diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
index 5e5b7052ed..bbba4f2fb3 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
@@ -301,12 +301,13 @@ export function createFetchTemplateAction(options: {
 }
 
 function containsSkippedContent(localOutputPath: string): boolean {
-  // if the path is absolute means that the root directory has been skipped
   // if the path is empty means that there is a file skipped in the root
+  // if the path is starts with a separator it means that the root directory has been skipped
   // if the path includes // means that there is a subdirectory skipped
+  // All paths returned are considered with / seperator because of globby returning the linux seperator for all os'.
   return (
     localOutputPath === '' ||
-    path.isAbsolute(localOutputPath) ||
-    localOutputPath.includes(`${path.sep}${path.sep}`)
+    localOutputPath.startsWith('/') ||
+    localOutputPath.includes('//')
   );
 }