diff --git a/src/phpDocumentor/Transformer/ServiceProvider.php b/src/phpDocumentor/Transformer/ServiceProvider.php
index 28db8d1f..1d853dfc 100644
--- a/src/phpDocumentor/Transformer/ServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/phpDocumentor/Transformer/ServiceProvider.php
@@ -206,16 +206,8 @@ class ServiceProvider extends \stdClass implements ServiceProviderInterface
      */
     protected function provideTemplatingSystem(Application $app)
     {
-        $templateDir = __DIR__ . '/../../../data/templates';
-
-        // when installed using composer the templates are in a different folder
-        $composerTemplatePath = __DIR__ . '/../../../../templates';
-        if (file_exists($composerTemplatePath)) {
-            $templateDir = $composerTemplatePath;
-        }
-
         // parameters
-        $app['transformer.template.location'] = $templateDir;
+        $app['transformer.template.location'] = __DIR__ . '/../data/templates';
 
         // services
         $app['transformer.template.path_resolver'] = $app->share(
diff --git a/src/phpDocumentor/Transformer/Transformation.php b/src/phpDocumentor/Transformer/Transformation.php
index 3bd153c4..ee716b18 100644
--- a/src/phpDocumentor/Transformer/Transformation.php
+++ b/src/phpDocumentor/Transformer/Transformation.php
@@ -182,21 +182,11 @@ class Transformation
             );
         }
 
-        // check whether the file exists in the phpDocumentor project directory.
-        if (file_exists(__DIR__.'/../../../'.$this->source)) {
-            return __DIR__ . '/../../../' .$this->source;
-        }
-
-        // in case of a composer installation
-        if (file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../../../../templates')) {
-            return __DIR__ . '/../../../../' . $this->source;
-        }
-
         // TODO: replace this as it breaks the component stuff
         // we should ditch the idea of a global set of files to fetch and have
         // a variable / injection for the global templates folder and inject
         // that here.
-        $file = __DIR__.'/../../../data/'.$this->source;
+        $file = __DIR__.'/../data/'.$this->source;
 
         if (!file_exists($file)) {
             throw new Exception('The source path does not exist: ' . $file);