diff --git a/nuxeo-runtime-reload/pom.xml b/nuxeo-runtime-reload/pom.xml
--- a/nuxeo-runtime-reload/pom.xml
+++ b/nuxeo-runtime-reload/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
       <groupId>org.nuxeo.runtime</groupId>
       <artifactId>nuxeo-runtime</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.nuxeo.runtime</groupId>
+      <artifactId>nuxeo-runtime-deploy</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
diff --git a/nuxeo-runtime-reload/src/main/java/org/nuxeo/runtime/reload/ReloadComponent.java b/nuxeo-runtime-reload/src/main/java/org/nuxeo/runtime/reload/ReloadComponent.java
--- a/nuxeo-runtime-reload/src/main/java/org/nuxeo/runtime/reload/ReloadComponent.java
+++ b/nuxeo-runtime-reload/src/main/java/org/nuxeo/runtime/reload/ReloadComponent.java
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.nuxeo.common.Environment;
-import org.nuxeo.common.utils.FileUtils;
-import org.nuxeo.common.utils.ZipUtils;
 import org.nuxeo.runtime.api.Framework;
 import org.nuxeo.runtime.api.SharedResourceLoader;
+import org.nuxeo.runtime.deployment.preprocessor.DeploymentPreprocessor;
 import org.nuxeo.runtime.model.ComponentContext;
 import org.nuxeo.runtime.model.DefaultComponent;
 import org.nuxeo.runtime.services.event.Event;
@@ -154,27 +153,8 @@
     }
 
     public static void processFragment(File file) throws Exception {
-        log.info("running fragment processor");
-        // we cannot use DeploymentPreprocessor since the initial preprocessing
-        // will be overridden
-        if (file.isDirectory()) {
-            File war = new File(file, "web");
-            war = new File(war, "nuxeo.war");
-            if (war.isDirectory()) {
-                FileUtils.copyTree(war, getAppDir());
-            } else {
-                // compatibility mode with studio 1.5 - see NXP-6186
-                war = new File(file, "nuxeo.war");
-                if (war.isDirectory()) {
-                    FileUtils.copyTree(war, getAppDir());
-                }
-            }
-        } else if (file.isFile()) { // a jar
-            File war = getWarDir();
-            ZipUtils.unzip("web/nuxeo.war", file, war);
-            // compatibility mode with studio 1.5 - see NXP-6186
-            ZipUtils.unzip("nuxeo.war", file, war);
-        }
+        String path = Environment.getDefault().getHome().getAbsolutePath();
+        DeploymentPreprocessor.main(new String[] { path });
     }
 
     public static File getAppDir() {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.nuxeo.runtime</groupId>
+        <artifactId>nuxeo-runtime-reload</artifactId>
+        <version>${nuxeo.runtime.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.nuxeo.runtime</groupId>
         <artifactId>nuxeo-runtime-osgi</artifactId>
         <version>${nuxeo.runtime.version}</version>
         <exclusions>