diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Client.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Client.php
index 0503f5de58..50895e713d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Client.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Client.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class Client extends BaseClient
 
         $r = new \ReflectionClass('\\Symfony\\Component\\ClassLoader\\ClassLoader');
         $requirePath = str_replace("'", "\\'", $r->getFileName());
-        $symfonyPath = str_replace("'", "\\'", realpath(__DIR__.'/../../..'));
+        $symfonyPath = str_replace("'", "\\'", dirname(dirname(dirname(__DIR__))));
         $errorReporting = error_reporting();
 
         $code = <<<EOF
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/Resources/bin/update-data.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/Resources/bin/update-data.php
index 17d12d137d..3421865f81 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/Resources/bin/update-data.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/Resources/bin/update-data.php
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ echo "Preparing resource bundle compilation (version $icuVersionInDownload)...\n
 $compiler = new GenrbCompiler($genrb, $genrbEnv);
 $config = new GeneratorConfig($sourceDir.'/data', $icuVersionInDownload);
 
-// Don't wrap "/data" in realpath(), in case the directory does not exist
-$baseDir = realpath(__DIR__.'/..').'/data';
+$baseDir = dirname(__DIR__).'/data';
 
 //$txtDir = $baseDir.'/txt';
 $jsonDir = $baseDir;