diff --git a/ckan/tests/test_coding_standards.py b/ckan/tests/test_coding_standards.py
index 6373158c2ec..648f9afbfd6 100644
--- a/ckan/tests/test_coding_standards.py
+++ b/ckan/tests/test_coding_standards.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # Directories which are ignored when checking Python source code files
 IGNORED_DIRS = [
     u'ckan/include',
-    u'ckan/contrib/cookiecutter'
+    u'contrib/cookiecutter'
 ]