diff --git a/third_party/py/remote.BUILD.tpl b/third_party/py/remote.BUILD.tpl
index 332508ec84c..edcac41ec6f 100644
--- a/third_party/py/remote.BUILD.tpl
+++ b/third_party/py/remote.BUILD.tpl
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
 alias(
     name = "python_headers",
-    actual = "@%{REMOTE_PYTHON_REPO}//:python_headers",
+    actual = "%{REMOTE_PYTHON_REPO}:python_headers",
 )
 
 alias(
     name = "numpy_headers",
-    actual = "@%{REMOTE_PYTHON_REPO}//:numpy_headers",
+    actual = "%{REMOTE_PYTHON_REPO}:numpy_headers",
 )