diff --git a/lang/cem/cemcom.ansi/input.c b/lang/cem/cemcom.ansi/input.c
index dcabc8517..afe2f6478 100644
--- a/lang/cem/cemcom.ansi/input.c
+++ b/lang/cem/cemcom.ansi/input.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ getwdir(fn)
 		*p = '/';
 		return fn;
 	}
-	return ".";
+	return "";
 }
 #endif NOPP
 
diff --git a/lang/cem/cemcom.ansi/main.c b/lang/cem/cemcom.ansi/main.c
index 9757ac000..660770a75 100644
--- a/lang/cem/cemcom.ansi/main.c
+++ b/lang/cem/cemcom.ansi/main.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	init_hmask();
 #ifndef NOPP
 	inctable = (char **) Malloc(10 * sizeof(char *));
-	inctable[0] = ".";
+	inctable[0] = "";
 	inctable[1] = "/usr/include";
 	inctable[2] = 0;
 	inc_total = 2;