diff --git a/src/xPDO/xPDO.php b/src/xPDO/xPDO.php
index 90d34fd3..002c7222 100644
--- a/src/xPDO/xPDO.php
+++ b/src/xPDO/xPDO.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 use xPDO\Om\xPDOQuery;
 
 if (!defined('XPDO_CORE_PATH')) {
-    $xpdo_core_path= strtr(realpath(dirname(__FILE__)), '\\', '/') . '/';
+    $xpdo_core_path= strtr(dirname(__FILE__), '\\', '/') . '/';
     /**
      * @var string The full path to the xPDO root directory.
      */