diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index 266ec80..bd2afac 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -2291,12 +2291,9 @@
     $(JAVA) -jar $(TURBINE) \
     --output $@.premerged --temp_dir $(dir $@)/classes-turbine \
     --sources \@$(PRIVATE_JAVA_SOURCE_LIST) --source_jars $(PRIVATE_SRCJARS) \
-    --javacopts $(PRIVATE_JAVACFLAGS) $(COMMON_JDK_FLAGS) \
-    $(addprefix --bootclasspath ,$(strip \
-         $(call normalize-path-list,$(PRIVATE_BOOTCLASSPATH)) \
-         $(PRIVATE_EMPTY_BOOTCLASSPATH))) \
-    $(addprefix --classpath ,$(strip \
-        $(call normalize-path-list,$(PRIVATE_ALL_JAVA_HEADER_LIBRARIES)))) \
+    --javacopts $(PRIVATE_JAVACFLAGS) $(COMMON_JDK_FLAGS) -- \
+    $(addprefix --bootclasspath ,$(strip $(PRIVATE_BOOTCLASSPATH))) \
+    $(addprefix --classpath ,$(strip $(PRIVATE_ALL_JAVA_HEADER_LIBRARIES))) \
     || ( rm -rf $(dir $@)/classes-turbine ; exit 41 ) && \
     $(MERGE_ZIPS) -j --ignore-duplicates -stripDir META-INF $@.tmp $@.premerged $(call reverse-list,$(PRIVATE_STATIC_JAVA_HEADER_LIBRARIES)) ; \
 else \