diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 2abdf136..793d7677 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--r ./base.txt
+-r base.txt
 
 Werkzeug==1.0.1 # https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug
 ipdb==0.13.3  # https://github.com/gotcha/ipdb
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
index ca7fdc80..52b5a94c 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # PRECAUTION: avoid production dependencies that aren't in development
 
--r ./base.txt
+-r base.txt
 
 gunicorn==20.0.4  # https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn
 psycopg2==2.8.5 --no-binary psycopg2  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2