diff --git a/lib/galaxy/tools/parameters/dynamic_options.py b/lib/galaxy/tools/parameters/dynamic_options.py
index 75c4b3662668..592dbd9cf575 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/tools/parameters/dynamic_options.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/tools/parameters/dynamic_options.py
@@ -656,18 +656,14 @@ def load_from_parameter(from_parameter, transform_lines=None):
             self.parse_column_definitions(elem)
             if data_file is not None:
                 data_file = data_file.strip()
-                full_path = os.path.join(self.tool_param.tool.app.config.tool_data_path, data_file)
-                full_path = os.path.normpath(full_path)
-                if safe_contains(self.tool_param.tool.app.config.tool_data_path, full_path):
+                if not os.path.isabs(data_file):
+                    full_path = os.path.join(self.tool_param.tool.app.config.tool_data_path, data_file)
                     if os.path.exists(full_path):
                         self.index_file = data_file
                         with open(full_path) as fh:
                             self.file_fields = self.parse_file_fields(fh)
                     else:
                         self.missing_index_file = data_file
-                else:
-                    log.error(f"'from_file' ({data_file}) references path outside of Galaxy's tool-data dir!")
-                    self.missing_index_file = data_file
             elif dataset_file is not None:
                 self.meta_file_key = elem.get("meta_file_key", None)
                 self.dataset_ref_name = dataset_file