diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
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--- a/build.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" ?>
-<project name="pygount" default="dist" basedir=".">
-
-    <description>
-        Build pygount
-    </description>
-
-    <property name="python" value="python3"/>
-    <property name="build" location="build"/>
-    <property name="dist" location="dist"/>
-    <property name="temp" location="test/.temp"/>
-
-    <target name="init">
-        <tstamp/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="bdist_wheel" description="build wheel archive">
-        <exec executable="${python}" failonerror="true">
-            <arg value="setup.py"/>
-            <arg value="bdist_wheel"/>
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="test" description="run test suite">
-        <exec executable="tox" failonerror="true">
-            <arg value="--skip-missing-interpreters"/>
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="dist" depends="bdist_wheel" description="build distribution archives">
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="clean" description="clean up">
-        <delete dir="${build}"/>
-        <delete dir="${dist}"/>
-        <delete dir="${temp}"/>
-        <delete file=".coverage" />
-        <delete file=".pytest_cache" />
-        <delete file="cloc.xml" />
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="jenkins" depends="dist, clean, test" description="build everything needed for Jenkins">
-        <exec executable="bash" failonerror="true" osfamily="unix">
-            <arg file="tests/count_pygount.sh"/>
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-</project>