diff --git a/gnu/packages/java.scm b/gnu/packages/java.scm
index 5ea3db8eaa..79b73a19e3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/java.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/java.scm
@@ -2000,29 +2000,29 @@ (define (icedtea-or-openjdk? path)
                 (("Generated by javadoc \\(11-internal\\).*$")
                  "Generated by javadoc (11-internal) -->\n")))))))
     (inputs
-     `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
-       ("cups" ,cups)
-       ("fontconfig" ,fontconfig)
-       ("freetype" ,freetype)
-       ("giflib" ,giflib)
-       ("lcms" ,lcms)
-       ("libjpeg" ,libjpeg-turbo)
-       ("libpng" ,libpng)
-       ("libx11" ,libx11)
-       ("libxext" ,libxext)
-       ("libxrandr" ,libxrandr)
-       ("libxrender" ,libxrender)
-       ("libxt" ,libxt)
-       ("libxtst" ,libxtst)))
+     (list alsa-lib
+           cups
+           fontconfig
+           freetype
+           giflib
+           lcms
+           libjpeg-turbo
+           libpng
+           libx11
+           libxext
+           libxrandr
+           libxrender
+           libxt
+           libxtst))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
-       ("openjdk10" ,openjdk10)
-       ("openjdk10:jdk" ,openjdk10 "jdk")
-       ("make" ,gnu-make-4.2)
-       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
-       ("unzip" ,unzip)
-       ("which" ,which)
-       ("zip" ,zip)))
+     (list autoconf
+           openjdk10
+           `(,openjdk10 "jdk")
+           gnu-make-4.2
+           pkg-config
+           unzip
+           which
+           zip))
     (home-page "https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/11/")
     (synopsis "Java development kit")
     (description