diff --git a/build/gant.xml b/build/gant.xml
index d4c2782e9973..e6c8b96b8f26 100644
--- a/build/gant.xml
+++ b/build/gant.xml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
   </condition>
 
   <target name="init">
-    <condition property="gradle.executable" value="${project.home}/build/dependencies/gradlew.bat"
-               else="${project.home}/build/dependencies/gradlew">
+    <property name="gradle.home" value="${project.home}/build/dependencies"/>
+    <condition property="gradlew" value="gradlew.bat" else="gradlew">
       <os family="windows"/>
     </condition>
-    <exec executable="${gradle.executable}" dir="${project.home}/build/dependencies" failonerror="true">
+    <exec executable="${gradle.home}/${gradlew}" dir="${gradle.home}" failonerror="true">
       <env key="JAVA_HOME" value="${java.home}"/>
       <arg value="--no-daemon"/>
       <arg value="setupBuildScriptsDeps"/>
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@
 
     <gant file="${gant.script}" target="${gant.target}"/>
   </target>
-</project>
+</project>
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