diff --git a/tools/linux_packaging/noderun b/tools/linux_packaging/noderun
index f5f5ed4d7f..054a5c9899 100644
--- a/tools/linux_packaging/noderun
+++ b/tools/linux_packaging/noderun
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-BASE=$1
-
-if [ x$BASE = "x" ] ; then 
-   exit 1
-fi
+BASE=$(readlink -f $0)
+BASE=$(dirname $BASE) # up one
+BASE=$(dirname $BASE) # up one more
 
 if mount | grep --silent vmshare ; then
     sudo mount -t vboxsf vmshare $HOME/vmshare
diff --git a/tools/linux_packaging/run b/tools/linux_packaging/run
index 58993a04f1..23bd0149df 100644
--- a/tools/linux_packaging/run
+++ b/tools/linux_packaging/run
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ for VM in Build_32bit_804s Build_64bit_804s ; do
     sleep 12
     echo "$VM: Running $tooldir/noderun $basedir on $VM ... "
     $vbm guestcontrol exec $VM /bin/sh \
-             --arguments -vx \
              --arguments $tooldir/noderun \
-             --arguments $basedir \
              --environment PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin \
              --username $u --password $p --wait-for stdout
     status=$?