diff --git a/kas/repos.py b/kas/repos.py
index 001a4a2..85268bf 100644
--- a/kas/repos.py
+++ b/kas/repos.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ class Repo:
 
     def __getattr__(self, item):
         if item == 'layers':
-            return [os.path.join(self.path, layer) for layer in self._layers]
+            return [os.path.join(self.path, layer).rstrip(os.sep)
+                    for layer in self._layers]
         elif item == 'qualified_name':
             url = urlparse(self.url)
             return ('{url.netloc}{url.path}'
diff --git a/tests/test_layers.py b/tests/test_layers.py
index 21299ac..098e31c 100644
--- a/tests/test_layers.py
+++ b/tests/test_layers.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def test_layers_default(dokas):
     match = 0
     with open('build/conf/bblayers.conf', 'r') as f:
         for line in f:
-            if 'test_layers/kas/' in line:
+            if 'test_layers/kas ' in line:
                 match += 1
     assert(match == 1)