diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/ContentObjectRenderer.php b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/ContentObjectRenderer.php
index f96772723ed2477002f2aeb05013f2c1de025e97..2ac17b63b50e8249a6fd88e6f600708e200d08a2 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/ContentObjectRenderer.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/ContentObject/ContentObjectRenderer.php
@@ -4052,16 +4052,13 @@ class ContentObjectRenderer implements LoggerAwareInterface
         $imageResource = null;
         if ($file === 'GIFBUILDER') {
             $gifCreator = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(GifBuilder::class);
+            $theImage = '';
             if ($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['GFX']['gdlib']) {
                 $gifCreator->start($fileArray, $this->data);
                 $theImage = $gifCreator->gifBuild();
-                if (!empty($theImage)) {
-                    // Use absolute path to retrieve image dimension to mitigate path inconsistency in cli context,
-                    // but use the relative path for further processing.
-                    $imageResource = $gifCreator->getImageDimensions(Environment::getPublicPath() . '/' . $theImage);
-                    $imageResource['origFile'] = $theImage;
-                }
             }
+            $imageResource = $gifCreator->getImageDimensions($theImage);
+            $imageResource['origFile'] = $theImage;
         } else {
             if ($file instanceof File) {
                 $fileObject = $file;
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/Imaging/GifBuilder.php b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/Imaging/GifBuilder.php
index 78ac8522e5ee3c331a0c5081f3fc0e5245716f7a..badd559d9e82eb76f71388b24f839091c6b4c2b0 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/Imaging/GifBuilder.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Classes/Imaging/GifBuilder.php
@@ -346,12 +346,12 @@ class GifBuilder extends GraphicalFunctions
             // Relative to Environment::getPublicPath()
             $gifFileName = $this->fileName('assets/images/');
             // File exists
-            if (!file_exists(Environment::getPublicPath() . '/' . $gifFileName)) {
+            if (!file_exists($gifFileName)) {
                 // Create temporary directory if not done:
                 GeneralUtility::mkdir_deep(Environment::getPublicPath() . '/typo3temp/assets/images/');
                 // Create file:
                 $this->make();
-                $this->output(Environment::getPublicPath() . '/' . $gifFileName);
+                $this->output($gifFileName);
                 $this->destroy();
             }
             return $gifFileName;
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Functional/Imaging/GifBuilderTest.php b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Functional/Imaging/GifBuilderTest.php
index 2a5bdf344256b2670910c6cad780c8fac8e21928..df2e467f1ce00df662400215636d1c6768e20798 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Functional/Imaging/GifBuilderTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/frontend/Tests/Functional/Imaging/GifBuilderTest.php
@@ -30,44 +30,6 @@ use TYPO3\TestingFramework\Core\Functional\FunctionalTestCase;
  */
 class GifBuilderTest extends FunctionalTestCase
 {
-    /**
-     * Sets up Environment to simulate Composer mode and a cli request
-     */
-    protected function simulateCliRequestInComposerMode(): void
-    {
-        Environment::initialize(
-            Environment::getContext(),
-            true,
-            true,
-            Environment::getProjectPath(),
-            Environment::getPublicPath() . '/public',
-            Environment::getVarPath(),
-            Environment::getConfigPath(),
-            Environment::getCurrentScript(),
-            Environment::isWindows() ? 'WINDOWS' : 'UNIX'
-        );
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @test
-     */
-    public function buildImageInCommandLineInterfaceAndComposerContext(): void
-    {
-        $this->simulateCliRequestInComposerMode();
-
-        $fileArray = [
-            'XY' => '10,10',
-            'format' => 'jpg',
-        ];
-
-        $gifBuilder = new GifBuilder();
-        $gifBuilder->start($fileArray, []);
-        $gifFileName = $gifBuilder->gifBuild();
-
-        self::assertFileDoesNotExist(Environment::getProjectPath() . '/' . $gifFileName);
-        self::assertFileExists(Environment::getPublicPath() . '/' . $gifFileName);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Check hashes of Images overlayed with other images are idempotent
      *
@@ -97,10 +59,8 @@ class GifBuilderTest extends FunctionalTestCase
             'quality' => 88,
             '10' => 'IMAGE',
             '10.' => [
+                'file.width' => 300,
                 'file' => $file,
-                'file.' => [
-                    'width' => 300,
-                ],
             ],
             '30' => 'IMAGE',
             '30.' => [