diff --git a/src/main/bin/dita.bat b/src/main/bin/dita.bat
index b3b41455eb..50f465b180 100755
--- a/src/main/bin/dita.bat
+++ b/src/main/bin/dita.bat
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if "%_JAVACMD%" == "" set _JAVACMD=java.exe
 
 :runAnt
 rem sun.io.useCanonCaches improves performance in Java 12+ (see https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8207005)
-"%_JAVACMD%" %ANT_OPTS% -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dcli.log-format=fancy -Dcli.color=true -Dsun.io.useCanonCaches=true -classpath "%DITA_HOME%\lib\ant-launcher.jar;%DITA_HOME%\config" "-Dant.home=%DITA_HOME%"  "-Ddita.dir=%DITA_HOME%" org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher %ANT_ARGS% -cp "%CLASSPATH%" %DITA_CMD_LINE_ARGS% -buildfile "%DITA_HOME%\build.xml" -main "org.dita.dost.invoker.Main"
+"%_JAVACMD%" -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dcli.log-format=fancy -Dcli.color=true -Dsun.io.useCanonCaches=true %ANT_OPTS% -classpath "%DITA_HOME%\lib\ant-launcher.jar;%DITA_HOME%\config" "-Dant.home=%DITA_HOME%"  "-Ddita.dir=%DITA_HOME%" org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher %ANT_ARGS% -cp "%CLASSPATH%" %DITA_CMD_LINE_ARGS% -buildfile "%DITA_HOME%\build.xml" -main "org.dita.dost.invoker.Main"
 rem Check the error code of the Ant build
 if not "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" goto onError
 set ANT_ERROR=%ERRORLEVEL%