diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index e3454bafca..9630421a66 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -192,5 +192,16 @@ std::string cmLocalGenerator::ConvertToRelativeOutputPath(const char* p)
       }
     }
   ret = cmSystemTools::ConvertToOutputPath(ret.c_str());
+  if(ret.size() > 2 &&
+     (ret[0] == '.') &&
+     ( (ret[1] == '/') || ret[1] == '\\'))
+    {
+    std::string upath = ret;
+    cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(upath);
+    if(upath.find(2, '/') == upath.npos)
+      {
+      ret = ret.substr(2, ret.size()-2);
+      }
+    }
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
index af4ddf6314..8df2be5631 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
@@ -1325,13 +1325,7 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator::OutputExecutableRule(std::ostream& fout,
   target = this->ConvertToRelativeOutputPath(target.c_str());
   cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(target);
   bool needsLocalTarget = false;
-  unsigned int startPos = 2;
-  if(m_Makefile->GetDefinition("BORLAND"))
-    {
-    // the borland makefiles treat .\target and target as different
-    // targets.  All other makes treat them the same
-    startPos = 0;
-    }
+  unsigned int startPos = 0;
   if(target.find('/', startPos) != target.npos)
     {
     needsLocalTarget = true;