diff --git a/base/manifest.py b/base/manifest.py
index 24c8910..1555cf3 100644
--- a/base/manifest.py
+++ b/base/manifest.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Manifest(object):
 
 	def validate(self, data):
 		from os import path
-		schema_path = path.normpath(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'manifest-schema.json'))
+		schema_path = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'manifest-schema.json')
 		self.schema_validate(data, schema_path)
 
 	def schema_validate(self, data, schema_path):
diff --git a/providers/ec2/manifest.py b/providers/ec2/manifest.py
index 89fc366..6c86356 100644
--- a/providers/ec2/manifest.py
+++ b/providers/ec2/manifest.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Manifest(base.Manifest):
 	def validate(self, data):
 		super(Manifest, self).validate(data)
 		from os import path
-		schema_path = path.normpath(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'manifest-schema.json'))
+		schema_path = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'manifest-schema.json')
 		self.schema_validate(data, schema_path)
 
 	def parse(self, data):