diff --git a/arch/platform/cooja/Makefile.cooja b/arch/platform/cooja/Makefile.cooja
index c79f0396cf7..b3c005ceff7 100644
--- a/arch/platform/cooja/Makefile.cooja
+++ b/arch/platform/cooja/Makefile.cooja
@@ -70,25 +70,14 @@ REDEFINE_PRINTF = 1
 
 ### Assuming simulator quickstart if no JNI library name set from Cooja
 ifndef LIBNAME
-QUICKSTART=1
-endif
-
-### Quickstart simulator
-ifdef QUICKSTART
+ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
 
-# Create COOJA JAR rule
-$(COOJA_DIR)/dist/cooja.jar:
-	@echo "Creating COOJA Java archive..."
-	cd $(COOJA_DIR) && ant jar
+CURDIR := $(shell pwd)
 
-# Quickstart rule
-ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
 .PHONY: $(MAKECMDGOALS)
-.PRECIOUS: $(MAKECMDGOALS)
-$(MAKECMDGOALS): $(COOJA_DIR)/dist/cooja.jar
-	 $(JAVA) -mx512m -jar $< -quickstart='$(firstword $(MAKECMDGOALS))' -contiki='$(CONTIKI)'
+$(MAKECMDGOALS):
+	$(Q)ant -e -logger org.apache.tools.ant.listener.SimpleBigProjectLogger -f $(COOJA_DIR)/build.xml run_bigmem -Dargs="-quickstart=$(addprefix $(CURDIR)/,$(firstword $(MAKECMDGOALS))) -contiki=$(realpath $(CONTIKI)) -logdir=$(CURDIR)"
 endif
-
 endif ## QUICKSTART
 
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