1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/hg.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/hg.py
index 264a52da9f..0f8d9b8324 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/hg.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/hg.py
@@ -57,10 +57,7 @@ class Hg(Fetch):
         ud.module = ud.parm["module"]
 
         # Create paths to mercurial checkouts
-        relpath = ud.path
-        if relpath.startswith('/'):
-            # Remove leading slash as os.path.join can't cope
-            relpath = relpath[1:]
+        relpath = self._strip_leading_slashes(ud.path)
         ud.pkgdir = os.path.join(data.expand('${HGDIR}', d), ud.host, relpath)
         ud.moddir = os.path.join(ud.pkgdir, ud.module)