--- checkstyle-5.1.orig/build.xml	2014-04-01 14:50:00.862599675 +0000
+++ checkstyle-5.1/build.xml	2014-04-01 15:39:30.080109023 +0000
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
 
   <!-- To run the tests need Xalan in the classpath -->
   <target name="run.tests"
-          depends="compile.tests,-require.ant17,-require.xalan,compile.testinputs"
+          depends="compile.tests,-require.xalan,compile.testinputs"
           description="Runs the tests for checkstyle">
 
     <mkdir dir="${testreport.dir}"/>
@@ -682,21 +682,6 @@
     </xmlvalidate>
   </target>
 
-  <!-- Targets to verify that ANT version if at least 1.7 -->
-  <target name="-check.ant17">
-    <echo>version is ${ant.version}</echo>
-    <condition property="have.ant17">
-      <or>
-        <contains string="${ant.version}"
-                  substring="Apache Ant version 1.7"/>
-      </or>
-    </condition>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="-require.ant17" depends="-check.ant17" unless="have.ant17">
-    <fail message="Need at least version 1.7 of ANT - you have ${ant.version}"/>
-  </target>
-
   <target name="checkstyle.run" depends="compile.checkstyle"
           description="Runs checkstyle.">
     <taskdef name="checkstyle"