diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/main/executablecontent/bin/spring b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/main/executablecontent/bin/spring
index 87a7e2e9f45..2dbe0ab1143 100755
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/main/executablecontent/bin/spring
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-cli/src/main/executablecontent/bin/spring
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ if [ ! -d "${SPRING_HOME}" ]; then
 	exit 2
 fi
 
-CLASSPATH=.:${SPRING_HOME}/bin
+CLASSPATH=${SPRING_HOME}/bin
 if [ -d "${SPRING_HOME}/ext" ]; then
 	CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:${SPRING_HOME}/ext
 fi