diff --git a/bin/worker.php b/bin/worker.php
index 29fd5a4fb7..668e99f904 100755
--- a/bin/worker.php
+++ b/bin/worker.php
@@ -28,16 +28,7 @@ $longopts = ['spawn', 'no_cron'];
 $options = getopt($shortopts, $longopts);
 
 // Ensure that worker.php is executed from the base path of the installation
-if (!file_exists("index.php") && (sizeof($_SERVER["argv"]) != 0)) {
-	$directory = dirname($_SERVER["argv"][0]);
-
-	if (substr($directory, 0, 1) != '/') {
-		$directory = $_SERVER["PWD"] . '/' . $directory;
-	}
-	$directory = realpath($directory . '/..');
-
-	chdir($directory);
-}
+chdir(dirname(__DIR__));
 
 require dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';