diff --git a/local-cli/runAndroid/runAndroid.js b/local-cli/runAndroid/runAndroid.js
index 815c8ebaa74..5cc2b13bc9f 100644
--- a/local-cli/runAndroid/runAndroid.js
+++ b/local-cli/runAndroid/runAndroid.js
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ function startServerInNewWindow() {
   } else if (/^win/.test(process.platform)) {
     procConfig.detached = true;
     procConfig.stdio = 'ignore';
-    return child_process.spawn('cmd.exe', ['/C', 'start', launchPackagerScript], procConfig);
+    return child_process.spawn('cmd.exe', ['/C', launchPackagerScript], procConfig);
   } else {
     console.log(chalk.red(`Cannot start the packager. Unknown platform ${process.platform}`));
   }