diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/WarExploder.java b/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/WarExploder.java
index 477567ad818f49dddde7dd55c0fc1009c5c3ac72..6531553c5d25ad922800bed505279323315fddf6 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/WarExploder.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/WarExploder.java
@@ -65,16 +65,11 @@ final class WarExploder {
      * Explodes hudson.war, if necessary, and returns its root dir.
      */
     private static File explode() throws Exception {
-        // are we in the hudson main workspace? If so, pick up hudson/main/war/resources
+        // are we in the Jenkins main workspace? If so, pick up hudson/main/war/resources
         // this saves the effort of packaging a war file and makes the debug cycle faster
 
         File d = new File(".").getAbsoluteFile();
 
-        // just in case we were started from hudson instead of from hudson/main/...
-        if (new File(d, "main/war/target/jenkins").exists()) {
-            return new File(d, "main/war/target/jenkins");
-        }
-
         for( ; d!=null; d=d.getParentFile()) {
             if(new File(d,".jenkins").exists()) {
                 File dir = new File(d,"war/target/jenkins");