diff --git a/lib/Cake/Core/App.php b/lib/Cake/Core/App.php
index ff8fe4c9e3f..dd72b9048e7 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Core/App.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Core/App.php
@@ -874,11 +874,11 @@ protected static function _packageFormat() {
 				),
 				'Vendor' => array(
 					'%s' . 'Vendor' . DS,
-					dirname(dirname(CAKE)) . DS . 'vendors' . DS,
+					ROOT . DS . 'vendors' . DS,
 				),
 				'Plugin' => array(
 					APP . 'Plugin' . DS,
-					dirname(dirname(CAKE)) . DS . 'plugins' . DS
+					ROOT . DS . 'plugins' . DS
 				)
 			);
 		}