diff --git a/ant/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/ant/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index a12a477a..3268a1cf 100644
--- a/ant/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
+++ b/ant/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 <project xmlns:util="jelly:util"
          xmlns:j="jelly:core"
          xmlns:ant="jelly:ant"
-         xmlns:maven="jelly:maven"
          xmlns:assert="assert">
          
   <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-ant">
@@ -32,18 +31,12 @@
 
     <ant:property name="noget" value="noget" />
     <ant:ant/>
-
-    <!-- use relative paths -->    
-    <j:set var="baseDirFile" value="${pom.file.canonicalFile.parentFile}"/>
-    <maven:makeRelativePath basedir="${baseDirFile}" path="${maven.build.dest}" separator="/" var="classesdir"/>
-    <maven:makeRelativePath basedir="${baseDirFile}" path="${maven.test.dest}" separator="/" var="testclassesdir"/>
-
-    <assert:assertFileExists file="${classesdir}/directory-1/file1.properties"/>
-    <assert:assertFileExists file="${classesdir}/file2.properties"/>
-    <assert:assertFileExists file="${testclassesdir}/directory-1/file1.properties"/>
-    <assert:assertFileExists file="${testclassesdir}/file2.properties"/>
+    
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${maven.build.dest}/directory-1/file1.properties"/>
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${maven.build.dest}/file2.properties"/>
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${maven.test.dest}/directory-1/file1.properties"/>
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${maven.test.dest}/file2.properties"/>
 
     <delete file="${basedir}/build.xml"/>
   </goal>
-
 </project>