diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d88d0b5c..e8132760 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -157,16 +157,14 @@ executable('android-translation-layer', [
                                         ],
                                         install_rpath: get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir') / 'art:' + get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir') / 'java/dex/android_translation_layer/natives')
 
-# hax.dex (named as classes.dex so it works inside a jar)
+# hax.jar
 subdir('src/api-impl')
-hax_dex = custom_target('hax.dex', build_by_default: true, input: [hax_jar], output: ['classes.dex'],
-                        command: ['dx', '--verbose', '--dex', '--output='+join_paths(builddir_base, 'classes.dex'), hax_jar.full_path()])
 
 # api-impl.jar
-custom_target('api-impl.jar', build_by_default: true, input: [hax_dex], output: ['api-impl.jar'],
+custom_target('api-impl.jar', build_by_default: true, input: [hax_jar], output: ['api-impl.jar'],
               install: true,
               install_dir : get_option('libdir') / 'java/dex/android_translation_layer',
-              command: ['jar', '-cvf', join_paths(builddir_base, 'api-impl.jar'), '-C', builddir_base, hax_dex])
+              command: ['dx', '--dex', '--output='+join_paths(builddir_base, 'api-impl.jar'), hax_jar.full_path()])
 
 #framework-res.apk
 subdir('res')