diff --git a/make/platform.mk b/make/platform.mk
index 22d6846e..7b00642d 100644
--- a/make/platform.mk
+++ b/make/platform.mk
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ JWB_SCRIPT_DIR              := $(firstword $(wildcard $(JWBDIR)/scripts $(JWBDIR
 
 include $(JWBDIR)/make/py-version.mk
 
-JW_PKG_PY                    = $(PYTHON) $(JWB_SCRIPT_DIR)/jw-pkg.py -p $(PROJECTS_DIR) -t $(TOPDIR) --topdir-format absolute $(JW_PKG_PY_EXTRA_OPTS)
+JW_PKG_PY                    = $(PYTHON) $(JWB_SCRIPT_DIR)/jw-pkg.py -p $(PROJECTS_DIR) -t $(TOPDIR) $(JW_PKG_PY_EXTRA_OPTS)
 
 # -- product