diff --git a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/Embedded.scala b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/Embedded.scala
index 87a1fe8b5e1..b94b0a0cf83 100644
--- a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/Embedded.scala
+++ b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/Embedded.scala
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ final class Embedded(
       pathString.contains("mdoc") ||
       pathString.contains("scalameta") ||
       pathString.contains("metaconfig") ||
-      pathString.contains("diffutils")
+      pathString.contains("diffutils") ||
+      pathString.contains("scala-sbt")
     }
     val urls = runtimeClasspath.iterator.map(_.toUri().toURL()).toArray
     new URLClassLoader(urls, parent)