diff --git a/src/exec/mod.rs b/src/exec/mod.rs
index cff754c..15e1ae5 100644
--- a/src/exec/mod.rs
+++ b/src/exec/mod.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use self::command::execute_command;
 use self::input::{basename, dirname, remove_extension};
 pub use self::job::{batch, job};
 use self::token::Token;
-use crate::filesystem::strip_current_dir;
 
 /// Execution mode of the command
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ impl CommandTemplate {
         S: AsRef<str>,
     {
         lazy_static! {
-            static ref PLACEHOLDER_PATTERN: Regex = Regex::new(r"\{(/?\.?|//|-|//-)\}").unwrap();
+            static ref PLACEHOLDER_PATTERN: Regex = Regex::new(r"\{(/?\.?|//)\}").unwrap();
         }
 
         let mut args = Vec::new();
@@ -99,8 +98,6 @@ impl CommandTemplate {
                     "{/}" => tokens.push(Token::Basename),
                     "{//}" => tokens.push(Token::Parent),
                     "{/.}" => tokens.push(Token::BasenameNoExt),
-                    "{-}" => tokens.push(Token::StripPrefix),
-                    "{//-}" => tokens.push(Token::ParentStripPrefix),
                     _ => unreachable!("Unhandled placeholder"),
                 }
 
@@ -234,14 +231,6 @@ impl ArgumentTemplate {
                         Placeholder => {
                             s.push(Self::replace_separator(path.as_ref(), path_separator))
                         }
-                        StripPrefix => {
-                            let path = strip_current_dir(path);
-                            s.push(Self::replace_separator(path.as_ref(), path_separator))
-                        }
-                        ParentStripPrefix => {
-                            let path = strip_current_dir(path);
-                            s.push(Self::replace_separator(&dirname(path), path_separator))
-                        }
                         Text(ref string) => s.push(string),
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/exec/token.rs b/src/exec/token.rs
index 9eb68df..0cf4df3 100644
--- a/src/exec/token.rs
+++ b/src/exec/token.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ pub enum Token {
     Parent,
     NoExt,
     BasenameNoExt,
-    StripPrefix,
-    ParentStripPrefix,
     Text(String),
 }
 
@@ -24,8 +22,6 @@ impl Display for Token {
             Token::Parent => f.write_str("{//}")?,
             Token::NoExt => f.write_str("{.}")?,
             Token::BasenameNoExt => f.write_str("{/.}")?,
-            Token::StripPrefix => f.write_str("{-}")?,
-            Token::ParentStripPrefix => f.write_str("{//-}")?,
             Token::Text(ref string) => f.write_str(string)?,
         }
         Ok(())
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 6110759..7c8d8ee 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -1363,16 +1363,6 @@ fn test_exec() {
         );
 
         te.assert_output(&["e1", "--exec", "printf", "%s.%s\n"], "./e1 e2.");
-
-        te.assert_output(
-            &["foo", "--exec", "echo", "{-}"],
-            "a.foo
-            one/b.foo
-            one/two/C.Foo2
-            one/two/c.foo
-            one/two/three/d.foo
-            one/two/three/directory_foo",
-        );
     }
 }