diff --git a/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run b/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run
index 5b2a391196..7e759437bb 100755
--- a/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run
+++ b/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fi
 
 # Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will
 # work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
-MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
+MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$@"
 export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
 
 exec "$JAVACMD" \