diff --git a/pmd/bin/pmd.bat b/pmd/bin/pmd.bat
index 152678d8fc..3277977233 100755
--- a/pmd/bin/pmd.bat
+++ b/pmd/bin/pmd.bat
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 @echo off
-rem set FILE=%1%
-rem set FORMAT=%2%
-rem set RULESETFILES=%3%
-java -cp %CLASSPATH%;..\lib\pmd-3.8.jar;..\lib\jaxen-1.1-beta-10.jar;..\lib\jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD %*
+java -cp ..\lib\pmd-3.8.jar;..\lib\jaxen-1.1-beta-10.jar;..\lib\jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar;%CLASSPATH% net.sourceforge.pmd.PMD %*