diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/java/JavaCompiler.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/java/JavaCompiler.kt
index a401912d..a8b84ec3 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/java/JavaCompiler.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/java/JavaCompiler.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.internal.CompilerActionInfo
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.ICompilerAction
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.JvmCompiler
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.TaskResult
-import com.beust.kobalt.maven.DependencyManager
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.IClasspathDependency
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.log
 import com.google.inject.Inject
@@ -16,8 +15,7 @@ import com.google.inject.Singleton
 import java.io.File
 
 @Singleton
-class JavaCompiler @Inject constructor(val dependencyManager: DependencyManager,
-        val jvmCompiler: JvmCompiler){
+class JavaCompiler @Inject constructor(val jvmCompiler: JvmCompiler) {
     /**
      * Create an ICompilerAction and a CompilerActionInfo suitable to be passed to doCompiler() to perform the
      * actual compilation.
@@ -32,23 +30,21 @@ class JavaCompiler @Inject constructor(val dependencyManager: DependencyManager,
                 val jvm = JavaInfo.create(File(SystemProperties.javaBase))
                 val javac = jvm.javacExecutable
 
-                val args = arrayListOf(
+                val allArgs = arrayListOf(
                         javac!!.absolutePath,
                         "-d", info.outputDir)
-                if (dependencies.size > 0) {
-                    args.add("-classpath")
-                    args.add(info.dependencies.map {it.jarFile.get()}.joinToString(File.pathSeparator))
+                if (info.dependencies.size > 0) {
+                    allArgs.add("-classpath")
+                    allArgs.add(info.dependencies.map {it.jarFile.get()}.joinToString(File.pathSeparator))
                 }
-                args.addAll(info.compilerArgs)
-                args.addAll(info.sourceFiles)
+                allArgs.addAll(info.compilerArgs)
+                allArgs.addAll(info.sourceFiles)
 
-                val pb = ProcessBuilder(args)
-                if (outputDir != null) {
-                    pb.directory(File(outputDir))
-                }
+                val pb = ProcessBuilder(allArgs)
+                pb.directory(File(info.outputDir))
                 pb.inheritIO()
-                val line = args.joinToString(" ")
-                log(1, "  Compiling ${sourceFiles.size} files with classpath size " + info.dependencies.size)
+                val line = allArgs.joinToString(" ")
+                log(1, "  Compiling ${info.sourceFiles.size} files with classpath size " + info.dependencies.size)
                 log(2, "  Compiling ${project?.name}:\n$line")
                 val process = pb.start()
                 val errorCode = process.waitFor()