diff --git a/copy-platform-all b/copy-platform-all
index be875c7..77afbde 100755
--- a/copy-platform-all
+++ b/copy-platform-all
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-where=$1'-sdk'
-repo=$1; shift
-eclipse=$(rpm --eval '%{_eclipse_base}'); shift
+sdk=$1'-sdk'
+launcher=$1'-launcher'
+repo=$1
+eclipse=$(rpm --eval '%{_eclipse_base}')
 
 datadir=/usr/share/eclipse
+tycho_bundles_external=/usr/share/java/tycho/tycho-bundles-external.zip
 
-mkdir -p $where/plugins $where/features
-pushd $where
+mkdir -p $sdk/plugins $sdk/features
+pushd $sdk
 
       (cd $eclipse;
 	ls -d plugins/* features/* 2>/dev/null) |
@@ -89,10 +91,17 @@ done
 
 popd
 
-eclipse -nosplash -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher.FeaturesAndBundlesPublisher \
+# use the bundled equinox launcher to publish the p2 repo
+mkdir -p $launcher
+pushd $launcher
+unzip $tycho_bundles_external
+
+java -jar eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_*.jar -nosplash -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.publisher.FeaturesAndBundlesPublisher \
 -metadataRepository file:$repo \
 -artifactRepository file:$repo \
--source $where \
+-source $sdk \
 -compress -append -publishArtifacts
 
-rm -rf $where
+popd
+
+rm -rf $sdk $launcher
diff --git a/tycho.spec b/tycho.spec
index fe3ff3b..80f6788 100644
--- a/tycho.spec
+++ b/tycho.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%global bootstrap 0
+%global bootstrap 1
 %global sha d7f8850f746dd72e0a97c1fdf32c06ce794fb83d
 
 %if %{bootstrap}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 Name:           tycho
 Version:        0.16.0
-Release:        11.d7f885%{?dist}
+Release:        11.1.d7f885%{?dist}
 Summary:        Plugins and extensions for building Eclipse plugins and OSGI bundles with Maven
 
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ install -pm 755 %{SOURCE3} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}/%{name}/copy-platform-all
 %{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 11 2012 Roland Grunberg <rgrunber@redhat.com> 0.16.0-11.1.d7f885
+- Remove dependence on eclipse by use of self-bundled equinox launcher.
+
 * Wed Oct 10 2012 Roland Grunberg <rgrunber@redhat.com> 0.16.0-11.d7f885
 - copy-platform-all should make symlinked jars from %%{_javadir} unique.
 - Non-bootstrap build (reset the %%bootstrap flag properly).