diff --git a/dev-java/validation-api/files/build.xml b/dev-java/validation-api/files/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d720ce51efcbf..0000000000000
--- a/dev-java/validation-api/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"/>
-		<javac srcdir="src" destdir="bin">
-			<include name="**/*.java"/>
-		</javac>
-	</target>
-	<target name="jar" depends="compile">
-		<jar destfile="validation-api.jar" manifest="src/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF">
-			<zipfileset dir="bin"/>
-		</jar>
-	</target>
-	<target name="doc">
-		<mkdir dir="api"/>
-		<javadoc packagenames="javax.*" destdir="api">
-			<fileset dir="src/" includes="**/*.java"/>
-		</javadoc>
-	</target>
-</project>