diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.release/src/R_legacy b/com.oracle.truffle.r.release/src/R_legacy
index 6013194c05e1f138b339c59d4cc09d24e10f7bb8..29aca7da3924238ac6ce1e2f3c15828c5b24cbe0 100755
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.release/src/R_legacy
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.release/src/R_legacy
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ done
 JAVA_HOME="$( dirname "$JRE" )"
 
 GRAALVMCP=""
-TMPCP="jre/lib/truffle/truffle-api.jar:jre/languages/R/fastr.jar"
+TMPCP="jre/languages/R/fastr.jar"
 for cp in ${TMPCP//:/ }
 do
     GRAALVMCP="$GRAALVMCP$JAVA_HOME/$cp:"
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.release/src/Rscript_legacy b/com.oracle.truffle.r.release/src/Rscript_legacy
index 7adf97999c3807353aa2201fca2566d926849ce3..c036c3812aa9453849dfa2cd0c86eb45729b8700 100755
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.release/src/Rscript_legacy
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.release/src/Rscript_legacy
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ done
 JAVA_HOME="$( dirname "$JRE" )"
 
 GRAALVMCP=""
-TMPCP="jre/lib/truffle/truffle-api.jar:jre/languages/R/fastr.jar"
+TMPCP="jre/languages/R/fastr.jar"
 for cp in ${TMPCP//:/ }
 do
     GRAALVMCP="$GRAALVMCP$JAVA_HOME/$cp:"