diff --git a/src/PIL/Image.py b/src/PIL/Image.py
index 44270392c4d..9b76ce8bd86 100644
--- a/src/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/src/PIL/Image.py
@@ -2550,7 +2550,7 @@ def save(
         filename: str | bytes = ""
         open_fp = False
         if is_path(fp):
-            filename = os.path.realpath(os.fspath(fp))
+            filename = os.fspath(fp)
             open_fp = True
         elif fp == sys.stdout:
             try:
@@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@ def save(
                 pass
         if not filename and hasattr(fp, "name") and is_path(fp.name):
             # only set the name for metadata purposes
-            filename = os.path.realpath(os.fspath(fp.name))
+            filename = os.fspath(fp.name)
 
         # may mutate self!
         self._ensure_mutable()
@@ -3463,7 +3463,7 @@ def open(
     exclusive_fp = False
     filename: str | bytes = ""
     if is_path(fp):
-        filename = os.path.realpath(os.fspath(fp))
+        filename = os.fspath(fp)
 
     if filename:
         fp = builtins.open(filename, "rb")
diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageFile.py b/src/PIL/ImageFile.py
index d69d8456850..7f27d54dcc3 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageFile.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageFile.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def __init__(
         if is_path(fp):
             # filename
             self.fp = open(fp, "rb")
-            self.filename = os.path.realpath(os.fspath(fp))
+            self.filename = os.fspath(fp)
             self._exclusive_fp = True
         else:
             # stream
diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
index b694b817e65..d8c2655609e 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def load_from_bytes(f: IO[bytes]) -> None:
             )
 
         if is_path(font):
-            font = os.path.realpath(os.fspath(font))
+            font = os.fspath(font)
             if sys.platform == "win32":
                 font_bytes_path = font if isinstance(font, bytes) else font.encode()
                 try: