diff --git a/racket/collects/launcher/launcher.rkt b/racket/collects/launcher/launcher.rkt
index 5311a930bc..0cfec14e07 100644
--- a/racket/collects/launcher/launcher.rkt
+++ b/racket/collects/launcher/launcher.rkt
@@ -470,9 +470,7 @@
                                (if (= i 3)
                                    (if (eq? (cdr im) 'main)
                                        (let ([p (find-relative-path (find-lib-dir) e)])
-                                         (if (member 'up (explode-path p))
-                                             (path->bytes e)
-                                             (path->bytes p)))
+                                         (path->bytes p))
                                        (if (path? e)
                                            (path->bytes e)
                                            e))