diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/aot/hint/StandardTestRuntimeHints.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/aot/hint/StandardTestRuntimeHints.java
index b545bba6f7..6204cb2e52 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/aot/hint/StandardTestRuntimeHints.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/aot/hint/StandardTestRuntimeHints.java
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ class StandardTestRuntimeHints implements TestRuntimeHintsRegistrar {
 
 	private String cleanClasspathResource(String location) {
 		location = location.substring(CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX.length());
-		if (!location.startsWith(SLASH)) {
-			location = SLASH + location;
+		if (location.startsWith(SLASH)) {
+			location = location.substring(1);
 		}
 		return location;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener.java
index 0b16e4f216..1f4192a635 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener.java
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ public class SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener extends AbstractTestExecutionListen
 
 	private String cleanClasspathResource(String location) {
 		location = location.substring(CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX.length());
-		if (!location.startsWith(SLASH)) {
-			location = SLASH + location;
+		if (location.startsWith(SLASH)) {
+			location = location.substring(1);
 		}
 		return location;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/aot/TestContextAotGeneratorTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/aot/TestContextAotGeneratorTests.java
index 07a8dc02ef..20407fbf0d 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/aot/TestContextAotGeneratorTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/aot/TestContextAotGeneratorTests.java
@@ -181,21 +181,21 @@ class TestContextAotGeneratorTests extends AbstractAotTests {
 		).forEach(type -> assertReflectionRegistered(runtimeHints, type, INVOKE_DECLARED_CONSTRUCTORS));
 
 		// @ContextConfiguration(locations = ...)
-		assertThat(resource().forResource("/org/springframework/test/context/aot/samples/xml/test-config.xml"))
+		assertThat(resource().forResource("org/springframework/test/context/aot/samples/xml/test-config.xml"))
 			.accepts(runtimeHints);
 
 		// @TestPropertySource(locations = ...)
-		assertThat(resource().forResource("/org/springframework/test/context/aot/samples/basic/BasicSpringVintageTests.properties"))
+		assertThat(resource().forResource("org/springframework/test/context/aot/samples/basic/BasicSpringVintageTests.properties"))
 			.accepts(runtimeHints);
 
 		// @WebAppConfiguration(value = ...)
-		assertThat(resource().forResource("/META-INF/web-resources/resources/Spring.js")).accepts(runtimeHints);
-		assertThat(resource().forResource("/META-INF/web-resources/WEB-INF/views/home.jsp")).accepts(runtimeHints);
+		assertThat(resource().forResource("META-INF/web-resources/resources/Spring.js")).accepts(runtimeHints);
+		assertThat(resource().forResource("META-INF/web-resources/WEB-INF/views/home.jsp")).accepts(runtimeHints);
 
 		// @Sql(scripts = ...)
-		assertThat(resource().forResource("/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/schema.sql"))
+		assertThat(resource().forResource("org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/schema.sql"))
 			.accepts(runtimeHints);
-		assertThat(resource().forResource("/org/springframework/test/context/aot/samples/jdbc/SqlScriptsSpringJupiterTests.test.sql"))
+		assertThat(resource().forResource("org/springframework/test/context/aot/samples/jdbc/SqlScriptsSpringJupiterTests.test.sql"))
 			.accepts(runtimeHints);
 	}