diff --git a/gnu/packages/java.scm b/gnu/packages/java.scm
index fc524a9642..e28e630b1e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/java.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/java.scm
@@ -411,10 +411,7 @@ (define (repack-archive jar)
                      "\\.jar$"))))
          (delete 'install))))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("jikes" ,jikes)
-       ("jamvm" ,jamvm-1-bootstrap)
-       ("unzip" ,unzip)
-       ("zip" ,zip)))
+     (list jikes jamvm-1-bootstrap unzip zip))
     (home-page "https://ant.apache.org")
     (synopsis "Build tool for Java")
     (description