diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 5039372a1..438832ab9 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -807,15 +807,6 @@
   </target>
 
 
-  <!-- creates an image of this build.xml with ant2svg, see http://www.spiritedsw.com/ant2svg/ for details -->
-  <target name="ant2svg" description="Creates an image of the build.xml with ant2svg">
-    <taskdef name="ant2svg"
-        classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.ant2svg.Ant2SvgTask"/>
-    <ant2svg/>
-    <ant2svg srcfile="build.xml"/>
-    <ant2svg destfile="doc/build_dependencies.svg"/>
-  </target>
-
   <target name="build-jar" depends="compileMain">
     <jar destfile="yacy.jar" basedir="${build}/">
       <manifest>
@@ -824,18 +815,6 @@
     </jar>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="makeWinStartExe" depends="build-jar">
-    <!-- Creates a Windows Executable using JSmooth (http://jsmooth.sf.net) -->
-    <taskdef name="jsmoothgen"
-             classname="net.charabia.jsmoothgen.ant.JSmoothGen"
-             classpath="addon/jsmooth/lib/jsmoothgen-ant.jar" />
-    <jsmoothgen project="addon/jsmooth/yacy.jsmooth" skeletonroot="addon/jsmooth/skeletons" />
-
-    <delete>
-      <fileset dir="${build}" includes="**/*.class" />
-    </delete>
-  </target>
-
 <!--
     Explanation of the confusing Exe Targets:
     -makeWinStartExe creates a windows-program, which starts yacy instead
@@ -850,9 +829,6 @@
     This needs nsis-ant-1.2.jar in the yacyfolder.
 -->
 
-  <target name="distWithWinStartExe" depends="makeWinStartExe,dist">
-  </target>
-
   <target name="rpm" depends="all" description="Creates the main rpm-package and another for lib">
     <mkdir dir="${release}/RPMS/noarch" />
     <mkdir dir="${release}/BUILD" />