diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index cccdd3d5..c22cd852 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ PRG="$0"
 # Need this for relative symlinks.
 while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
     ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
-    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
-    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \k" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
         PRG="$link"
     else
         PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"