diff --git a/gnu/packages/java.scm b/gnu/packages/java.scm
index 9865960285..4bef9612c7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/java.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/java.scm
@@ -490,8 +490,7 @@ (define ecj-bootstrap
              (let ((share (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out")
                                          "/share/java/")))
                (mkdir-p share)
-               (install-file "ecj-bootstrap.jar" share)
-               #t))))))
+               (install-file "ecj-bootstrap.jar" share)))))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("ant-bootstrap" ,ant-bootstrap)
        ("unzip" ,unzip)