diff --git a/requirements/local.txt b/requirements/local.txt
index 2967ab1025..201467d11e 100644
--- a/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/requirements/local.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Python libraries to install that are local to the mitx repo
--e ../common/lib/capa
--e ../common/lib/xmodule
--e ../
+-e common/lib/capa
+-e common/lib/xmodule
+-e .