diff --git a/src/Robo/Commands/Generate/MultisiteCommand.php b/src/Robo/Commands/Generate/MultisiteCommand.php
index e74656585..c4ff08a80 100644
--- a/src/Robo/Commands/Generate/MultisiteCommand.php
+++ b/src/Robo/Commands/Generate/MultisiteCommand.php
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ protected function createNewBltSiteYml(
     $site_yml['project']['human_name'] = $site_name;
     $site_yml['project']['local']['protocol'] = $url['scheme'];
     $site_yml['project']['local']['hostname'] = $url['host'];
-    $site_yml['drush']['aliases']['local'] = $site_name . ".local";
+    $site_yml['drush']['aliases']['local'] = "self";
     $site_yml['drush']['aliases']['remote'] = $remote_alias;
     YamlMunge::mergeArrayIntoFile($site_yml, $site_yml_filename);
   }
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/BltProject/MultiSiteTest.php b/tests/phpunit/BltProject/MultiSiteTest.php
index 799b7c560..3aba676bd 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/BltProject/MultiSiteTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/BltProject/MultiSiteTest.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public function testMultisiteGenerate() {
     $this->assertEquals("$this->site1Dir.clone", $site1_blt_yml['drush']['aliases']['remote']);
 
     $site2_blt_yml = YamlMunge::parseFile("$this->sandboxInstance/docroot/sites/$this->site2Dir/blt.yml");
-    $this->assertEquals("$this->site2Dir.local", $site2_blt_yml['drush']['aliases']['local']);
+    $this->assertEquals("self", $site2_blt_yml['drush']['aliases']['local']);
     $this->assertEquals("$this->site2Dir.clone", $site2_blt_yml['drush']['aliases']['remote']);
 
     // Clone.