diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index cccdd3d5..bff5d62c 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 PRG="$0"
 # Need this for relative symlinks.
 while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
-    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
-    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
     if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
         PRG="$link"
     else