diff --git a/src/apm_cli/bundle/plugin_exporter.py b/src/apm_cli/bundle/plugin_exporter.py
index 096840ff..a71e9319 100644
--- a/src/apm_cli/bundle/plugin_exporter.py
+++ b/src/apm_cli/bundle/plugin_exporter.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 import tarfile
-from pathlib import Path
+from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Set, Tuple
 
 import yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ def _rename_prompt(name: str) -> str:
     return name
 
 
+def _normalize_bare_skill_slug(slug: str) -> str:
+    """Normalize bare-skill slugs derived from dependency virtual paths."""
+    normalized = slug.replace("\\", "/").strip("/")
+    while normalized.startswith("skills/"):
+        normalized = normalized[len("skills/") :].lstrip("/")
+    if normalized == "skills":
+        return ""
+    return PurePosixPath(normalized).as_posix() if normalized else ""
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Component collectors
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -130,7 +140,7 @@ def _collect_bare_skill(
         return
     # Derive a slug: prefer virtual_path (e.g. "frontend-design"), else last
     # segment of repo_url (e.g. "my-skill" from "owner/my-skill")
-    slug = (getattr(dep, "virtual_path", "") or "").strip("/")
+    slug = _normalize_bare_skill_slug(getattr(dep, "virtual_path", "") or "")
     if not slug:
         slug = dep.repo_url.rsplit("/", 1)[-1] if dep.repo_url else "skill"
     for f in sorted(install_path.iterdir()):
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_plugin_exporter.py b/tests/unit/test_plugin_exporter.py
index 0d2372d1..2f7697c3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_plugin_exporter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_plugin_exporter.py
@@ -310,6 +310,24 @@ def test_virtual_path_used_as_slug(self, tmp_path):
         _collect_bare_skill(tmp_path, dep, out)
         assert any(r.startswith("skills/frontend-design/") for _, r in out)
 
+    def test_skills_prefix_stripped_from_virtual_path(self, tmp_path):
+        """A skills/ virtual path should not produce skills/skills/ nesting."""
+        from apm_cli.bundle.plugin_exporter import _collect_bare_skill
+
+        (tmp_path / "SKILL.md").write_text("# Jest")
+        dep = LockedDependency(
+            repo_url="github/awesome-copilot",
+            resolved_commit="abc123",
+            depth=1,
+            virtual_path="skills/javascript-typescript-jest",
+            is_virtual=True,
+        )
+        out: list = []
+        _collect_bare_skill(tmp_path, dep, out)
+        rel_paths = [r for _, r in out]
+        assert "skills/javascript-typescript-jest/SKILL.md" in rel_paths
+        assert not any(r.startswith("skills/skills/") for r in rel_paths)
+
     def test_skips_when_no_skill_md(self, tmp_path):
         """No SKILL.md at root means nothing collected."""
         from apm_cli.bundle.plugin_exporter import _collect_bare_skill
@@ -634,6 +652,42 @@ def test_dependency_components_included(self, tmp_path):
         assert (result.bundle_path / "agents" / "dep-agent.agent.md").exists()
         assert (result.bundle_path / "agents" / "own.agent.md").exists()
 
+    def test_virtual_skill_dependency_does_not_duplicate_skills_dir(self, tmp_path):
+        project = _setup_plugin_project(tmp_path)
+
+        dep = LockedDependency(
+            repo_url="github/awesome-copilot",
+            depth=1,
+            resolved_commit="abc123",
+            virtual_path="skills/javascript-typescript-jest",
+            is_virtual=True,
+        )
+        _write_lockfile(project, [dep])
+        dep_path = (
+            project
+            / "apm_modules"
+            / "github"
+            / "awesome-copilot"
+            / "skills"
+            / "javascript-typescript-jest"
+        )
+        dep_path.mkdir(parents=True)
+        (dep_path / "SKILL.md").write_text("# Jest", encoding="utf-8")
+
+        out = tmp_path / "build"
+        result = export_plugin_bundle(project, out)
+
+        assert (
+            result.bundle_path / "skills" / "javascript-typescript-jest" / "SKILL.md"
+        ).exists()
+        assert not (
+            result.bundle_path
+            / "skills"
+            / "skills"
+            / "javascript-typescript-jest"
+            / "SKILL.md"
+        ).exists()
+
     def test_dev_dependency_excluded(self, tmp_path):
         project = _setup_plugin_project(
             tmp_path,