diff --git a/fuzzing/private/java_utils.bzl b/fuzzing/private/java_utils.bzl
index e63b152..a0a03ac 100644
--- a/fuzzing/private/java_utils.bzl
+++ b/fuzzing/private/java_utils.bzl
@@ -106,18 +106,18 @@ source "$(grep -sm1 "^$f " "$0.exe.runfiles_manifest" | cut -f2- -d' ')" 2>/dev/
 
 # Export the env variables required for subprocesses to find their runfiles.
 runfiles_export_envvars
-"""
 
-    script_format_part = """
 # Determine the path to load libjvm.so from, either relative to the location of
 # the java binary or to $JAVA_HOME, if set. On OSS-Fuzz, the path is provided in
 # JVM_LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
-JAVA_BIN=$("$(rlocation {realpath})" "$(which java)")
-JAVA_HOME=${{JAVA_HOME:-${{JAVA_BIN%/bin/java}}}}
+JAVA_BIN=$(python3 -c 'import os, sys; print(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1]))' "$(which java)")
+JAVA_HOME=${JAVA_HOME:-${JAVA_BIN%/bin/java}}
 # The location of libjvm.so relative to the JDK differs between JDK <= 8 and 9+.
-JVM_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${{JVM_LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-"$JAVA_HOME/lib/server:$JAVA_HOME/lib/amd64/server"}}
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${{LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}}$JVM_LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+JVM_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${JVM_LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-"$JAVA_HOME/lib/server:$JAVA_HOME/lib/amd64/server"}
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$JVM_LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+"""
 
+    script_format_part = """
 source "$(rlocation {sanitizer_options})"
 exec "$(rlocation {driver})" \
     --agent_path="$(rlocation {agent})" \
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ exec "$(rlocation {driver})" \
         deploy_jar = runfile_path(ctx, ctx.file.target_deploy_jar),
         driver = runfile_path(ctx, driver),
         native_dirs = ":".join(native_dirs),
-        realpath = runfile_path(ctx, ctx.executable._realpath),
         sanitizer_options = runfile_path(ctx, ctx.file.sanitizer_options),
     )
     ctx.actions.write(script, script_content, is_executable = True)
@@ -233,9 +232,6 @@ def _jazzer_fuzz_binary_impl(ctx):
 
     runfiles = runfiles.merge(ctx.runfiles([ctx.file.sanitizer_options]))
 
-    runfiles = runfiles.merge(ctx.runfiles([ctx.executable._realpath]))
-    runfiles = runfiles.merge(ctx.attr._realpath[DefaultInfo].default_runfiles)
-
     script = _jazzer_fuzz_binary_script(ctx, native_libs, driver)
     return [DefaultInfo(executable = script, runfiles = runfiles)]
 
@@ -287,12 +283,6 @@ Rule that creates a binary that invokes Jazzer on the specified target.
             allow_single_file = [".jar"],
             mandatory = True,
         ),
-        "_realpath": attr.label(
-            doc = "The realpath util needed by the binary script.",
-            default = "//fuzzing/tools:realpath",
-            executable = True,
-            cfg = "target",
-        ),
         "_allowlist_function_transition": attr.label(
             default = "@bazel_tools//tools/allowlists/function_transition_allowlist",
         ),