 'child_process';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as paths from 'path';
-import { promisify } from 'util';
 import * as iconv from 'iconv-lite';
 import { Logger } from '../logger';
 
@@ -191,20 +190,3 @@ export function run<TOut extends string | Buffer>(
 export function fsExists(path: string) {
 	return new Promise<boolean>(resolve => fs.exists(path, exists => resolve(exists)));
 }
-
-const networkDriveRegex = /([A-Z]):\s+(.*?)\s*$/m;
-
-export async function getNetworkPathForDrive(letter: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
-	const result = await promisify(exec)(
-		`wmic logicaldisk where 'drivetype=4 and deviceid="${letter}:"' get deviceid,providername`,
-		{
-			maxBuffer: 2000 * 1024,
-		},
-	);
-
-	const match = networkDriveRegex.exec(result.stdout);
-	if (match == null) return undefined;
-
-	const [, , path] = match;
-	return path;
-}