diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties
index 83f84731a..a966a41c1 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ available=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Available
 filter=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Filter
 fixcrlf=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.FixCRLF
 rename=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Rename
-compileTask==org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.CompileTask
+compileTask=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.CompileTask
 
 # optional tasks
 script=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.Script