diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/sa.make b/make/linux/makefiles/sa.make
index aba5865494a681273a5dbd0f1480f315041d413a..a58a3c20df1d29afb0a547289bb3bbc8177e4b27 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/sa.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/sa.make
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ all:
 	   $(MAKE) -f sa.make $(GENERATED)/sa-jdi.jar; \
 	fi
 
-$(GENERATED)/sa-jdi.jar: $(AGENT_FILES1) $(AGENT_FILES2) agent_files_preclean
+$(GENERATED)/sa-jdi.jar: $(AGENT_FILES1) $(AGENT_FILES2)
 	$(QUIETLY) echo "Making $@"
 	$(QUIETLY) if [ "$(BOOT_JAVA_HOME)" = "" ]; then \
 	  echo "ALT_BOOTDIR, BOOTDIR or JAVA_HOME needs to be defined to build SA"; \
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@ $(GENERATED)/sa-jdi.jar: $(AGENT_FILES1) $(AGENT_FILES2) agent_files_preclean
 	  mkdir -p $(SA_CLASSDIR);        \
 	fi
 	
+# Note: When indented, make tries to execute the '$(shell' comment.
+# In some environments, cmd processors have limited line length.
+# To prevent the javac invocation in the next block from using
+# a very long cmd line, we use javac's @file-list option. We
+# generate the file lists using make's built-in 'foreach' control
+# flow which also avoids cmd processor line length issues. Since
+# the 'foreach' is done as part of make's macro expansion phase,
+# the initialization of the lists is also done in the same phase
+# using '$(shell rm ...' instead of using the more traditional
+# 'rm ...' rule.
+	$(shell rm -rf $(AGENT_FILES1_LIST) $(AGENT_FILES2_LIST))
 	$(foreach file,$(AGENT_FILES1),$(shell echo $(file) >> $(AGENT_FILES1_LIST)))
 	$(foreach file,$(AGENT_FILES2),$(shell echo $(file) >> $(AGENT_FILES2_LIST)))
 	
@@ -104,9 +115,6 @@ $(GENERATED)/sa-jdi.jar: $(AGENT_FILES1) $(AGENT_FILES2) agent_files_preclean
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOTE) $(RUN.JAVAH) -classpath $(SA_CLASSDIR) -d $(GENERATED) -jni sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.amd64.AMD64ThreadContext
 	$(QUIETLY) $(REMOTE) $(RUN.JAVAH) -classpath $(SA_CLASSDIR) -d $(GENERATED) -jni sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.sparc.SPARCThreadContext
 
-agent_files_preclean:
-	rm -rf $(AGENT_FILES1_LIST) $(AGENT_FILES2_LIST)
-
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(SA_CLASSDIR)
 	rm -rf $(GENERATED)/sa-jdi.jar
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/sa.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/sa.make
index dfe67272a4c286f007daacd4e3835b39fc1d49e3..b81fa3e2d4b2105ad53caa16440c78ec29906856 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/sa.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/sa.make
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ all:
 	   $(MAKE) -f sa.make $(GENERATED)/sa-jdi.jar; \
 	fi
 
-$(GENERATED)/sa-jdi.jar: $(AGENT_FILES1) $(AGENT_FILES2) agent_files_preclean
+$(GENERATED)/sa-jdi.jar: $(AGENT_FILES1) $(AGENT_FILES2)
 	$(QUIETLY) echo "Making $@";
 	$(QUIETLY) if [ "$(BOOT_JAVA_HOME)" = "" ]; then \
 	   echo "ALT_BOOTDIR, BOOTDIR or JAVA_HOME needs to be defined to build SA"; \
@@ -74,6 +74,17 @@ $(GENERATED)/sa-jdi.jar: $(AGENT_FILES1) $(AGENT_FILES2) agent_files_preclean
 	  mkdir -p $(SA_CLASSDIR);        \
 	fi
 	
+# Note: When indented, make tries to execute the '$(shell' comment.
+# In some environments, cmd processors have limited line length.
+# To prevent the javac invocation in the next block from using
+# a very long cmd line, we use javac's @file-list option. We
+# generate the file lists using make's built-in 'foreach' control
+# flow which also avoids cmd processor line length issues. Since
+# the 'foreach' is done as part of make's macro expansion phase,
+# the initialization of the lists is also done in the same phase
+# using '$(shell rm ...' instead of using the more traditional
+# 'rm ...' rule.
+	$(shell rm -rf $(AGENT_FILES1_LIST) $(AGENT_FILES2_LIST))
 	$(foreach file,$(AGENT_FILES1),$(shell echo $(file) >> $(AGENT_FILES1_LIST)))
 	$(foreach file,$(AGENT_FILES2),$(shell echo $(file) >> $(AGENT_FILES2_LIST)))
 	
@@ -92,9 +103,6 @@ $(GENERATED)/sa-jdi.jar: $(AGENT_FILES1) $(AGENT_FILES2) agent_files_preclean
 	$(QUIETLY) $(RUN.JAR) uf $@ -C $(AGENT_SRC_DIR) META-INF/services/com.sun.jdi.connect.Connector
 	$(QUIETLY) $(RUN.JAVAH) -classpath $(SA_CLASSDIR) -d $(GENERATED) -jni sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.proc.ProcDebuggerLocal
 
-agent_files_preclean:
-	rm -rf $(AGENT_FILES1_LIST) $(AGENT_FILES2_LIST)
-
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(SA_CLASSDIR)
 	rm -rf $(GENERATED)/sa-jdi.jar