diff --git a/lib/swift b/lib/swift
index b175f2e5c1..761ae74b6b 100644
--- a/lib/swift
+++ b/lib/swift
@@ -809,10 +809,10 @@ function start_swift {
         local proxy_port=${SWIFT_DEFAULT_BIND_PORT}
         start_tls_proxy swift '*' $proxy_port $SERVICE_HOST $SWIFT_DEFAULT_BIND_PORT_INT
     fi
-    run_process s-proxy "$SWIFT_DIR/bin/swift-proxy-server ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/proxy-server.conf -v"
+    run_process s-proxy "swift-proxy-server ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/proxy-server.conf -v"
     if [[ ${SWIFT_REPLICAS} == 1 ]]; then
         for type in object container account; do
-            run_process s-${type} "$SWIFT_DIR/bin/swift-${type}-server ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/${type}-server/1.conf -v"
+            run_process s-${type} "swift-${type}-server ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/${type}-server/1.conf -v"
         done
     fi