diff --git a/src/lib/module-info.ts b/src/lib/module-info.ts
index 5c82e0a9..d39c7bb9 100644
--- a/src/lib/module-info.ts
+++ b/src/lib/module-info.ts
@@ -216,8 +216,7 @@ function findReferencedFiles(src: ts.SourceFile, packageName: string, subDirecto
         addReference({ text: ref.fileName, exact: true });
     }
     for (const ref of src.typeReferenceDirectives) {
-        // only <reference types="../packagename/x" /> references are local (or "packagename/x", though in 3.7 that doesn't work in DT).
-        if (ref.fileName.startsWith("../" + packageName + "/")) {
+        if (ref.fileName.startsWith(".")) {
             addReference({ text: ref.fileName, exact: false });
         } else if (ref.fileName.startsWith(packageName + "/")) {
             addReference({ text: convertToRelativeReference(ref.fileName), exact: false });