1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppCompileAction.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppCompileAction.java
index bb2149e004..5d273fe816 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppCompileAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppCompileAction.java
@@ -947,12 +947,7 @@ public class CppCompileAction extends AbstractAction
           // are, it's probably due to a non-hermetic #include, & we should stop
           // the build with an error.
           if (execPath.startsWith(execRoot)) {
-            // funky but tolerable path
-            execPathFragment = execPath.relativeTo(execRoot);
-          } else if (execPath.startsWith(execRoot.getParentDirectory())) {
-            // External repository.
-            execPathFragment = new PathFragment("..")
-                .getRelative(execPath.relativeTo(execRoot.getParentDirectory()));
+            execPathFragment = execPath.relativeTo(execRoot); // funky but tolerable path
           } else {
             problems.add(execPathFragment.getPathString());
             continue;