diff --git a/omegaconf/built_in_resolvers.py b/omegaconf/built_in_resolvers.py
index 6fd963580..0dee46229 100644
--- a/omegaconf/built_in_resolvers.py
+++ b/omegaconf/built_in_resolvers.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import warnings
-
-# from collections.abc import Mapping, MutableMapping
-from typing import Any, List, Mapping, Optional, Union
+from typing import Any, List, Optional
 
 from ._utils import _DEFAULT_MARKER_, Marker, _get_value, decode_primitive
 from .base import Container
@@ -40,72 +38,40 @@ def decode(expr: Optional[str], _parent_: Container) -> Any:
 
 
 def dict_keys(
-    in_dict: Union[str, Mapping[Any, Any]],
-    _root_: BaseContainer,
+    key: str,
     _parent_: Container,
 ) -> ListConfig:
+    assert isinstance(_parent_, BaseContainer)
+
     in_dict = _get_and_validate_dict_input(
-        in_dict, root=_root_, resolver_name="oc.dict.keys"
+        key, parent=_parent_, resolver_name="oc.dict.keys"
     )
-    assert isinstance(_parent_, BaseContainer)
 
     ret = OmegaConf.create(list(in_dict.keys()), parent=_parent_)
     assert isinstance(ret, ListConfig)
     return ret
 
 
-def dict_values(
-    in_dict: Union[str, Mapping[Any, Any]], _root_: BaseContainer, _parent_: Container
-) -> ListConfig:
+def dict_values(key: str, _root_: BaseContainer, _parent_: Container) -> ListConfig:
+    assert isinstance(_parent_, BaseContainer)
     in_dict = _get_and_validate_dict_input(
-        in_dict, root=_root_, resolver_name="oc.dict.values"
+        key, parent=_parent_, resolver_name="oc.dict.values"
     )
 
-    if isinstance(in_dict, DictConfig):
-        # DictConfig objects are handled in a special way: the goal is to make the
-        # returned ListConfig point to the DictConfig nodes through interpolations.
-
-        dict_key: Optional[str] = None
-        if in_dict._get_root() is _root_:
-            # Try to obtain the full key through which we can access `in_dict`.
-            if in_dict is _root_:
-                dict_key = ""
-            else:
-                dict_key = in_dict._get_full_key(None)
-                if dict_key:
-                    dict_key += "."  # append dot for future concatenation
-                else:
-                    # This can happen e.g. if `in_dict` is a transient node.
-                    dict_key = None
-
-        if dict_key is None:
-            # No path to `in_dict` in the existing config.
-            raise NotImplementedError(
-                "`oc.dict.values` only supports input config nodes that "
-                "are accessible through the root config. See "
-                "https://github.com/omry/omegaconf/issues/650 for details."
-            )
-
-        ret = ListConfig([])
-        content = in_dict._content
-        assert isinstance(content, dict)
-
-        for key, node in content.items():
-            ref_node = AnyNode(f"${{{dict_key}{key}}}")
-            ret.append(ref_node)
-
-        # Finalize result by setting proper type and parent.
-        element_type: Any = in_dict._metadata.element_type
-        ret._metadata.element_type = element_type
-        ret._metadata.ref_type = List[element_type]
-        ret._set_parent(_parent_)
-
-        return ret
-
-    # Other dict-like object: simply create a ListConfig from its values.
-    assert isinstance(_parent_, BaseContainer)
-    ret = OmegaConf.create(list(in_dict.values()), parent=_parent_)
-    assert isinstance(ret, ListConfig)
+    ret = ListConfig([])
+    content = in_dict._content
+    assert isinstance(content, dict)
+
+    for k, node in content.items():
+        ref_node = AnyNode(f"${{{key}.{k}}}")
+        ret.append(ref_node)
+
+    # Finalize result by setting proper type and parent.
+    element_type: Any = in_dict._metadata.element_type
+    ret._metadata.element_type = element_type
+    ret._metadata.ref_type = List[element_type]
+    ret._set_parent(_parent_)
+
     return ret
 
 
@@ -144,26 +110,29 @@ def legacy_env(key: str, default: Optional[str] = None) -> Any:
 
 
 def _get_and_validate_dict_input(
-    in_dict: Union[str, Mapping[Any, Any]],
-    root: BaseContainer,
+    key: str,
+    parent: BaseContainer,
     resolver_name: str,
-) -> Mapping[Any, Any]:
-    if isinstance(in_dict, str):
-        # Path to an existing key in the config: use `select()`.
-        key = in_dict
-        if key.startswith("."):
-            raise NotImplementedError(
-                f"To use relative interpolations with `{resolver_name}`, please use "
-                f"the explicit interpolation syntax: ${{{resolver_name}:${{{key}}}}}"
-            )
-        in_dict = OmegaConf.select(
-            root, key, throw_on_missing=True, default=_DEFAULT_SELECT_MARKER_
+) -> DictConfig:
+    if not isinstance(key, str):
+        raise TypeError(
+            f"`{resolver_name}` requires a string as input, but obtained `{key}` "
+            f"of type: {type(key).__name__}"
         )
-        if in_dict is _DEFAULT_SELECT_MARKER_:
-            raise ConfigKeyError(f"Key not found: '{key}'")
-        assert in_dict is not None
 
-    if not isinstance(in_dict, Mapping):
+    in_dict = OmegaConf.select(
+        parent,
+        key,
+        throw_on_missing=True,
+        absolute_key=True,
+        default=_DEFAULT_SELECT_MARKER_,
+    )
+
+    if in_dict is _DEFAULT_SELECT_MARKER_:
+        raise ConfigKeyError(f"Key not found: '{key}'")
+    assert in_dict is not None
+
+    if not isinstance(in_dict, DictConfig):
         raise TypeError(
             f"`{resolver_name}` cannot be applied to objects of type: "
             f"{type(in_dict).__name__}"