diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend.scala
index 58c30e7d97..2f095b86c6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ private[spark] class CoarseMesosSchedulerBackend(
       .orElse(Option(System.getenv("SPARK_EXECUTOR_URI")))
 
     if (uri.isEmpty) {
-      val runScript = new File(executorSparkHome, "./bin/spark-class").getCanonicalPath
+      val runScript = new File(executorSparkHome, "./bin/spark-class").getPath
       command.setValue(
         "%s \"%s\" org.apache.spark.executor.CoarseGrainedExecutorBackend"
           .format(prefixEnv, runScript) +
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosClusterScheduler.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosClusterScheduler.scala
index e77d77208c..8cda4ff0eb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosClusterScheduler.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosClusterScheduler.scala
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ private[spark] class MesosClusterScheduler(
         .getOrElse {
           throw new SparkException("Executor Spark home `spark.mesos.executor.home` is not set!")
         }
-      val cmdExecutable = new File(executorSparkHome, "./bin/spark-submit").getCanonicalPath
+      val cmdExecutable = new File(executorSparkHome, "./bin/spark-submit").getPath
       // Sandbox points to the current directory by default with Mesos.
       (cmdExecutable, ".")
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosSchedulerBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosSchedulerBackend.scala
index a8bf79a78c..340f29bac9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ private[spark] class MesosSchedulerBackend(
 
     val executorBackendName = classOf[MesosExecutorBackend].getName
     if (uri.isEmpty) {
-      val executorPath = new File(executorSparkHome, "/bin/spark-class").getCanonicalPath
+      val executorPath = new File(executorSparkHome, "/bin/spark-class").getPath
       command.setValue(s"$prefixEnv $executorPath $executorBackendName")
     } else {
       // Grab everything to the first '.'. We'll use that and '*' to