diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties
index 90707d04e..eaba532e4 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jdepend=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.jdepend.JDependTask
 
 # deprecated ant tasks (kept for back compatibility)
 javadoc2=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javadoc
-compileTask=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.CompileTask
+#compileTask=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.CompileTask
 copydir=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Copydir
 copyfile=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Copyfile
 deltree=org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Deltree