diff --git a/build.bat b/build.bat
index b2a32ed63..db3176e29 100755
--- a/build.bat
+++ b/build.bat
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ set LOCALCLASSPATH=%LOCALCLASSPATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\classes.zip
 set LOCALCLASSPATH=%LOCALCLASSPATH%;.\tools\ant.jar
 set LOCALCLASSPATH=%LOCALCLASSPATH%;.\tools\ant-launcher.jar
 set LOCALCLASSPATH=%LOCALCLASSPATH%;.\tools\ant-junit.jar
-set LOCALCLASSPATH=%LOCALCLASSPATH%;.\tools\xml-apis.jar
-set LOCALCLASSPATH=%LOCALCLASSPATH%;.\tools\xercesImpl.jar
 set LOCALCLASSPATH=%LOCALCLASSPATH%;.\tools\bin\xjavac.jar
 
 echo Building with ant classpath %LOCALCLASSPATH%
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 32035c8fa..cf23551f6 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ LOCALCLASSPATH="$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar:$JAVA_HOME/lib/classes.zip"
 LOCALCLASSPATH="$LOCALCLASSPATH:$LIBDIR/ant.jar"
 LOCALCLASSPATH="$LOCALCLASSPATH:$LIBDIR/ant-launcher.jar"
 LOCALCLASSPATH="$LOCALCLASSPATH:$LIBDIR/ant-junit.jar"
-LOCALCLASSPATH="$LOCALCLASSPATH:$LIBDIR/xml-apis.jar"
-LOCALCLASSPATH="$LOCALCLASSPATH:$LIBDIR/xercesImpl.jar"
 LOCALCLASSPATH="$LOCALCLASSPATH:$LIBDIR/bin/xjavac.jar"