diff --git a/jdk/make/common/shared/Defs-java.gmk b/jdk/make/common/shared/Defs-java.gmk
index c6026d90b277fb4d75e0bb9097d42ddb675614cd..7a586602b23bc176de5ff40760ef2aa3674dcb10 100644
--- a/jdk/make/common/shared/Defs-java.gmk
+++ b/jdk/make/common/shared/Defs-java.gmk
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ ifdef LANGTOOLS_DIST
 		"-Xbootclasspath/p:$(JAVAC_JAR)" \
 		-jar $(JAVAC_JAR) $(JAVACFLAGS)
   JAVAH_CMD   = $(BOOT_JAVA_CMD) \
-		"-Xbootclasspath/p:$(JAVAH_JAR)$(CLASSPATH_SEPARATOR)$(JAVADOC_JAR)$(CLASSPATH_SEPARATOR)$(JAVAC_JAR)"  \
+		"-Xbootclasspath/p:$(JAVAH_JAR)$(CLASSPATH_SEPARATOR)$(JAVAC_JAR)"  \
 		-jar $(JAVAH_JAR) $(JAVAHFLAGS)
   JAVADOC_CMD = $(BOOT_JAVA_CMD) \
 		"-Xbootclasspath/p:$(JAVADOC_JAR)$(CLASSPATH_SEPARATOR)$(JAVAC_JAR)$(CLASSPATH_SEPARATOR)$(DOCLETS_JAR)" \