diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 690792001..efb1b5d19 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -975,78 +975,7 @@
     </checksum>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="rpm_check">
-    <condition property="rpm.present">
-      <or>
-        <available file="/bin/rpm" />
-        <available file="/usr/local/bin/rpm" />
-        <available file="rpm" filepath="${env.PATH}" />
-      </or>
-    </condition>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="rpm" description="--> Build the RPM files for ant"
-          depends="prepare, rpm_check"
-          if="rpm.present">
-    <tstamp>
-      <format property="rpmyear" pattern="yyyyMMdd"/>
-      <format property="nightlybuild.dir" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd"/>
-    </tstamp>
-    <property name="rpm.release" value="cvs${rpmyear}"/>
-    <property name="rpm.source" value="nightly/${nightlybuild.dir}/"/>
-
-    <mkdir dir="build/rpm/SPECS"/>
-    <mkdir dir="build/rpm/SOURCES"/>
-    <mkdir dir="build/rpm/BUILD"/>
-    <mkdir dir="build/rpm/RPMS"/>
-    <mkdir dir="build/rpm/SRPMS"/>
-
-    <property name="disttar" location="${dist.base}/bin/${dist.name}-bin.tar.gz"/>
-    <copy file="src/etc/ant.spec" tofile="build/rpm/SPECS/ant.spec">
-      <filterchain refid="ant.filters"/>
-      <filterchain>
-        <replacetokens>
-          <token key="RPM_RELEASE" value="${rpm.release}"/>
-          <token key="RPM_SOURCE" value="${rpm.source}"/>
-          <token key="DIST_TAR" value="${disttar}"/>
-        </replacetokens>
-      </filterchain>
-    </copy>
-    <copy file="src/etc/antsrc.spec" tofile="build/rpm/SPECS/antsrc.spec">
-      <filterchain refid="ant.filters"/>
-      <filterchain>
-        <replacetokens>
-          <token key="RPM_RELEASE" value="${rpm.release}"/>
-          <token key="RPM_SOURCE" value="${rpm.source}"/>
-        </replacetokens>
-      </filterchain>
-    </copy>
-    <rpm topDir="build/rpm"
-         specfile="ant.spec"
-         command="-bb"/>
-
-    <copy file="distribution/src/${dist.name}-src.tar.gz" todir="build/rpm/SOURCES"/>
-    <rpm topDir="build/rpm"
-         specfile="antsrc.spec"
-         command="-bs"/>
-
-    <mkdir dir="${dist.base}/rpms"/>
-    <copy todir="${dist.base}/rpms">
-      <fileset dir="build/rpm/RPMS/noarch"/>
-    </copy>
-    <copy todir="${dist.base}/rpms">
-      <fileset dir="build/rpm/SRPMS"/>
-    </copy>
-    <checksum fileext=".md5">
-      <fileset dir="${dist.base}/rpms/">
-        <include name="**/*" />
-        <exclude name="**/*.asc" />
-        <exclude name="**/*.md5" />
-      </fileset>
-    </checksum>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="distribution" depends="main_distribution, rpm"
+  <target name="distribution" depends="main_distribution"
           description="--> creates the full Apache Ant distribution">
   </target>
 
diff --git a/src/etc/ant.spec b/src/etc/ant.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 95d744ae9..000000000
--- a/src/etc/ant.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-%define	packname    jakarta-ant
-%define	applibdir   /usr/share/ant
-%define dist_tar    @DIST_TAR@
-
-Summary: A Java based build tool.
-Name: ant
-Version: @VERSION@
-Release: @RPM_RELEASE@
-Group: Development/Tools
-Copyright: Apache Software License
-Provides: ant
-Url: http://jakarta.apache.org/ant
-BuildArch: noarch
-Source: http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/@RPM_SOURCE@/src/%{packname}-%{version}-src.tar.gz
-BuildRoot: /var/tmp/ant-root
-Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
-Packager: Apache Software Foundation
-
-%description
-Apache Ant is a platform-independent build tool implemented in Java.
-It is used to build a number of projects including the Apache Jakarta 
-and XML projects.
-
-%prep
-
-%build
-
-%install
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{applibdir}
-cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-tar zxvf %{dist_tar}
-cp -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{packname}-%{version}/bin $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{applibdir}
-cp -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{packname}-%{version}/lib $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{applibdir}
-cp -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{packname}-%{version}/docs $RPM_BUILD_DIR 
-cp -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{packname}-%{version}/LICENSE $RPM_BUILD_DIR 
-cp -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{packname}-%{version}/README $RPM_BUILD_DIR 
-cp -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{packname}-%{version}/KEYS $RPM_BUILD_DIR
-cp -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{packname}-%{version}/WHATSNEW $RPM_BUILD_DIR
-
-%clean
-[ "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != "/" ] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-%post
-
-%preun
-  
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc LICENSE README WHATSNEW KEYS
-%doc docs
-%{applibdir}/lib
-%{applibdir}/bin
-
-
-%changelog
diff --git a/src/etc/antsrc.spec b/src/etc/antsrc.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index b7375a0ef..000000000
--- a/src/etc/antsrc.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-%define	packname    jakarta-ant
-%define	applibdir   /usr/share/ant
-%define manualdir   /usr/share/doc/%{name}
-
-Summary: A Java based build tool.
-Name: ant
-Version: @VERSION@
-Release: @RPM_RELEASE@
-Group: Development/Tools
-Copyright: Apache Software License
-Provides: ant
-Url: http://jakarta.apache.org/ant
-BuildArch: noarch
-Source: http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/@RPM_SOURCE@/src/%{packname}-%{version}-src.tar.gz
-BuildRoot: /var/tmp/ant-root
-Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
-Packager: Apache Software Foundation
-
-%description
-Apache Ant is a platform-independent build tool implemented in Java.
-It is used to build a number of projects including the Apache Jakarta 
-and XML projects.
-
-%prep
-%setup -n %{packname}-%{version}
-
-%build
-sh build.sh
-
-%install
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-export ANT_HOME=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{applibdir} 
-sh build.sh install 
-cp -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{applibdir}/docs $RPM_BUILD_DIR
-cp -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{applibdir}/LICENSE $RPM_BUILD_DIR
-cp -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{applibdir}/README $RPM_BUILD_DIR
-cp -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{applibdir}/WHATSNEW $RPM_BUILD_DIR
-cp -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{applibdir}/KEYS $RPM_BUILD_DIR
-
-%clean
-[ "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != "/" ] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-%post
-
-%preun
-  
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc LICENSE README WHATSNEW KEYS
-%doc docs
-%{applibdir}/lib
-%{applibdir}/bin
-
-%changelog