diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly b/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly
index 34b839e7..d4dbccf9 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-resources/templates/classpath.jelly
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
   <u:available file="${maven.gen.src}">
     <u:file var="genSrcRootDir" name="${maven.gen.src}"/>
     <j:forEach var="genSrcDir" items="${genSrcRootDir.listFiles()}">
-      <maven:makeRelativePath var="srcDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${genSrcDir}"/>
+      <maven:makeRelativePath var="srcDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${genSrcDir}" separator="/"/>
       <classpathentry kind="src" path="${srcDir}"/>  
     </j:forEach>
   </u:available>
 
   <j:if test="${sourcesPresent}">
-    <maven:makeRelativePath var="srcDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${pom.build.sourceDirectory}"/>
+    <maven:makeRelativePath var="srcDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${pom.build.sourceDirectory}" separator="/"/>
     <j:set var="excluding" value=""/>
     <j:forEach var="sm" items="${pom.build.sourceModifications}">
       <ant:available property="classPresent" classname="${sm.className}"/>
@@ -57,13 +57,7 @@
 
     <j:if test="${!pom.build.resources.isEmpty()}">
       <j:forEach var="resource" items="${pom.build.resources}">
-        <j:new var="file" className="java.io.File">
-          <j:arg value="${basedir}"/>
-        </j:new>
-        <j:invokeStatic var="resourceDirectory" className="org.apache.maven.MavenUtils" method="makeRelativePath">
-          <j:arg value="${file}"/>
-          <j:arg value="${resource.directory}"/>
-        </j:invokeStatic>
+        <maven:makeRelativePath var="resourceDirectory" basedir="${basedir}" path="${resource.directory}" separator="/"/>
         <!-- don't add duplicate directories -->
         <j:if test="${!resourceDirectory.equals(srcDir)}">
           <classpathentry kind="src" path="${resourceDirectory}" including="${include}" excluding="${exclude}" />
@@ -77,14 +71,14 @@
 
   <!-- add extra directories to be included in the classpath -->
   <j:forEach var="res" items="${maven.eclipse.classpath.include.split}">
-    <maven:makeRelativePath var="srcDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${res}" />
+    <maven:makeRelativePath var="srcDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${res}"  separator="/"/>
     <classpathentry kind="src" path="${srcDir}"/>
   </j:forEach>
   <!-- set a flag so JUnit jar is included only once -->
   <j:set var="ignoreJUnit" value="false" />
   <j:if test="${unitTestSourcesPresent}">
     <ant:echo>Contains JUnit tests</ant:echo>
-    <maven:makeRelativePath var="testSrcDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${pom.build.unitTestSourceDirectory}"/>
+    <maven:makeRelativePath var="testSrcDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${pom.build.unitTestSourceDirectory}"  separator="/"/>
       
     <!-- Eclipse supports an output directory per input directory -->
     <j:set var="testOutputDir" value="${maven.eclipse.test.output.dir}"/>
@@ -92,7 +86,7 @@
       <maven:pluginVar var="testOutputDir" plugin='maven-test-plugin' property='maven.test.dest'/>      
     </j:if>
 
-    <maven:makeRelativePath var="testOutputDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${testOutputDir}" />
+    <maven:makeRelativePath var="testOutputDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${testOutputDir}"  separator="/"/>
       
