diff --git a/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go b/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go
index af6f9dbe1..137e6b5e1 100644
--- a/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go
+++ b/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ func runCollectors(v *viper.Viper, collectors []*troubleshootv1beta2.Collect, ad
 			Collect:      desiredCollector,
 			ClientConfig: config,
 			Namespace:    v.GetString("namespace"),
-			PathPrefix:   filepath.Base(bundlePath),
 		}
 		cleanedCollectors = append(cleanedCollectors, &collector)
 	}
@@ -500,8 +499,7 @@ func runCollectors(v *viper.Viper, collectors []*troubleshootv1beta2.Collect, ad
 		}
 
 		if result != nil {
-			// results already contain the bundle dir name in their paths
-			err = saveCollectorOutput(result, filepath.Dir(bundlePath), collector)
+			err = saveCollectorOutput(result, bundlePath, collector)
 			if err != nil {
 				progressChan <- fmt.Errorf("failed to parse collector spec %q: %v", collector.GetDisplayName(), err)
 				continue
diff --git a/pkg/collect/collector.go b/pkg/collect/collector.go
index 4b1cb7295..f4df76b31 100644
--- a/pkg/collect/collector.go
+++ b/pkg/collect/collector.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package collect
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ type Collector struct {
 	RBACErrors   []error
 	ClientConfig *rest.Config
 	Namespace    string
-	PathPrefix   string
 }
 
 type Collectors []*Collector
@@ -209,15 +207,6 @@ func (c *Collector) RunCollectorSync(globalRedactors []*troubleshootv1beta2.Reda
 		return
 	}
 
-	if c.PathPrefix != "" {
-		// prefix file paths
-		prefixed := map[string][]byte{}
-		for k, v := range result {
-			prefixed[filepath.Join(c.PathPrefix, k)] = v
-		}
-		result = prefixed
-	}
-
 	if c.Redact {
 		result, err = redactMap(result, globalRedactors)
 	}