diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/container/src/org/eclipse/osgi/internal/location/EquinoxLocations.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/container/src/org/eclipse/osgi/internal/location/EquinoxLocations.java
index c1cce1c..8d623a7 100755
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/container/src/org/eclipse/osgi/internal/location/EquinoxLocations.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/container/src/org/eclipse/osgi/internal/location/EquinoxLocations.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *     Rapicorp, Inc - Support for Mac Layout (bug 431116)
- *     Mickael Istria (Red Hat Inc.) - [502220] Default ws ${launcher}-workspace
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.osgi.internal.location;
 
@@ -93,20 +92,8 @@
 
 		temp = buildLocation(PROP_INSTANCE_AREA_DEFAULT, null, "", false, false, INSTANCE_DATA_AREA_PREFIX); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		defaultLocation = temp == null ? null : temp.getURL();
-		if (defaultLocation == null) {
-			StringBuilder instanceAreaDefault = new StringBuilder();
-			String launcherPath = equinoxConfig.getConfiguration(PROP_LAUNCHER);
-			if (launcherPath != null) {
-				String launcherName = new File(launcherPath).getName();
-				if (launcherName.endsWith(".exe")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
-					launcherName = launcherName.substring(0, launcherName.length() - ".exe".length()); //$NON-NLS-1$
-				}
-				instanceAreaDefault.append(launcherName);
-				instanceAreaDefault.append('-');
-			}
-			instanceAreaDefault.append("workspace"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-			defaultLocation = buildURL(new File(System.getProperty(PROP_USER_DIR), instanceAreaDefault.toString()).getAbsolutePath(), true);
-		}
+		if (defaultLocation == null)
+			defaultLocation = buildURL(new File(System.getProperty(PROP_USER_DIR), "workspace").getAbsolutePath(), true); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		instanceLocation = buildLocation(PROP_INSTANCE_AREA, defaultLocation, "", false, false, INSTANCE_DATA_AREA_PREFIX); //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 		mungeConfigurationLocation();