diff --git a/src/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py b/src/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py
index 0de6128..006df83 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ class PythonInfo(object):
             prefixes = self.prefix, self.exec_prefix, self.base_prefix, self.base_exec_prefix
             config_var = {k: "" if v in prefixes else v for k, v in self.sysconfig_vars.items()}
             result = self.sysconfig_path(key, config_var=config_var).lstrip(os.sep)
+        # A hack for https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/2208
+        if result.startswith(u"local/"):
+            return result[6:]
         return result
 
     @staticmethod