diff --git a/base/loading.jl b/base/loading.jl
index f4db43d80640b..18aba4836e420 100644
--- a/base/loading.jl
+++ b/base/loading.jl
@@ -985,11 +985,7 @@ function explicit_manifest_entry_path(manifest_file::String, pkg::PkgId, entry::
     end
     hash = get(entry, "git-tree-sha1", nothing)::Union{Nothing, String}
     if hash === nothing
-        mbypath = manifest_uuid_path(Sys.STDLIB, pkg)
-        if mbypath isa String
-            return entry_path(mbypath, pkg.name)
-        end
-        return nothing
+        return joinpath(Sys.STDLIB, pkg.name)
     end
     hash = SHA1(hash)
     # Keep the 4 since it used to be the default
diff --git a/test/loading.jl b/test/loading.jl
index 4a72a0f8060ad..4991cf6a4229f 100644
--- a/test/loading.jl
+++ b/test/loading.jl
@@ -1545,3 +1545,14 @@ end
         @test_throws SystemError("opening file $(repr(file))") include(file)
     end
 end
+
+@testset "Revise internals" begin
+    entry = Dict{String, Any}(
+        "SparseArrays" => [Dict("deps" => ["Libdl", "LinearAlgebra", "Random", "Serialization", "SuiteSparse_jll"],
+                                "uuid" => "2f01184e-e22b-5df5-ae63-d93ebab69eaf",
+                                "version" => "1.10.0")])
+    id = Base.PkgId(Base.UUID("2f01184e-e22b-5df5-ae63-d93ebab69eaf"), "SparseArrays")
+    manifest_file = mktemp()[1]
+    dir = Base.explicit_manifest_entry_path(manifest_file, id, entry)
+    @test isdir(dir)
+end