diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/ServiceProvider.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/ServiceProvider.php
index a4adacb591cd..d93c812a050f 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/ServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/ServiceProvider.php
@@ -105,41 +105,11 @@ public function package($package, $namespace = null, $path = null)
 	 */
 	public function guessPackagePath()
 	{
-		$reflect = new ReflectionClass($this);
-
-		// We want to get the class that is closest to this base class in the chain of
-		// classes extending it. That should be the original service provider given
-		// by the package and should allow us to guess the location of resources.
-		$chain = $this->getClassChain($reflect);
-
-		$path = $chain[count($chain) - 2]->getFileName();
+		$path = with(new ReflectionClass($this))->getFileName();
 
 		return realpath(dirname($path).'/../../');
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Get a class from the ReflectionClass inheritance chain.
-	 *
-	 * @param  ReflectionClass  $reflection
-	 * @return array
-	 */
-	protected function getClassChain(ReflectionClass $reflect)
-	{
-		$classes = array();
-
-		// This loop essentially walks the inheritance chain of the classes starting
-		// at the most "childish" class and walks back up to this class. Once we
-		// get to the end of the chain we will bail out and return the offset.
-		while ($reflect !== false)
-		{
-			$classes[] = $reflect;
-
-			$reflect = $reflect->getParentClass();
-		}
-
-		return $classes;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Determine the namespace for a package.
 	 *