diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index a901b65c671eacf7a649fabf9e8bcd8acac711e8..7d696dd9d1b5ce6eecab67b7367628c861a0d038 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     </target>
 
     <target name="run" depends="dist">
-        <java fork="true" jar="${floodlight-jar}" classpath="${jar}" classpathref="classpath">
+        <java fork="true" jar="${floodlight-jar}" classpathref="classpath">
             <jvmarg value="-server"/>
             <jvmarg value="-Xms1024M"/>
             <jvmarg value="-Xmx1024M"/>