diff --git a/src/stencil/fs.clj b/src/stencil/fs.clj
index 7503d97d..68e9fc29 100644
--- a/src/stencil/fs.clj
+++ b/src/stencil/fs.clj
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@
 
 (defn parent-file ^File [^File f]
   (.getParentFile f))
+
+;; remove /../ parts
+(defn unroll [^File f] (-> f .toPath .normalize .toFile))
diff --git a/src/stencil/model.clj b/src/stencil/model.clj
index 9f213a6a..5878d6b8 100644
--- a/src/stencil/model.clj
+++ b/src/stencil/model.clj
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
                       path-parent (some-> m ::path file fs/parent-file)]
                 relation (vals (:parsed (:relations m)))
                 :when (not= "External" (::mode relation))
-                :let [path (fs/unix-path (.toFile (.normalize (.toPath (file path-parent (::target relation))))))]
+                :let [path (fs/unix-path (fs/unroll (file path-parent (::target relation))))]
                 :when (or (:writer relation) (not (contains? result path)))
                 :let [src (or (:source-file relation) (file @src-parent (::target relation)))]]
             [path (or (:writer relation)
diff --git a/test/stencil/fs_test.clj b/test/stencil/fs_test.clj
index 26ea9dfa..48b25ce5 100644
--- a/test/stencil/fs_test.clj
+++ b/test/stencil/fs_test.clj
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@
   (is (true? (fs/exists? (file "/tmp"))))
   (is (true? (fs/exists? (file "src"))))
   (is (false? (fs/exists? (file "/does/not-exist"))))
-  (is (false? (fs/exists? (file "does/not-exist")))))
\ No newline at end of file
+  (is (false? (fs/exists? (file "does/not-exist")))))
+
+(deftest test-unroll
+  (is (= (file "a/b/c/d") (fs/unroll (file "a/b/x/../c/d")))))