Index: maven-archetype-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archetype/DefaultArchetype.java
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--- maven-archetype-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archetype/DefaultArchetype.java	(revision 514056)
+++ maven-archetype-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archetype/DefaultArchetype.java	(working copy)
@@ -858,29 +858,7 @@
 
             String dirname = FileUtils.dirname( templateFileName ).replace( '\\', '/' );
 
-            sourceDirectory = sourceDirectory.replace( '\\', '/' );
-            if ( sourceDirectory.startsWith( "/" ) )
-            {
-                sourceDirectory = sourceDirectory.substring( 1 );
-            }
-
-            if ( !dirname.startsWith( sourceDirectory ) )
-            {
-                throw new ArchetypeTemplateProcessingException(
-                    "Template '" + template + "' not in directory '" + sourceDirectory + "'" );
-            }
-
-            String extraPackages = dirname.substring( sourceDirectory.length() );
-            if ( extraPackages.startsWith( "/" ) )
-            {
-                extraPackages = extraPackages.substring( 1 );
-            }
-            if ( extraPackages.length() > 0 )
-            {
-                path += "/" + extraPackages;
-            }
-
-            f = new File( new File( new File( outputDirectory, sourceDirectory ), path ), filename );
+            f = new File( new File( new File( outputDirectory, dirname ), path ), filename );
         }
         else
         {