diff --git a/bin/pqcheck.bat b/bin/pqcheck.bat
index 47c62fd97..deed8b173 100644
--- a/bin/pqcheck.bat
+++ b/bin/pqcheck.bat
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ for %%i in ("%LS_HOME%\logstash-core\lib\jars\*.jar") do (
 	call :concat "%%i"
 )
 
-"%JAVACMD%" "%JAVA_OPTS%" -cp "%CLASSPATH%" org.logstash.ackedqueue.PqCheck %*
+"%JAVACMD%" %JAVA_OPTS% org.logstash.ackedqueue.PqCheck %*
 
 :concat
 IF not defined CLASSPATH (
diff --git a/bin/pqrepair.bat b/bin/pqrepair.bat
index fee6f778c..59a6201c0 100644
--- a/bin/pqrepair.bat
+++ b/bin/pqrepair.bat
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ for %%i in ("%LS_HOME%\logstash-core\lib\jars\*.jar") do (
 	call :concat "%%i"
 )
 
-"%JAVACMD%" %JAVA_OPTS% -cp "%CLASSPATH%" org.logstash.ackedqueue.PqRepair %*
+"%JAVACMD%" %JAVA_OPTS% org.logstash.ackedqueue.PqRepair %*
 
 :concat
 IF not defined CLASSPATH (