     <ant:echo>Setting compile of ${testSrcDir} to ${testOutputDir}</ant:echo>
     <classpathentry kind="src" path="${testSrcDir}" output="${testOutputDir}"/>
@@ -139,13 +133,7 @@
     <j:if test="${pom.build.unitTest != null}">
       <j:if test="${!pom.build.unitTest.resources.isEmpty()}">
         <j:forEach var="resource" items="${pom.build.unitTest.resources}">
-          <j:new var="file" className="java.io.File">
-            <j:arg value="${basedir}"/>
-          </j:new>
-          <j:invokeStatic var="resourceDirectory" className="org.apache.maven.MavenUtils" method="makeRelativePath">
-            <j:arg value="${file}"/>
-            <j:arg value="${resource.directory}"/>
-          </j:invokeStatic>
+          <maven:makeRelativePath var="resourceDirectory" basedir="${basedir}" path="${resource.directory}" separator="/"/>
           <!-- don't add duplicate directories -->
           <j:if test="${!resourceDirectory.equals(testSrcDir)}">
             <classpathentry kind="src" path="${resourceDirectory}" output="${testOutputDir}" />
@@ -163,7 +151,7 @@
   <j:set var="ignoreCactus" value="false" />
   <j:if test="${cactusSourcePresent == 'true'}">
     <ant:echo>Contains Cactus Tests!</ant:echo>
-    <maven:makeRelativePath var="testSrcDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${cactusSrcDir}" />
+    <maven:makeRelativePath var="testSrcDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${cactusSrcDir}"  separator="/"/>
     <classpathentry kind="src" path="${testSrcDir}"/>
 
     <maven:pluginVar var="cactusPlugin" plugin='cactus-maven' property='plugin' />
@@ -206,7 +194,7 @@
         <!-- make sure it's a classpath dependency -->
         <j:set var="isClasspath" value="${lib.dependency.isAddedToClasspath()}"/>
         <j:if test="${isClasspath}">
-          <maven:makeRelativePath var="relativePath" basedir="${maven.repo.local}" path="${lib.path}"/>
+          <maven:makeRelativePath var="relativePath" basedir="${maven.repo.local}" path="${lib.path}" separator="/"/>
           <u:file var="checkExist" name="${maven.repo.local}/${relativePath}" />
           <j:choose>
             <j:when test="${checkExist.exists()}">
@@ -237,7 +225,7 @@
   <j:if test="${empty outputDir}">
     <j:set var="outputDir" value="${maven.build.dest}"/>      
   </j:if>
-  <maven:makeRelativePath var="outputDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${outputDir}" />
+  <maven:makeRelativePath var="outputDir" basedir="${basedir}" path="${outputDir}"  separator="/"/>
   <classpathentry kind="output" path="${outputDir}"/>
   <ant:echo>Setting default output directory to ${outputDir}</ant:echo>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index 9fec4257..e93d9d42 100644
--- a/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
+++ b/eclipse/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     <u:file var="classpathFile" name="${dotClasspath}"/>
     <x:parse var="classpathDoc" xml="${classpathFile.toURL()}" />
     <x:set var="count" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@kind,'src')])"/>
-    <assert:assertEquals expected="7" value="${count.intValue().toString()}" msg="Wrong number of generated src directories found"/>  
+    <assert:assertEquals expected="6" value="${count.intValue().toString()}" msg="Wrong number of generated src directories found"/>  
 
   </goal>
   
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@
 
     <u:file var="classpathFile" name="${dotClasspath}"/>
     <x:parse var="classpathDoc" xml="${classpathFile.toURL()}" />
-    <x:set var="count" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@path,'MAVEN_REPO/maven\jars\maven.jar')])"/>
+    <x:set var="count" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@path,'MAVEN_REPO/maven/jars/maven.jar')])"/>
     <assert:assertEquals expected="1" value="${count.intValue().toString()}" msg="override by jar tag not found"/>  
-	<x:set var="count" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@path,'MAVEN_REPO/commons-logging\jars\commons-logging-1.0.3.jar')])"/>
+	<x:set var="count" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@path,'MAVEN_REPO/commons-logging/jars/commons-logging-1.0.3.jar')])"/>
     <assert:assertEquals expected="1" value="${count.intValue().toString()}" msg="maven.jar.override didn't work"/>      
 
   </goal>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     
     <u:file var="classpathFile" name="${dotClasspath}"/>
     <x:parse var="classpathDoc" xml="${classpathFile.toURL()}" />
-    <x:set var="countUniqueSrc" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@path,'src\main')])"/>    
+    <x:set var="countUniqueSrc" select="count($classpathDoc/classpath/classpathentry[contains(@path,'src/main')])"/>    
     <assert:assertEquals expected="1" value="${countUniqueSrc.intValue().toString()}" msg="Src directory should be added only once"/> 
   </goal>