diff --git a/setup/so-variables b/setup/so-variables
index 2223fe106..266dba11e 100644
--- a/setup/so-variables
+++ b/setup/so-variables
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ mkdir -p "$default_salt_dir"
 export local_salt_dir=/opt/so/saltstack/local
 mkdir -p "$local_salt_dir"
 
-SCRIPTDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
+SCRIPTDIR=$(pwd)
 export SCRIPTDIR