diff --git a/src/robots.txt.njk b/src/robots.txt.njk
index 267012fd..587a4416 100644
--- a/src/robots.txt.njk
+++ b/src/robots.txt.njk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-permalink: /robots.txt
+permalink: robots.txt
 eleventyExcludeFromCollections: true
 ---
 Sitemap: {{ sitemeta.siteUrl }}/sitemap/