--- a/src/jdk.jpackage/share/classes/jdk/jpackage/internal/Arguments.java	Mon Feb 25 08:21:37 2019 -0500
+++ b/src/jdk.jpackage/share/classes/jdk/jpackage/internal/Arguments.java	Tue Feb 26 12:03:51 2019 -0500
@@ -494,18 +494,9 @@
     private void initArgumentList(String[] args) throws PackagerException {
         argList = new ArrayList<String>(args.length);
         for (String arg : args) {
-            if (arg.startsWith("@")) {
-                if (arg.length() > 1) {
-                    String filename = arg.substring(1);
-                    argList.addAll(extractArgList(filename));
-                } else {
-                    throw new PackagerException("ERR_InvalidOption", arg);
-                }
-            } else {
-                argList.add(arg);
-            }
+            argList.add(arg);
         }
-        Log.debug ("\nJPackage argument list: \n" + argList + "\n");
+        Log.debug ("\njpackage argument list: \n" + argList + "\n");
         pos = 0;
 
         deployParams = new DeployParams();
@@ -516,47 +507,6 @@
         secondaryLaunchers = new ArrayList<>();
     }
 
-    private List<String> extractArgList(String filename) {
-        List<String> args = new ArrayList<String>();
-        try {
-            File f = new File(filename);
-            if (f.exists()) {
-                List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(f.toPath());
-                for (String line : lines) {
-                    String [] qsplit;
-                    String quote = "\"";
-                    if (line.contains("\"")) {
-                        qsplit = line.split("\"");
-                    } else {
-                        qsplit = line.split("\'");
-                        quote = "\'";
-                    }
-                    for (int i=0; i<qsplit.length; i++) {
-                        // every other qsplit of line is a quoted string
-                        if ((i & 1) == 0) {
-                            // non-quoted string - split by whitespace
-                            String [] newargs = qsplit[i].split("\\s");
-                            for (String newarg : newargs) {
-                                args.add(newarg);
-                            }
-                        } else {
-                            // quoted string - don't split by whitespace
-                            args.add(qsplit[i]);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            } else {
-                Log.info(MessageFormat.format(I18N.getString(
-                        "warning.missing.arg.file"), f));
-            }
-        } catch (IOException ioe) {
-            Log.verbose(ioe.getMessage());
-            Log.verbose(ioe);
-        }
-        return args;
-    }
-
-
     public boolean processArguments() throws Exception {
         try {