diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/natRuntime.cc b/libjava/java/lang/natRuntime.cc
index 4f6aabd6f218..1e57f50113dc 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/natRuntime.cc
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/natRuntime.cc
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ java::lang::Runtime::insertSystemProperties (java::util::Properties *newprops)
   // The name used to invoke this process (argv[0] in C).
   SET ("gnu.gcj.progname", _Jv_GetSafeArg (0));
 
-  // The the java extensions directory.
+  // The java extensions directory.
   SET ("java.ext.dirs", JAVA_EXT_DIRS);
 
   // Allow platform specific settings and overrides.