diff --git a/core/definitions.mk b/core/definitions.mk
index bdc4fd3..c8ccf3c 100644
--- a/core/definitions.mk
+++ b/core/definitions.mk
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@
 else \
     export tmpEcjArg=""; \
 fi; \
-$(call call-jack,$(PRIVATE_JACK_VM_ARGS),$(PRIVATE_JACK_EXTRA_ARGS)) \
+$(call call-jack,$(PRIVATE_JACK_EXTRA_ARGS)) \
     $(strip $(PRIVATE_JACK_FLAGS)) \
     $(if $(NO_OPTIMIZE_DX), \
         -D jack.dex.optimize="false") \
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@
     $(addprefix --config-jarjar ,$(strip $(PRIVATE_JARJAR_RULES))) \
     $(if $(PRIVATE_JACK_PROGUARD_FLAGS),--config-proguard $@.flags) \
     $$tmpEcjArg \
-    || ( rm -rf $(PRIVATE_CLASSES_JACK); rm -rf $(PRIVATE_JACK_INTERMEDIATES_DIR); exit 41 )
+    || ( rm -rf $(PRIVATE_CLASSES_JACK); exit 41 )
 $(hide) mv $(PRIVATE_JACK_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/classes*.dex $(dir $@)
 $(hide) rm -f $(PRIVATE_JACK_INTERMEDIATES_DIR)/java-source-list
 $(if $(PRIVATE_EXTRA_JAR_ARGS),$(hide) rm -rf $@.res.tmp)
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@
 	$(hide) mkdir -p $@.tmpjill.res
 	$(hide) $(call unzip-jar-files,$<,$@.tmpjill.res)
 	$(hide) find $@.tmpjill.res -iname "*.class" -delete
-	$(hide) $(call call-jack,$(PRIVATE_JACK_VM_ARGS),$(PRIVATE_JACK_EXTRA_ARGS)) \
+	$(hide) $(call call-jack,$(PRIVATE_JACK_EXTRA_ARGS)) \
         -D jack.import.resource.policy=keep-first \
         -D jack.import.type.policy=keep-first \
 	    --import $@.tmpjill.jack \
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@
 else \
     export tmpEcjArg=""; \
 fi; \
-$(call call-jack,$(PRIVATE_JACK_VM_ARGS),$(PRIVATE_JACK_EXTRA_ARGS)) \
+$(call call-jack,$(PRIVATE_JACK_EXTRA_ARGS)) \
     $(strip $(PRIVATE_JACK_FLAGS)) \
     $(if $(NO_OPTIMIZE_DX), \
         -D jack.dex.optimize="false") \