diff --git a/svn2cl-driver.sh b/svn2cl-driver.sh
index 7f9fdc1f63df225298186c9a634e4d8259291e1f..adc00610b65769f97d6da3f8bfa54c5552d21076 100755
--- a/svn2cl-driver.sh
+++ b/svn2cl-driver.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 svn2cl --authors authors.xml --reparagraph -o ChangeLog.new
 for i in alberta alberta_util demo doc add_ons; do
   cd $i
-  svn2cl --authors ../authors.xml --reparagraph -o ChangeLog.new
+  svn2cl --strip-prefix=/trunk/ --authors ../authors.xml --reparagraph -o ChangeLog.new
   cd ..
 done