diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 31b1e0e11..e09955c86 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -157,28 +157,6 @@
         </exec>
     </target>
 
-    <!-- Compiles this project's .java files into .class files. -->
-    <target name="compile" depends="-resource-src, -aidl"
-                description="Compiles project's .java files into .class files">
-        <!-- If android rules are used for a test project, its classpath should include
-             tested project's location -->
-        <condition property="extensible.classpath"
-                           value="${tested.project.absolute.dir}/bin/classes" else=".">
-            <isset property="tested.project.absolute.dir" />
-        </condition>
-        <javac encoding="ascii" target="1.5" debug="true" extdirs=""
-                destdir="${out.classes.absolute.dir}"
-                bootclasspathref="android.target.classpath"
-                verbose="${verbose}" classpath="${extensible.classpath}">
-            <src path="${source.absolute.dir}" />
-            <src path="${gen.absolute.dir}" />
-            <classpath>
-                <!-- <fileset dir="${external.libs.absolute.dir}" includes="*.jar" /> -->
-                <fileset dir="compile-only-libs" includes="*.jar" />
-            </classpath>
-        </javac>
-    </target>
-
     <target name="help">
         <!-- displays starts at col 13
               |13                                                              80| -->
diff --git a/default.properties b/default.properties
index 247186a6a..9d536c382 100644
--- a/default.properties
+++ b/default.properties
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 split.density=false
 # Project target.
 target=android-9
+extensible.libs.classpath=compile-only-libs