diff --git a/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp b/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
index c477851c1b..ff5e28d95b 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
+++ b/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
@@ -368,13 +368,13 @@ void os::init_system_properties_values() {
 //        ...
 //        7: The default directories, normally /lib and /usr/lib.
 #if defined(AMD64) || defined(_LP64) && (defined(SPARC) || defined(PPC) || 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"
 #define ENDORSED_DIR    "/lib/endorsed"
 
@@ -437,13 +437,13 @@ void os::init_system_properties_values() {
                                                      strlen(v) + 1 +
                                                      sizeof(SYS_EXT_DIR) + sizeof("/lib/") + strlen(cpu_arch) + sizeof(DEFAULT_LIBPATH) + 1,
                                                      mtInternal);
-    sprintf(ld_library_path, "%s%s" SYS_EXT_DIR "/lib/%s:" DEFAULT_LIBPATH, v, v_colon, cpu_arch);
+    sprintf(ld_library_path, "%s", v);
     Arguments::set_library_path(ld_library_path);
     FREE_C_HEAP_ARRAY(char, ld_library_path, mtInternal);
   }
 
   // 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);
 
   // Endorsed standards default directory.