diff --git a/src/services/completions.ts b/src/services/completions.ts
index 04b68544376..35a7bce5561 100644
--- a/src/services/completions.ts
+++ b/src/services/completions.ts
@@ -326,18 +326,9 @@ namespace ts.Completions {
          * Given a path ending at a directory, gets the completions for the path.
          */
         function getCompletionEntriesForDirectoryFragment(fragment: string, scriptPath: string, extensions: string[], includeExtensions: boolean, span: TextSpan, exclude?: string, result: CompletionEntry[] = []): CompletionEntry[] {
-            /*Debug.assert(fragment !== undefined);
-
-            if (fragment === "") {
-                fragment = ".";
-            } else {
-                fragment = getDirectoryPath(fragment);
-            }
-            */
-
             fragment = getDirectoryPath(fragment); // TODO: modify fragment so it respects our internal path representation?
             if (!fragment) {
-                fragment = ".";
+                fragment = "./";
             }
             else {
                 fragment = ensureTrailingDirectorySeparator(fragment); // TODO: why is this necessary?