diff --git a/trick_source/java/Makefile b/trick_source/java/Makefile
index 5b2b307d..51189267 100644
--- a/trick_source/java/Makefile
+++ b/trick_source/java/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 TRICK_HOME := $(abspath $(dir $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))../..)
 JAVA_BUILD_DIR = ${TRICK_HOME}/libexec/trick/java/build
+
+
 include ${TRICK_HOME}/share/trick/makefiles/Makefile.common
 
-all: ${TRICK_HOME}/libexec/trick/java/build
-	@echo "Java build successful"
-
-${TRICK_HOME}/libexec/trick/java/build:
+all:
 	@echo "Building java application... For details see ${JAVA_BUILD_DIR}/maven.out"
-	@mkdir ${JAVA_BUILD_DIR}
-	@${MVN} package &> ${JAVA_BUILD_DIR}/maven.out
+	@${MVN} -q package
 
 javadoc:
 	${MVN} javadoc:javadoc
 
 clean:
-	@rm -rf ${JAVA_BUILD_DIR}
+	@${MVN} -q clean
 	@echo java build directory cleaned.
-
-