diff --git a/src/convert/convertContext.ts b/src/convert/convertContext.ts
index e588f960cb..b78d9858e7 100644
--- a/src/convert/convertContext.ts
+++ b/src/convert/convertContext.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license.
  * For full license text, see LICENSE.txt file in the repo root or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
  */
-import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'path';
+import { join, resolve } from 'path';
 import { getString, JsonArray, JsonMap } from '@salesforce/ts-types';
 import { META_XML_SUFFIX, XML_NS_KEY, XML_NS_URL } from '../common';
 import { ComponentSet } from '../collections';
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class NonDecompositionFinalizer extends ConvertTransactionFinalizer<NonDecomposi
    */
   private getAllComponentsOfType(defaultDirectory: string, componentType: string): SourceComponent[] {
     // assumes that defaultDir is one level below project dir
-    const projectDir = resolve(dirname(defaultDirectory));
+    const projectDir = resolve(defaultDirectory);
     const unprocessedComponents = ComponentSet.fromSource({
       fsPaths: [projectDir],
       include: new ComponentSet([{ fullName: '*', type: componentType }]),
diff --git a/test/convert/convertContext.test.ts b/test/convert/convertContext.test.ts
index 8e2ad0a883..4f073d4d95 100644
--- a/test/convert/convertContext.test.ts
+++ b/test/convert/convertContext.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { join, dirname } from 'path';
 
 import { createSandbox } from 'sinon';
 import chai = require('chai');
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ describe('Convert Transaction Constructs', () => {
         const context = new ConvertContext();
         const type = component.type;
 
-        // change the word first to 'updated'
+        // change the word 'third' to 'updated'
         const updatedChild3Xml = {
           ...nonDecomposed.CHILD_3_XML,
           value: nonDecomposed.CHILD_3_XML.value.replace('third', 'updated'),
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ describe('Convert Transaction Constructs', () => {
           state.exampleComponent = component;
         });
 
-        const result = await context.nonDecomposition.finalize(nonDecomposed.DEFAULT_DIR, TREE);
+        const result = await context.nonDecomposition.finalize(dirname(nonDecomposed.DEFAULT_DIR), TREE);
         expect(result).to.deep.equal([{ component, writeInfos }]);
       });
     });