diff --git a/struts/project.xml b/struts/project.xml
index 5b13dd3a..342134d2 100644
--- a/struts/project.xml
+++ b/struts/project.xml
@@ -72,14 +72,6 @@
         <classloader>root</classloader>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>ant</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.3-1</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root</classloader>
-      </properties>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xerces</groupId>
       <artifactId>xerces</artifactId>
diff --git a/struts/xdocs/changes.xml b/struts/xdocs/changes.xml
index 2add3668..cb19ae16 100644
--- a/struts/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/struts/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
   </properties>
 
   <body>
+    <release version="1.3" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="dion" type="update">
+        Remove unneeded ant dependency
+      </action>
+    </release>
     <release version="1.2" date="2003-09-29">
       <action dev="dion" type="update">
         Upgrade to dom4j 1.4
