diff --git a/public/api-builder/angular.io-package/index.js b/public/api-builder/angular.io-package/index.js
index 9e1bc97c10..32ff362a83 100644
--- a/public/api-builder/angular.io-package/index.js
+++ b/public/api-builder/angular.io-package/index.js
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ module.exports = new Package('angular.io', [basePackage])
   ];
   readTypeScriptModules.hidePrivateMembers = true;
 
-  // HACK - readFileProcessor.basePath set to point to a local repo location
-  // because the docs-package-processor will
-  // have previously set it to point to angular/angular repo.
-  // needed because the writeFilesProcessor uses the readFilesProcessor's basePath.
   readFilesProcessor.basePath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../docs");
   writeFilesProcessor.outputFolder  = 'js/latest/api';
 })
diff --git a/public/api-builder/docs-package/index.js b/public/api-builder/docs-package/index.js
index a7c3d47b39..a5dd5bdff5 100644
--- a/public/api-builder/docs-package/index.js
+++ b/public/api-builder/docs-package/index.js
@@ -43,17 +43,11 @@ module.exports = new Package('angular-v2-docs', [jsdocPackage, nunjucksPackage,
   if (!fs.existsSync(angular_repo_path)) {
     throw new Error('build-api-docs task requires the angular2 repo to be at ' + angular_repo_path);
   }
-  readFilesProcessor.basePath = angular_repo_path;
-  readFilesProcessor.sourceFiles = [
-    { include: 'modules/*/docs/**/*.md', basePath: 'modules' },
-    { include: 'docs/content/**/*.md', basePath: 'docs/content' }
-  ];
-
   readTypeScriptModules.sourceFiles = [
     '*/*.@(js|es6|ts)',
     '*/src/**/*.@(js|es6|ts)'
   ];
-  readTypeScriptModules.basePath = path.resolve(readFilesProcessor.basePath, 'modules');
+  readTypeScriptModules.basePath = path.resolve(angular_repo_path, 'modules');
 })