diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 8fe5e225c..56b1996ab 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@
     <!-- when changing paths here, please also update the paths in /addon/YaCy.app/Contents/Info.plist -->
     <path id="project.class.path">
         <pathelement location="${build}" />
-        <pathelement location="${htroot}" />
         <pathelement location="${lib}/apache-mime4j-0.6.jar" />
     	<pathelement location="${lib}/bcmail-jdk15-1.46.jar" />
     	<pathelement location="${lib}/bcprov-jdk15-1.46.jar" />