diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
index 0dbe03349e..847d56778d 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
@@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ void os::init_system_properties_values() {
   //        ...
   //        7: The default directories, normally /lib and /usr/lib.
 #if defined(AMD64) || (defined(_LP64) && defined(SPARC)) || defined(PPC64) || defined(S390)
-  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH "/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib"
+  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH ""
 #else
-  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH "/lib:/usr/lib"
+  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH ""
 #endif
 
 // Base path of extensions installed on the system.
-#define SYS_EXT_DIR     "/usr/java/packages"
+#define SYS_EXT_DIR     ""
 #define EXTENSIONS_DIR  "/lib/ext"
 
   // Buffer that fits several sprintfs.
@@ -392,13 +392,13 @@ void os::init_system_properties_values() {
                                                      strlen(v) + 1 +
                                                      sizeof(SYS_EXT_DIR) + sizeof("/lib/") + sizeof(DEFAULT_LIBPATH) + 1,
                                                      mtInternal);
-    sprintf(ld_library_path, "%s%s" SYS_EXT_DIR "/lib:" DEFAULT_LIBPATH, v, v_colon);
+    sprintf(ld_library_path, "%s", v);
     Arguments::set_library_path(ld_library_path);
     FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, ld_library_path);
   }
 
   // Extensions directories.
-  sprintf(buf, "%s" EXTENSIONS_DIR ":" SYS_EXT_DIR EXTENSIONS_DIR, Arguments::get_java_home());
+  sprintf(buf, "%s" EXTENSIONS_DIR, Arguments::get_java_home());
   Arguments::set_ext_dirs(buf);
 
   FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, buf);