diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/ant/templates/tool-unix.tmpl b/src/compiler/scala/tools/ant/templates/tool-unix.tmpl
index 85bb5f20567c..256b5088e9c7 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/ant/templates/tool-unix.tmpl
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/ant/templates/tool-unix.tmpl
@@ -9,19 +9,14 @@
 ##############################################################################
 
 findScalaHome () {
-  # see SI-2092
-  local SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-  while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
-  local bindir="$( dirname "$SOURCE" )"
-  if [[ -d "$bindir"/.. ]]; then
-    ( cd -P "$bindir"/.. && pwd )
-  else
-    # See SI-5792
-    local dir=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
-    local link=$(dirname "$(readlink "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")
-    local path="$dir/$link/.."
-    ( cd "$path" && pwd )
-  fi
+  # see SI-2092 and SI-5792
+  local source="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+  while [ -h "$source" ] ; do
+    local linked="$(readlink "$source")"
+    local dir="$( cd -P $(dirname "$source") && cd -P $(dirname "$linked") && pwd )"
+    source="$dir/$(basename "$linked")"
+  done
+  ( cd -P "$(dirname "$source")/.." && pwd )
 }
 execCommand () {
   [[ -n $SCALA_RUNNER_DEBUG ]] && echo "" && for arg in "$@@"; do echo "$arg"; done && echo "";