diff --git a/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.py b/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
index 8f60c8ae5..448fe68b4 100755
--- a/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
+++ b/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ parser.add_argument(
     nargs='*')
 
 # Rootdir defaults to the directory **above** the hack/repo-infra dir.
-rootdir = os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/../../../../"
+rootdir = os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/../../"
 rootdir = os.path.abspath(rootdir)
 parser.add_argument(
     "--rootdir", default=rootdir, help="root directory to examine")
 
-default_boilerplate_dir = os.path.join(rootdir, "hack/repo-infra/verify/boilerplate")
+default_boilerplate_dir = os.path.join(rootdir, "hack/boilerplate")
 parser.add_argument(
     "--boilerplate-dir", default=default_boilerplate_dir)
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def file_extension(filename):
 
 skipped_dirs = ['Godeps', 'third_party', '_gopath', '_output', '.git',
                 'cluster/env.sh', 'vendor', 'test/e2e/generated/bindata.go',
-                'hack/repo-infra/verify/boilerplate/test', '.glide']
+                'hack/boilerplate/test', '.glide']
 
 def normalize_files(files):
     newfiles = []