diff --git a/citest/build.sbt b/citest/build.sbt
index 63168c406..81b1532b6 100644
--- a/citest/build.sbt
+++ b/citest/build.sbt
@@ -9,23 +9,19 @@ lazy val root = (project in file("."))
 
       println(xs)
 
-      assert(xs(0) startsWith "Copying runtime jar.")
-      // echo of jar name
-      assert(xs(2) startsWith "[info] Loading project definition")
-      assert(xs(3) startsWith "[info] Loading settings from build.sbt")
-      assert(xs(4) startsWith "[info] Set current project to Hello")
-      assert(xs(5) startsWith "[info] This is sbt")
-      assert(xs(6) startsWith "[info] The current project")
-      assert(xs(7) startsWith "[info] The current project is built against Scala 2.12.4")
+      assert(xs(0) startsWith "[info] Loading project definition")
+      assert(xs(1) startsWith "[info] Loading settings from build.sbt")
+      assert(xs(2) startsWith "[info] Set current project to Hello")
+      assert(xs(3) startsWith "[info] This is sbt")
+      assert(xs(4) startsWith "[info] The current project")
+      assert(xs(5) startsWith "[info] The current project is built against Scala 2.12.4")
 
       val ys = IO.readLines(file("err.txt")).toVector
 
       println(ys)
 
-      assert(ys.size == 4)
-      assert(ys(0) startsWith "Error: Unable to access jarfile")
-      assert(ys(1) startsWith "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.")
-      assert(ys(2) startsWith "Error: Unable to access jarfile")
-      assert(ys(3) startsWith "Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning")
+      assert(ys.size == 2)
+      assert(ys(0) startsWith "Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning")
+      assert(ys(1) startsWith "Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning")
     }
   )
diff --git a/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat b/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat
index 8a43b1fb9..2fec638ac 100644
--- a/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat
+++ b/src/universal/bin/sbt.bat
@@ -131,16 +131,15 @@ exit /B 1
 if /I "%JAVA_VERSION%" GEQ "9" (
   set rtexport="%SBT_HOME%java9-rt-export.jar"
 
-  "%_JAVACMD%" %_JAVA_OPTS% %SBT_OPTS% -jar "%rtexport%" --rt-ext-dir > "%TEMP%.\rtext.txt"
+  "%_JAVACMD%" %_JAVA_OPTS% %SBT_OPTS% -jar "!rtexport!" --rt-ext-dir > "%TEMP%.\rtext.txt"
   set /p java9_ext= < "%TEMP%.\rtext.txt"
-  set java9_rt=%java9_ext%\rt.jar
+  set java9_rt=!java9_ext!\rt.jar
 
-  if not exist "%java9_rt%" (
-    echo Copying runtime jar.
-    mkdir "%java9_ext%"
-    "%_JAVACMD%" %_JAVA_OPTS% %SBT_OPTS% -jar "%rtexport%" "%java9_rt%"
+  if not exist "!java9_rt!" (
+    mkdir "!java9_ext!"
+    "%_JAVACMD%" %_JAVA_OPTS% %SBT_OPTS% -jar "!rtexport!" "!java9_rt!"
   )
-  set _JAVA_OPTS=!_JAVA_OPTS! -Dscala.ext.dirs="%java9_ext%"
+  set _JAVA_OPTS=!_JAVA_OPTS! -Dscala.ext.dirs="!java9_ext!"
 
   rem check to see if a GC has been set in the opts
   echo !_JAVA_OPTS! | findstr /r "Use.*GC" >nul
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ set PRELOAD_SBT_JAR="%UserProfile%\.sbt\preloaded\org.scala-sbt\sbt\%INIT_SBT_VE
 if /I "%JAVA_VERSION%" GEQ "1.8" (
   where robocopy >nul 2>nul
   if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 (
-    echo %PRELOAD_SBT_JAR%
+    REM echo %PRELOAD_SBT_JAR%
     if not exist %PRELOAD_SBT_JAR% (
       if exist "%SBT_HOME%\..\lib\local-preloaded\" (
         echo 'about to robocopy'