diff --git a/spring-boot-tests/spring-boot-smoke-tests/spring-boot-smoke-test-ant/build.xml b/spring-boot-tests/spring-boot-smoke-tests/spring-boot-smoke-test-ant/build.xml
index df45ef2f872..c5783617409 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tests/spring-boot-smoke-tests/spring-boot-smoke-test-ant/build.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-tests/spring-boot-smoke-tests/spring-boot-smoke-test-ant/build.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	</target>
 
 	<target name="compile" depends="init" description="compile">
-		<javac srcdir="src/main/java" destdir="build/ant/classes" classpathref="compile.classpath" fork="true" />
+		<javac srcdir="src/main/java" destdir="build/ant/classes" classpathref="compile.classpath" fork="true" includeantruntime="false" />
 	</target>
 
 	<target name="clean" description="cleans all created files/dirs">