diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaTargetAttributes.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaTargetAttributes.java
index c60931f6f10fa5..9b219c4fcf3cd1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaTargetAttributes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/java/JavaTargetAttributes.java
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ public Builder addSourceFiles(Iterable<Artifact> sourceFiles) {
 
     @CanIgnoreReturnValue
     public Builder merge(JavaCompilationArgsProvider context, boolean pruneTransitiveDeps) {
-      addCompileTimeClassPathEntries(context.getTransitiveCompileTimeJars());
       addCompileTimeClassPathEntries(
           pruneTransitiveDeps ? context.getDirectCompileTimeJars()
               : context.getTransitiveCompileTimeJars());