diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index 694147e8..4da6c476 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -96934,14 +96934,12 @@ function cacheDependencies(cache, pythonVersion) {
                 core.warning(`The resolved cache-dependency-path does not exist: ${sourcePath}`);
             }
             else {
-                if (sourcePath !== targetPath) {
-                    try {
-                        fs_1.default.copyFileSync(sourcePath, targetPath);
-                        core.info(`Copied ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}`);
-                    }
-                    catch (error) {
-                        core.warning(`Failed to copy file from ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}: ${error}`);
-                    }
+                try {
+                    fs_1.default.copyFileSync(sourcePath, targetPath);
+                    core.info(`Copied ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}`);
+                }
+                catch (error) {
+                    core.warning(`Failed to copy file from ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}: ${error}`);
                 }
             }
             resolvedDependencyPath = path.relative(workspace, targetPath);
diff --git a/src/setup-python.ts b/src/setup-python.ts
index c2665bfa..e5a5c6e7 100644
--- a/src/setup-python.ts
+++ b/src/setup-python.ts
@@ -42,15 +42,13 @@ export async function cacheDependencies(cache: string, pythonVersion: string) {
         `The resolved cache-dependency-path does not exist: ${sourcePath}`
       );
     } else {
-      if (sourcePath !== targetPath) {
-        try {
-          fs.copyFileSync(sourcePath, targetPath);
-          core.info(`Copied ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}`);
-        } catch (error) {
-          core.warning(
-            `Failed to copy file from ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}: ${error}`
-          );
-        }
+      try {
+        fs.copyFileSync(sourcePath, targetPath);
+        core.info(`Copied ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}`);
+      } catch (error) {
+        core.warning(
+          `Failed to copy file from ${sourcePath} to ${targetPath}: ${error}`
+        );
       }
     }