diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 0bda1283ec9e56ae9d372118a9210b512cd3277e..39bb16a94a512256fbff7cbb28bcfd0e50cf1727 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@
 # debian/rules file for libformat-java
 
 export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
-ANT_HOME := /usr/share/ant
-export CLASSPATH=$(ANT_HOME)/lib/ant-launcher.jar:/usr/share/java/jcommon.jar:/usr/share/java/itext.jar:/usr/share/java/jakarta-poi.jar:/usr/share/java/libxml.jar:/usr/share/java/libfonts.jar:/usr/share/java/libloader.jar:/usr/share/java/sac.jar:/usr/share/java/librepository.jar:/usr/share/java/libbase.jar:/usr/share/java/commons-logging.jar:/usr/share/java/flute.jar
+export CLASSPATH=/usr/share/ant/lib/ant-launcher.jar:/usr/share/java/jcommon.jar:/usr/share/java/itext.jar:/usr/share/java/jakarta-poi.jar:/usr/share/java/libxml.jar:/usr/share/java/libfonts.jar:/usr/share/java/libloader.jar:/usr/share/java/sac.jar:/usr/share/java/librepository.jar:/usr/share/java/libbase.jar:/usr/share/java/commons-logging.jar:/usr/share/java/flute.jar
 
-#DEB_ANT_BUILDFILE := build.xml
-#DEB_ANT_BUILD_TARGET := jar javadoc
 DEB_UPSTREAM_VERSION := 0.2.10
 
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