diff --git a/openbis/dist/server/passwd.sh b/openbis/dist/server/passwd.sh
index a75d1b8996639b067d7f83198db7db283a3710e1..03a9acc492dd4085779b111bd49a7c18c8f07744 100755
--- a/openbis/dist/server/passwd.sh
+++ b/openbis/dist/server/passwd.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ if [ -L $bin ]; then
   bin=`dirname $bin`/`readlink $bin`
 fi
 WD="`dirname $bin`"
-cd "$WD/.."
 
 if [ ! -x "$JVM" ]; then
   echo "No java runtime environment executable found. You need to set the environment variable JAVA_HOME appropriately."