diff --git a/libexec/bats b/libexec/bats
index 71f392f7..3ab95ab7 100755
--- a/libexec/bats
+++ b/libexec/bats
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ BATS_LIBEXEC="$(abs_dirname "$0")"
 export BATS_PREFIX="$(abs_dirname "$BATS_LIBEXEC")"
 export BATS_CWD="$(abs_dirname .)"
 export PATH="$BATS_LIBEXEC:$PATH"
+export CDPATH=""
 
 options=()
 arguments=()