diff --git a/dev-java/shared-objects/files/build.xml b/dev-java/shared-objects/files/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 77d8d8db8c1e9..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/shared-objects/files/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
-<project basedir="." default="jar">
-  <target name="compile">
-    <mkdir dir="bin"/>
-    <mkdir dir="lib"/>
-    <javac srcdir="shared" destdir="bin">
-      <include name="**/*.java"/>
-      <classpath>
-        <fileset dir="lib">
-          <include name="**/*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-      </classpath>
-    </javac>
-  </target>
-  <target name="jar" depends="compile">
-    <jar destfile="shared-objects.jar">
-      <zipfileset dir="bin"/>
-    </jar>
-  </target>
-</project>