diff --git a/Octokit.Tests/Clients/RepositoriesClientTests.cs b/Octokit.Tests/Clients/RepositoriesClientTests.cs
index f0f77b7d..4e8bd182 100644
--- a/Octokit.Tests/Clients/RepositoriesClientTests.cs
+++ b/Octokit.Tests/Clients/RepositoriesClientTests.cs
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ namespace Octokit.Tests.Clients
                 client.GetAllPublic();
 
                 connection.Received()
-                    .GetAll<Repository>(Arg.Is<Uri>(u => u.ToString() == "/repositories"));
+                    .GetAll<Repository>(Arg.Is<Uri>(u => u.ToString() == "repositories"));
             }
         }
 
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ namespace Octokit.Tests.Clients
                 client.GetAllPublic(new PublicRepositoryRequest(364));
 
                 connection.Received()
-                    .GetAll<Repository>(Arg.Is<Uri>(u => u.ToString() == "/repositories?since=364"));
+                    .GetAll<Repository>(Arg.Is<Uri>(u => u.ToString() == "repositories?since=364"));
             }
 
             [Fact]
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ namespace Octokit.Tests.Clients
                 client.GetAllPublic(new PublicRepositoryRequest(364));
 
                 connection.Received()
-                    .GetAll<Repository>(Arg.Is<Uri>(u => u.ToString() == "/repositories?since=364"));
+                    .GetAll<Repository>(Arg.Is<Uri>(u => u.ToString() == "repositories?since=364"));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Octokit.Tests/Reactive/ObservableRepositoriesClientTests.cs b/Octokit.Tests/Reactive/ObservableRepositoriesClientTests.cs
index b0d25729..a2f0e31f 100644
--- a/Octokit.Tests/Reactive/ObservableRepositoriesClientTests.cs
+++ b/Octokit.Tests/Reactive/ObservableRepositoriesClientTests.cs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ namespace Octokit.Tests.Reactive
             [Fact]
             public async Task ReturnsEveryPageOfRepositories()
             {
-                var firstPageUrl = new Uri("/repositories?since=364", UriKind.Relative);
+                var firstPageUrl = new Uri("repositories?since=364", UriKind.Relative);
                 var secondPageUrl = new Uri("https://example.com/page/2");
                 var firstPageLinks = new Dictionary<string, Uri> { { "next", secondPageUrl } };
                 IApiResponse<List<Repository>> firstPageResponse = new ApiResponse<List<Repository>>(
diff --git a/Octokit/Helpers/ApiUrls.cs b/Octokit/Helpers/ApiUrls.cs
index 54d6edaa..b59cb950 100644
--- a/Octokit/Helpers/ApiUrls.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Helpers/ApiUrls.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace Octokit
         /// </summary>
         public static Uri AllPublicRepositories()
         {
-            return "/repositories".FormatUri();
+            return "repositories".FormatUri();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace Octokit
         /// <param name="since">The integer ID of the last Repository that you’ve seen.</param>
         public static Uri AllPublicRepositories(long since)
         {
-            return "/repositories?since={0}".FormatUri(since);
+            return "repositories?since={0}".FormatUri(since);
         }
 
         /// <summary>