diff --git a/its/run-its.sh b/its/run-its.sh
index ebb24787d54f..c054cb231996 100755
--- a/its/run-its.sh
+++ b/its/run-its.sh
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ else
  esac
  mvn clean verify -P versionlessMavenDist -f "$MAVENCODEBASE" || exit $?
  if [ -f "$MAVENCODEBASE/maven-wrapper/target/maven-wrapper.jar" ] ; then
-  mvn clean install -Prun-its,embedded -Dmaven.repo.local=`pwd`/repo -DmavenDistro="$MAVENCODEBASE/apache-maven/target/apache-maven-bin.zip" -DwrapperDistroDir="$MAVENCODEBASE/apache-maven/target" -DmavenWrapper="$MAVENCODEBASE/maven-wrapper/target/maven-wrapper.jar" || exit $?
+  mvn clean install -Prun-its,embedded -Dmaven.repo.local="`pwd`/repo" -DmavenDistro="$MAVENCODEBASE/apache-maven/target/apache-maven-bin.zip" -DwrapperDistroDir="$MAVENCODEBASE/apache-maven/target" -DmavenWrapper="$MAVENCODEBASE/maven-wrapper/target/maven-wrapper.jar" || exit $?
  else
-  mvn clean install -Prun-its,embedded,!maven-wrapper -Dmaven.repo.local=`pwd`/repo -DmavenDistro="$MAVENCODEBASE/apache-maven/target/apache-maven-bin.zip" || exit $?
+  mvn clean install -Prun-its,embedded,!maven-wrapper -Dmaven.repo.local="`pwd`/repo" -DmavenDistro="$MAVENCODEBASE/apache-maven/target/apache-maven-bin.zip" || exit $?
  fi
 fi