diff --git a/lib/workers/branch/index.ts b/lib/workers/branch/index.ts
index a1635edc19bccfa5f13e5bf6ee3fda46f613bc25..b31ca149a21a06c07dc5cf40cbbeeca1db1c652c 100644
--- a/lib/workers/branch/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/branch/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { join } from 'path';
 import is from '@sindresorhus/is';
 import { concat } from 'lodash';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
@@ -359,7 +358,7 @@ export async function processBranch(
             } else {
               contents = file.contents;
             }
-            await writeLocalFile(join(config.localDir, file.name), contents);
+            await writeLocalFile(file.name, contents);
           }
         }