diff --git a/src/book/mod.rs b/src/book/mod.rs
index 63629052..e1750e14 100644
--- a/src/book/mod.rs
+++ b/src/book/mod.rs
@@ -352,8 +352,7 @@ impl MDBook {
 
     /// Get the directory containing this book's source files.
     pub fn source_dir(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        let src = self.config.get_localized_src_path(self.build_opts.language_ident.as_ref()).unwrap();
-        self.root.join(src)
+        self.root.join(&self.config.book.src)
     }
 
     /// Get the directory containing the theme resources for the book.
diff --git a/src/preprocess/mod.rs b/src/preprocess/mod.rs
index e78397b0..7da381de 100644
--- a/src/preprocess/mod.rs
+++ b/src/preprocess/mod.rs
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ impl PreprocessorContext {
 
     /// Get the directory containing this book's source files.
     pub fn source_dir(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        let src = self.config.get_localized_src_path(self.build_opts.language_ident.as_ref()).unwrap();
-        self.root.join(src)
+        self.root.join(&self.config.book.src)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/mod.rs b/src/renderer/mod.rs
index 78ef5faa..5f41dbae 100644
--- a/src/renderer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/mod.rs
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ impl RenderContext {
 
     /// Get the source directory's (absolute) path on disk.
     pub fn source_dir(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        let src = self.config.get_localized_src_path(self.build_opts.language_ident.as_ref()).unwrap();
-        self.root.join(src)
+        self.root.join(&self.config.book.src)
     }
 
     /// Load a `RenderContext` from its JSON representation.