diff --git a/jdk/make/rmic/RmicCommon.gmk b/jdk/make/rmic/RmicCommon.gmk
index 4369fd08bba..8c6affb1015 100644
--- a/jdk/make/rmic/RmicCommon.gmk
+++ b/jdk/make/rmic/RmicCommon.gmk
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ include RMICompilation.gmk
 
 BTRMIC_CP := $(call PathList, \
     $(BUILDTOOLS_OUTPUTDIR)/interim_rmic_classes $(INTERIM_LANGTOOLS_JAR))
-BTRMIC_ARGS := -Xbootclasspath/p:$(BTRMIC_CP) -cp $(BTRMIC_CP)
+BTRMIC_ARGS := -cp $(BTRMIC_CP)
 RMIC := $(JAVA) $(BTRMIC_ARGS) sun.rmi.rmic.Main
 
 CLASSES_DIR := $(JDK_OUTPUTDIR)/modules