diff --git a/metplus/wrappers/runtime_freq_wrapper.py b/metplus/wrappers/runtime_freq_wrapper.py
index 03a6f1a31..67f5f3763 100755
--- a/metplus/wrappers/runtime_freq_wrapper.py
+++ b/metplus/wrappers/runtime_freq_wrapper.py
@@ -131,9 +131,7 @@ def get_input_templates(self, c_dict, input_info=None):
                 templates = getlist(
                     self.config.getraw('config', f'{prefix}_INPUT_TEMPLATE')
                 )
-                template_list = [os.path.join(input_dir, template)
-                                 for template in templates]
-                template = ','.join(template_list)
+                template = ','.join(templates)
                 c_dict[f'{label}_INPUT_TEMPLATE'] = template
                 if not c_dict[f'{label}_INPUT_TEMPLATE']:
                     if required: