diff --git a/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-reports.ts b/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-reports.ts
index b8b9f9fb23..4e568102d9 100644
--- a/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-reports.ts
+++ b/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-reports.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import {
 } from './api-extractor';
 import { paths as cliPaths, resolvePackagePaths } from '../../lib/paths';
 import { generateTypeDeclarations } from './generateTypeDeclarations';
-import fs from 'fs/promises';
 
 type Options = {
   ci?: boolean;
@@ -50,10 +49,6 @@ export const buildApiReports = async (paths: string[] = [], opts: Options) => {
 
   const isAllPackages = !paths?.length;
 
-  if (!isAllPackages) {
-    checkValidPaths(paths);
-  }
-
   const selectedPackageDirs = await resolvePackagePaths({
     paths,
     include: opts.include,
@@ -143,19 +138,3 @@ function parseArrayOption(value: string | undefined) {
         .filter(Boolean)
     : [];
 }
-
-/**
- * Checks if the provided paths are valid.
- *
- * @throws Error if any of the paths are invalid.
- * @param paths An array of paths to check.
- */
-function checkValidPaths(paths: string[]) {
-  paths.forEach(async path => {
-    try {
-      await fs.access(path);
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw new Error(`Invalid path provided: ${path}`);
-    }
-  });
-}
diff --git a/packages/repo-tools/src/lib/paths.ts b/packages/repo-tools/src/lib/paths.ts
index 96fc92f035..0dcec32ff1 100644
--- a/packages/repo-tools/src/lib/paths.ts
+++ b/packages/repo-tools/src/lib/paths.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,23 @@ export async function resolvePackagePaths(
   const { paths: providedPaths, include, exclude } = options;
   let packages = await PackageGraph.listTargetPackages();
 
+  if (providedPaths && providedPaths.length > 0) {
+    const invalidPaths: string[] = [];
+    for (const path of providedPaths) {
+      const matches = packages.some(
+        ({ dir }) =>
+          new Minimatch(path).match(relativePath(paths.targetRoot, dir)) ||
+          isChildPath(dir, path),
+      );
+      if (!matches) {
+        invalidPaths.push(path);
+      }
+    }
+    if (invalidPaths.length > 0) {
+      throw new Error(`Invalid paths provided: ${invalidPaths.join(', ')}`);
+    }
+  }
+
   if (providedPaths && providedPaths.length > 0) {
     packages = packages.filter(({ dir }) =>
       providedPaths.some(