diff --git a/core/java.mk b/core/java.mk
index afc77d6..b951f14 100644
--- a/core/java.mk
+++ b/core/java.mk
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
             $(PRIVATE_JAR_MANIFEST) > $(dir $@)/manifest.mf)
 	$(MERGE_ZIPS) -j --ignore-duplicates $(if $(PRIVATE_JAR_MANIFEST),-m $(dir $@)/manifest.mf) \
             $(if $(PRIVATE_DONT_DELETE_JAR_META_INF),,-stripDir META-INF -zipToNotStrip $<) \
-            $@ $< $(call reverse-list,$(PRIVATE_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARIES))
+            $@ $< $(PRIVATE_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARIES)
 
 ifdef LOCAL_JAR_PROCESSOR
 # LOCAL_JAR_PROCESSOR_ARGS must be evaluated here to set up the rule-local