diff --git a/src/script/ant.bat b/src/script/ant.bat
index 057eeb7e3..a828c8f5c 100755
--- a/src/script/ant.bat
+++ b/src/script/ant.bat
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ for %%i in ("%ANT_HOME%\lib\*.jar") do call "%ANT_HOME%\bin\lcp.bat" %%i
 if "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto noJavaHome
 if not exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto noJavaHome
 if "%_JAVACMD%" == "" set _JAVACMD=%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar" call "%ANT_HOME%\bin\lcp.bat" "%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar"
-if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\lib\classes.zip" call "%ANT_HOME%\bin\lcp.bat" "%JAVA_HOME%\lib\classes.zip"
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar" set LOCALCLASSPATH=%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar;%LOCALCLASSPATH%
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\lib\classes.zip" set LOCALCLASSPATH=%JAVA_HOME%\lib\classes.zip;%LOCALCLASSPATH%
 goto checkJikes
 
 :noJavaHome