diff --git a/scripts/version b/scripts/version
index d8321646a..d3b5e90ed 100755
--- a/scripts/version
+++ b/scripts/version
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-sourceDir=$(dirname $(dirname "$0"))
+sourceDir=$(dirname "$0")/..
 gitDir="$sourceDir/.git"
 
 if [ -d "$gitDir" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/version-core b/scripts/version-core
index f78d77e36..08b2a33e0 100755
--- a/scripts/version-core
+++ b/scripts/version-core
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-sourceDir=$(dirname $(dirname "$0"))
+sourceDir=$(dirname "$0")/..
 
 while read -r line; do
 	if [[ $line = VERSION* ]]; then