diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 881473f..e56bd94 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <!-- These are relative to the submodules -->
     <protobuf.basedir>${project.basedir}/../..</protobuf.basedir>
     <protobuf.source.dir>${protobuf.basedir}/src</protobuf.source.dir>
-    <protoc>${protobuf.source.dir}/protoc</protoc>
+    <protoc>protoc</protoc>
     <test.proto.dir>src/test/proto</test.proto.dir>
     <generated.sources.dir>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources</generated.sources.dir>
     <generated.testsources.dir>${project.build.directory}/generated-test-sources</generated.testsources.dir>