diff --git a/tools/build.sh b/tools/build.sh
index a0cc398a35..0b97e8d8df 100755
--- a/tools/build.sh
+++ b/tools/build.sh
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ echo -e "${RST}"
 detect_python || return 1
 
 # Directories
-pype_root=$(dirname $(realpath $(dirname $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"))))
+pype_root=$(realpath $(dirname $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")))
 pushd "$pype_root" || return > /dev/null
 
 version_command="import os;exec(open(os.path.join('$pype_root', 'pype', 'version.py')).read());print(__version__);"
diff --git a/tools/create_env.sh b/tools/create_env.sh
index d053e740c2..5e9f21abcc 100755
--- a/tools/create_env.sh
+++ b/tools/create_env.sh
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ echo -e "${RST}"
 detect_python || return 1
 
 # Directories
-pype_root=$(dirname $(realpath $(dirname $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"))))
+pype_root=$(realpath $(dirname $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")))
 pushd "$pype_root" || return > /dev/null
 
 echo -e "${BIGreen}>>>${RST} Reading Poetry ... \c"