diff --git a/bpkg-repogen b/bpkg-repogen
index b0b4361..749820c 100755
--- a/bpkg-repogen
+++ b/bpkg-repogen
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def filelist_from_zip(zippath: Path) -> list:
             # Get all names which have no path separators (root level files)
             # or have a single path separator at the end (root level directories).
             if len(f.rstrip('/').split('/')) == 1:
-                rootlist.append(f)
+                rootlist.append(f.rstrip('/'))
 
     return rootlist