diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/default.nix
index 97483e2a016..19c664c2ea7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/default.nix
@@ -81,6 +81,28 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     homepage = http://ant.apache.org/;
     description = "A Java-based build tool";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool.  In theory, it is kind of like
+      Make, but without Make's wrinkles.
+
+      Why another build tool when there is already make, gnumake, nmake, jam,
+      and others? Because all those tools have limitations that Ant's
+      original author couldn't live with when developing software across
+      multiple platforms.  Make-like tools are inherently shell-based -- they
+      evaluate a set of dependencies, then execute commands not unlike what
+      you would issue in a shell.  This means that you can easily extend
+      these tools by using or writing any program for the OS that you are
+      working on.  However, this also means that you limit yourself to the
+      OS, or at least the OS type such as Unix, that you are working on.
+
+      Ant is different.  Instead of a model where it is extended with
+      shell-based commands, Ant is extended using Java classes.  Instead of
+      writing shell commands, the configuration files are XML-based, calling
+      out a target tree where various tasks get executed.  Each task is run
+      by an object that implements a particular Task interface.
+    '';
+
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/from-source.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/from-source.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 14213415ff8..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/from-source.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, gcj, junit }:
-
-let version = "1.7.1"; in
-
-/* TODO: Once we have Icedtea, use this Nix expression to build Ant with
-   Sun's javac.  */
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "ant-gcj-${version}";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://apache/ant/source/apache-ant-${version}-src.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "19pvqvgkxgpgsqm4lvbki5sm0z84kxmykdqicvfad47gc1r9mi2d";
-  };
-
-  patches = [ ./use-gcj.patch ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ gcj junit ];
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    mkdir -p "tool-aliases/bin"
-    cd "tool-aliases/bin"
-    cat > javac <<EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-opts="-C"
-echo 'running \`gcj '"\$opts \$@'..."
-exec "$(type -P gcj)" \$opts \$@
-EOF
-    chmod +x javac
-    ln -sv $(type -P gij) java
-    export PATH="$PWD:$PATH"
-
-    cd ../..
-    export JAVA_HOME="$PWD/tool-aliases"
-
-    # Make JUnit visible.
-    export CLASSPATH="$(find ${junit} -name \*.jar -printf "%p:")"
-  '';
-
-  # Note: We don't build the javadoc.
-  buildPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p "$out"
-    ./build.sh -Dant.install="$out" install-lite
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    # Actually, everything is already installed at this point, so we just
-    # rearrange a few things.
-    rm -v "$out/bin/"*.bat
-
-    mkdir -p "$out/lib/java"
-    mv -v "$out/lib/"*.jar "$out/lib/java"
-    sed -i "$out/bin/ant" \
-        -e "s|^ANT_LIB=.*$|ANT_LIB=$out/lib/java|g ;
-            s|JAVACMD=java.*$|JAVACMD=${gcj}/lib/jvm/bin/java|g ;
-            /^ant_exec_command/i export ANT_HOME=$out"
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Java-based build tool";
-
-    longDescription = ''
-      Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool.  In theory, it is kind of like
-      Make, but without Make's wrinkles.
-
-      Why another build tool when there is already make, gnumake, nmake, jam,
-      and others? Because all those tools have limitations that Ant's
-      original author couldn't live with when developing software across
-      multiple platforms.  Make-like tools are inherently shell-based -- they
-      evaluate a set of dependencies, then execute commands not unlike what
-      you would issue in a shell.  This means that you can easily extend
-      these tools by using or writing any program for the OS that you are
-      working on.  However, this also means that you limit yourself to the
-      OS, or at least the OS type such as Unix, that you are working on.
-
-      Ant is different.  Instead of a model where it is extended with
-      shell-based commands, Ant is extended using Java classes.  Instead of
-      writing shell commands, the configuration files are XML-based, calling
-      out a target tree where various tasks get executed.  Each task is run
-      by an object that implements a particular Task interface.
-    '';
-
-    homepage = http://ant.apache.org/;
-
-    license = "APLv2";
-
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu;  # arbitrary choice
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/use-gcj.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/use-gcj.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index db82d3ba689..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/use-gcj.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Setting `java.compiler' or `build.compiler' in `build.properties' isn't enough.
-
---- apache-ant-1.7.1/build.xml	2008-06-27 07:05:23.000000000 +0200
-+++ apache-ant-1.7.1/build.xml	2009-09-24 15:10:53.000000000 +0200
-@@ -578,12 +578,7 @@
-       classname="com.jcraft.jsch.Session"
-       classpathref="classpath"/>
- 
--    <condition property="build.compiler" value="classic">
--      <not>
--        <isset property="jdk1.3+"/>
--      </not>
--    </condition>
--    <property name="build.compiler" value="modern"/>
-+    <property name="build.compiler" value="gcj"/>
- 
-     <!--check for XSD support in the parser-->
-     <condition property="xmlschema.present">
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c038b38acf7..0f0bf7ea1b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3444,11 +3444,6 @@ let
 
   apacheAnt = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant { };
 
-  apacheAntGcj = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/from-source.nix {
-    # must be either pre-built or built with GCJ *alone*
-    gcj = gcj.gcc; # use the raw GCJ, which has ${gcj}/lib/jvm
-  };
-
   astyle = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/astyle { };
 
   autobuild = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/autobuild { };
@@ -5558,7 +5553,6 @@ let
   redland = pkgs.librdf_redland;
 
   rhino = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/rhino {
-    ant = apacheAntGcj;
     javac = gcj;
     jvm = gcj;
   };