diff --git a/jh_build b/jh_build
index 51ce5dd..c489a47 100755
--- a/jh_build
+++ b/jh_build
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ init(options => {
 	'no-javadoc' => sub { $build_javadoc = 0; },
 	'clean' => \$do_clean,
 	# Space-separated list of options
-	'javacopts|o=s' => sub { @javac_opts = split(' ', $_[1])},
+	'javacopts=s' => sub { @javac_opts = split(' ', $_[1])},
 	'javadoc-opts=s' => sub { @javadoc_opts = split(' ', $_[1])},
 });