diff --git a/site/project.xml b/site/project.xml
index 1f58ebf8..e4c60c11 100644
--- a/site/project.xml
+++ b/site/project.xml
@@ -55,14 +55,6 @@
     </developer>
   </developers>
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>ant</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.3-1</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
diff --git a/site/xdocs/changes.xml b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
index deddb4bc..92b4b8e7 100644
--- a/site/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   <body>
 
     <release version="1.5" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="dion" type="update">Remove unneeded ant dependency</action>
     </release>
 
     <release version="1.4" date="2003-11-22">