diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/command.js b/lib/coffee-script/command.js
index 6e6b4d99..d8929b72 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/command.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/command.js
@@ -365,12 +365,12 @@
   };
 
   outputPath = function(source, base) {
-    var baseDir, dir, filename, srcDir;
-    filename = helpers.getBasename(source) + '.js';
+    var baseDir, basename, dir, srcDir, _ref1;
+    basename = path.basename(source, ((_ref1 = source.match(/\.((lit)?coffee|coffee\.md)$/)) != null ? _ref1[0] : void 0) || path.extname(source));
     srcDir = path.dirname(source);
     baseDir = base === '.' ? srcDir : srcDir.substring(base.length);
     dir = opts.output ? path.join(opts.output, baseDir) : srcDir;
-    return path.join(dir, filename);
+    return path.join(dir, basename + '.js');
   };
 
   writeJs = function(source, js, base) {
diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/helpers.js b/lib/coffee-script/helpers.js
index f215e8c8..08ef7ee8 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/helpers.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 // Generated by CoffeeScript 1.5.0
 (function() {
-  var buildLocationData, extend, flatten, path, _ref;
-
-  path = require('path');
+  var buildLocationData, extend, flatten, _ref;
 
   exports.starts = function(string, literal, start) {
     return literal === string.substr(start, literal.length);
@@ -131,9 +129,4 @@
     return /\.(litcoffee|coffee\.md)$/.test(file);
   };
 
-  exports.getBasename = function(file) {
-    var _ref1;
-    return path.basename(file, (file != null ? typeof file.match === "function" ? (_ref1 = file.match(/\.((lit)?coffee|coffee\.md)$/)) != null ? _ref1[0] : void 0 : void 0 : void 0) || path.extname(file));
-  };
-
 }).call(this);
diff --git a/src/command.coffee b/src/command.coffee
index 3fa4b9a2..9c0ba515 100644
--- a/src/command.coffee
+++ b/src/command.coffee
@@ -242,11 +242,11 @@ removeSource = (source, base, removeJs) ->
 
 # Get the corresponding output JavaScript path for a source file.
 outputPath = (source, base) ->
-  filename  = helpers.getBasename(source) + '.js'
+  basename  = path.basename source, source.match(/\.((lit)?coffee|coffee\.md)$/)?[0] or path.extname(source)
   srcDir    = path.dirname source
   baseDir   = if base is '.' then srcDir else srcDir.substring base.length
   dir       = if opts.output then path.join opts.output, baseDir else srcDir
-  path.join dir, filename
+  path.join dir, basename + '.js'
 
 # Write out a JavaScript source file with the compiled code. By default, files
 # are written out in `cwd` as `.js` files with the same name, but the output
diff --git a/src/helpers.coffee b/src/helpers.coffee
index 29606e91..5c1dfab4 100644
--- a/src/helpers.coffee
+++ b/src/helpers.coffee
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # the **Lexer**, **Rewriter**, and the **Nodes**. Merge objects, flatten
 # arrays, count characters, that sort of thing.
 
-path = require 'path'
-
 # Peek at the beginning of a given string to see if it matches a sequence.
 exports.starts = (string, literal, start) ->
   literal is string.substr start, literal.length
@@ -100,8 +98,4 @@ exports.isCoffee = (file) -> /\.((lit)?coffee|coffee\.md)$/.test file
 # Determine if a filename represents a Literate CoffeeScript file.
 exports.isLiterate = (file) -> /\.(litcoffee|coffee\.md)$/.test file
 
-# Extract the basename from a source file name, accounting for all possible
-# CoffeeScript extensions.
-exports.getBasename = (file) -> path.basename file, file?.match?(/\.((lit)?coffee|coffee\.md)$/)?[0] or path.extname(file)
-