diff --git a/quarkus/dist/src/main/content/bin/kc.sh b/quarkus/dist/src/main/content/bin/kc.sh
index d7be862cde..16f9aa78e0 100644
--- a/bin/kc.sh
+++ b/bin/kc.sh
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ abs_path () {
   fi
 }
 
-SERVER_OPTS="-Dkc.home.dir='$(abs_path '..')'"
-SERVER_OPTS="$SERVER_OPTS -Djboss.server.config.dir='$(abs_path '../conf')'"
+SERVER_OPTS="-Dkc.home.dir=$KC_HOME_DIR"
+SERVER_OPTS="$SERVER_OPTS -Djboss.server.config.dir=$KC_CONF_DIR"
 SERVER_OPTS="$SERVER_OPTS -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager"
 SERVER_OPTS="$SERVER_OPTS -Dquarkus-log-max-startup-records=10000"
 CLASSPATH_OPTS="'$(abs_path "../lib/quarkus-run.jar"):$(abs_path "../lib/bootstrap/*")'"