diff --git a/link_flag.cmake b/link_flag.cmake
index da890dc..cbd8cdd 100644
--- a/link_flag.cmake
+++ b/link_flag.cmake
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ macro(check_link_flag _variable _flag)
             __check_link_flag_${_name}
             "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeTmp"
         SOURCES
-            "${NC_CMAKE_BASE}/test_link_flag.cpp")
+            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/test_link_flag.cpp")
 
         if (__check_link_flag_${_name})
             message (STATUS "checking linker flag ${_flag} - found")
diff --git a/nc.cmake b/nc.cmake
index 9e5128a..4408613 100644
--- a/nc.cmake
+++ b/nc.cmake
@@ -13,22 +13,8 @@ set (THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
 find_package (Threads REQUIRED)
 link_libraries (Threads::Threads)
 
-# Set the variable NC_CMAKE_BASE to the root path of this collection of cmake
-# files so that we can reliably point to soure files contained therein
-# (eg, the search_lib.cpp tests and friends).
-foreach (d ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
-    if (EXISTS "${d}/nc.cmake")
-        set (NC_CMAKE_BASE "${d}")
-        break()
-    endif ()
-endforeach()
-
-if (NOT NC_CMAKE_BASE)
-    message (FATAL_ERROR "Unable to locate the NC CMake directory")
-endif ()
-
-include (nc_cxx)
-include (nc_sanitizer)
-include (nc_platform)
-include (nc_optimisation)
-include (nc_warnings)
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/nc_cxx.cmake")
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/nc_sanitizer.cmake")
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/nc_platform.cmake")
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/nc_optimisation.cmake")
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/nc_warnings.cmake")
diff --git a/nc_cxx.cmake b/nc_cxx.cmake
index 4994058..c0b4644 100644
--- a/nc_cxx.cmake
+++ b/nc_cxx.cmake
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "")
 
 
 ###############################################################################
-include (compile_flag)
-include (link_flag)
-include (test_restrict)
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/compile_flag.cmake")
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/link_flag.cmake")
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/test_restrict.cmake")
 
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ endif ()
 #        try_compile(
 #            __nc_cxx_stdcxxfs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
 #        SOURCES
-#            ${NC_CMAKE_BASE}/nc_cxx_stdcxxfs.cpp
+#            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/nc_cxx_stdcxxfs.cpp
 #        LINK_LIBRARIES
 #            ${lib}
 #        )
diff --git a/nc_optimisation.cmake b/nc_optimisation.cmake
index ade173d..4b2e07b 100644
--- a/nc_optimisation.cmake
+++ b/nc_optimisation.cmake
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ set (__nc_optimisation TRUE)
 
 
 ###############################################################################
-include (compile_flag)
-include (link_flag)
-include (canonical_host)
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/compile_flag.cmake")
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/link_flag.cmake")
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/canonical_host.cmake")
 
 
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/nc_platform.cmake b/nc_platform.cmake
index ed320aa..9bb7176 100644
--- a/nc_platform.cmake
+++ b/nc_platform.cmake
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ set (__nc_platform TRUE)
 
 
 ###############################################################################
-include (compile_flag)
-include (link_flag)
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/compile_flag.cmake")
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/link_flag.cmake")
 
 
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/nc_warnings.cmake b/nc_warnings.cmake
index ebb9908..53849ea 100644
--- a/nc_warnings.cmake
+++ b/nc_warnings.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set (__nc_warnings TRUE)
 
 
 ###############################################################################
-include (compile_flag)
+include ("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/compile_flag.cmake")
 
 
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/search_libs.cmake b/search_libs.cmake
index a662aff..156987e 100644
--- a/search_libs.cmake
+++ b/search_libs.cmake
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ macro(search_libs _variable _symbol)
                 __search_libs_${_symbol}
                 "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeTmp"
             SOURCES
-                "${NC_CMAKE_BASE}/search_libs.cpp"
+                "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/search_libs.cpp"
             COMPILE_DEFINITIONS
                 "-DSYMBOL=${_symbol}")
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ macro(search_libs _variable _symbol)
                             __search_libs_${_symbol}
                             "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeTmp"
                         SOURCES
-                            "${NC_CMAKE_BASE}/search_libs.cpp"
+                            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/search_libs.cpp"
                         LINK_LIBRARIES
                             "${lib}"
                         COMPILE_DEFINITIONS
diff --git a/test_restrict.cmake b/test_restrict.cmake
index 3ada0eb..bba526e 100644
--- a/test_restrict.cmake
+++ b/test_restrict.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ macro(test_restrict VARIABLE)
                 TRY_COMPILE(
                     TEST_${VARIABLE}
                     "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeTmp"
-                    SOURCES "${NC_CMAKE_BASE}/test_restrict.cpp"
+                    SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/test_restrict.cpp"
                     COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "-DKEYWORD=${KEYWORD}")
                 set(__test_restrict_last ${KEYWORD})
             ENDIF (NOT TEST_${VARIABLE})