1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcCommon.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcCommon.java
index fb1ca8c96d..8ccd6e1dea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcCommon.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcCommon.java
@@ -397,12 +397,9 @@ public final class CcCommon {
         continue;
       }
       PathFragment includesPath = packageFragment.getRelative(includesAttr).normalize();
-      // It's okay for the includes path to start with ../workspace-name for external repos.
-      if ((packageIdentifier.getRepository().isMain() && !includesPath.isNormalized())
-          || (!packageIdentifier.getRepository().isMain()
-              && !includesPath.startsWith(packageIdentifier.getRepository().getPathFragment()))) {
+      if (!includesPath.isNormalized()) {
         ruleContext.attributeError("includes",
-            includesAttr + " references a path above the execution root (" + includesPath + ").");
+            "Path references a path above the execution root.");
       }
       if (includesPath.segmentCount() == 0) {
         ruleContext.attributeError(