diff --git a/image_creator/bundle_volume.py b/image_creator/bundle_volume.py
index 3eb810a68d8ffdeca0ce6ae389d4c5fdddd0373e..56d4a78e8833ea9f460c7f8fbf873018e77a503c 100644
--- a/image_creator/bundle_volume.py
+++ b/image_creator/bundle_volume.py
@@ -385,8 +385,7 @@ class BundleVolume(object):
                 rsync = Rsync(self.out)
 
                 # Excluded paths need to be relative to the source
-                for excl in map(lambda p: os.path.relpath(p, '/'),
-                                excluded + [image]):
+                for excl in map(lambda p: p[1:], excluded + [image]):
                     rsync.exclude(excl)
 
                 rsync.archive().hard_links().xattrs().sparse().acls()