diff --git a/src/script/runant.py b/src/script/runant.py
index 1343f68d9..dcd07423b 100644
--- a/src/script/runant.py
+++ b/src/script/runant.py
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ if os.environ.has_key('CLASSPATH'):
     CLASSPATH = os.environ['CLASSPATH']
 
 # Builds the commandline
-cmdline = ('%s %s -classpath \"%s\" \"-Dant.home=%s\" %s ' + \
-    'org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher %s -lib \"%s\" \"%s\"') \
+cmdline = ('%s %s -classpath %s -Dant.home=%s %s ' + \
+    'org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher %s -lib %s %s') \
      % (JAVACMD, ANT_OPTS, LOCALCLASSPATH, ANT_HOME, OPTS, ANT_ARGS, \
         CLASSPATH, string.join(sys.argv[1:], ' '))