diff --git a/src/test/java/hudson/remoting/ForkRunner.java b/src/test/java/hudson/remoting/ForkRunner.java
index a7ca4451a..d7965e1d6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/hudson/remoting/ForkRunner.java
+++ b/src/test/java/hudson/remoting/ForkRunner.java
@@ -61,13 +61,7 @@ public String getName() {
     }
 
     public String getClasspath() {
-        // this assumes we run in Maven
-        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
-        for (String entry : System.getProperty("java.class.path").split(":")) {
-            if (buf.length()>0) buf.append(File.pathSeparatorChar);
-            buf.append(entry);
-        }
-        return buf.toString();
+        return System.getProperty("java.class.path");
     }
 
     @Override