diff --git a/java/dex.go b/java/dex.go
index 3468a7054..1aa4d1c69 100644
--- a/java/dex.go
+++ b/java/dex.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ var r8, r8RE = pctx.MultiCommandRemoteStaticRules("r8",
 			`rm -rf ${outUsageDir} && ` +
 			`$zipTemplate${config.SoongZipCmd} $zipFlags -o $outDir/classes.dex.jar -C $outDir -f "$outDir/classes*.dex" && ` +
 			`${config.MergeZipsCmd} -D -stripFile "**/*.class" $mergeZipsFlags $out $outDir/classes.dex.jar $in && ` +
-			`rm -f "$tmpJar" "$outDir/classes*.dex" "$outDir/classes.dex.jar"`,
+			`rm -f "$outDir/classes*.dex" "$outDir/classes.dex.jar"`,
 		Depfile: "${out}.d",
 		Deps:    blueprint.DepsGCC,
 		CommandDeps: []string{