diff --git a/nodejs-packages/jvm-launch-utils/package.json b/nodejs-packages/jvm-launch-utils/package.json
index 9b33b0a42..6c17b7ed3 100644
--- a/nodejs-packages/jvm-launch-utils/package.json
+++ b/nodejs-packages/jvm-launch-utils/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@pivotal-tools/jvm-launch-utils",
-  "version": "0.0.10",
+  "version": "0.0.11",
   "description": "Provides utilities useful for launching Java processes from node packages.",
   "files": [
     "src",
@@ -30,8 +30,5 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^9.4.6",
     "typescript": "^2.7.2"
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "file-url": "^2.0.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/nodejs-packages/jvm-launch-utils/src/jvm-util.ts b/nodejs-packages/jvm-launch-utils/src/jvm-util.ts
index 793b27bdc..af838faaa 100644
--- a/nodejs-packages/jvm-launch-utils/src/jvm-util.ts
+++ b/nodejs-packages/jvm-launch-utils/src/jvm-util.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as FS from 'fs';
 import * as Path from 'path';
 import * as ChildProcess from 'child_process';
 import { basename } from 'path';
-import * as fileUrl from 'file-url';
 
 'use strict';
 
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ class JVMImpl implements JVM {
         let args = [];
         let toolsJar = this.getToolsJar();
         if (toolsJar) {
-            args.push("-Dloader.path="+fileUrl(toolsJar));
+            args.push("-Dloader.path="+toolsJar);
         }
         if (vmargs) {
             args.push(...vmargs);