diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 330d360336..d2bc6118e3 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -2227,7 +2227,7 @@ $(hide) if [ -s $(PRIVATE_CLASS_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/java-source-list-uniq ] ; the
     $(addprefix -classpath ,$(strip \
         $(call normalize-path-list,$(PRIVATE_ALL_JAVA_LIBRARIES)))) \
     $(if $(findstring true,$(PRIVATE_WARNINGS_ENABLE)),$(xlint_unchecked),) \
-    -extdirs "" -d $(PRIVATE_CLASS_INTERMEDIATES_DIR) -s $(PRIVATE_ANNO_INTERMEDIATES_DIR) \
+    -d $(PRIVATE_CLASS_INTERMEDIATES_DIR) -s $(PRIVATE_ANNO_INTERMEDIATES_DIR) \
     $(PRIVATE_JAVACFLAGS) \
     \@$(PRIVATE_CLASS_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/java-source-list-uniq \
     || ( rm -rf $(PRIVATE_CLASS_INTERMEDIATES_DIR) ; exit 41 ) \