diff --git a/build.bat b/build.bat
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--- a/build.bat
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-@echo off
-
-REM  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-REM  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-REM  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-REM  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-REM  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-REM  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-REM 
-REM      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-REM 
-REM  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-REM  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-REM  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-REM  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-REM  limitations under the License.
-
-set REAL_ANT_HOME=%ANT_HOME%
-set ANT_HOME=%~dp0\bootstrap
-if exist bootstrap\lib\ant.jar if exist bootstrap\bin\ant.bat if exist bootstrap\bin\lcp.bat if exist bootstrap\bin\antRun.bat goto runAnt
-call bootstrap.bat
-if exist bootstrap\lib\ant.jar if exist bootstrap\bin\ant.bat if exist bootstrap\bin\lcp.bat if exist bootstrap\bin\antRun.bat goto runAnt
-echo Bootstrap FAILED
-REM set the error code
-color 00
-goto cleanup
-
-:runAnt
-if not "%REAL_ANT_HOME%" == "" goto install_ant
-call bootstrap\bin\ant.bat -lib lib/optional %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
-goto cleanup
-
-:install_ant
-call bootstrap\bin\ant.bat -nouserlib -lib lib/optional -Dant.install="%REAL_ANT_HOME%" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
-
-rem clean up
-:cleanup
-set ANT_HOME=%REAL_ANT_HOME%
-set REAL_ANT_HOME=
-