diff --git a/collects/compiler/private/xform.rkt b/collects/compiler/private/xform.rkt
index 688f1e7d9e..5a8bac0781 100644
--- a/collects/compiler/private/xform.rkt
+++ b/collects/compiler/private/xform.rkt
@@ -423,13 +423,11 @@
           (if (eq? (system-type) 'windows)
               (lambda (s)
                 (let ([split (let loop ([s s])
-                               (let ([m (regexp-match #rx"((?:\"[ ()]\"|[^ ])*) (.*)" s)])
+                               (let ([m (regexp-match #rx"([^ ]*) (.*)" s)])
                                  (if m
                                      (cons (cadr m) (loop (caddr m)))
                                      (list s))))])
-                  (apply (verbose process*) (find-executable-path 
-					     (regexp-replace* #rx"\"([ ()])\"" (car split) "\\1")
-					     #f)
+                  (apply (verbose process*) (find-executable-path (car split) #f)
                          (cdr split))))
               (verbose process)))