diff --git a/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/SolverProblemsException.php b/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/SolverProblemsException.php
index ea8c86af5..1a28f288b 100644
--- a/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/SolverProblemsException.php
+++ b/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/SolverProblemsException.php
@@ -113,8 +113,12 @@ class SolverProblemsException extends \RuntimeException
     {
         $paths = IniHelper::getAll();
 
-        if (count($paths) === 1 && empty($paths[0])) {
-            return '';
+        if ('' === $paths[0]) {
+            if (count($paths) === 1) {
+                return '';
+            }
+
+            array_shift($paths);
         }
 
         $ignoreExtensionsArguments = implode(" ", array_map(function ($extension) {