diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/apt-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/apt-test.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!--
-  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  limitations under the License.
--->
-<project default="antunit" xmlns:au="antlib:org.apache.ant.antunit">
-  <import file="../antunit-base.xml" />
-  <!-- apt tests -->
-
-  <property name="build.dir" location="aptbuild" />
-  <property name="classes.dir" location="${build.dir}/classes" />
-  <property name="classes2.dir" location="${build.dir}/classes2" />
-  <property name="preprocess.dir" location="${build.dir}/source" />
-  <property name="src" location="apt" />
-
-  <property name="AptExample.class" location="${classes.dir}/AptExample.class" />
-
-  <macrodef name="assertCompiled">
-    <attribute name="file" />
-    <sequential >
-      <fail  message="not found: @{file}">
-        <condition>
-          <not>
-            <available file="@{file}" />
-          </not>
-        </condition>
-      </fail>
-    </sequential>
-  </macrodef>
-
-  <macrodef name="assertProcessed">
-    <sequential>
-      <au:assertLogContains text="DistributedAnnotationProcessor-is-go"/>
-      <au:assertLogContains text="[-Abuild.dir="/>
-      <au:assertLogContains text="visiting DistributedAnnotationFactory"/>
-    </sequential>
-  </macrodef>
-
-  <presetdef name="assertAptExampleCompiled">
-    <assertCompiled file="${AptExample.class}"/>
-  </presetdef>
-
-  <target name="tearDown" depends="antunit-base.tearDown">
-    <delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="setUp">
-    <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${classes2.dir}"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${preprocess.dir}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="testApt" depends="setUp" unless="jdk1.8+">
-    <apt srcdir="${src}"
-         destdir="${classes.dir}"
-         debug="on"
-         compile="true"
-         preprocessdir="${preprocess.dir}">
-    </apt>
-    <assertAptExampleCompiled />
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="testAptFork" depends="setUp" unless="jdk1.8+">
-    <apt srcdir="${src}"
-         destdir="${classes.dir}"
-         debug="on"
-         compile="true"
-         fork="true"
-         preprocessdir="${preprocess.dir}">
-    </apt>
-    <assertAptExampleCompiled />
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="testAptForkFalse" depends="setUp" unless="jdk1.8+">
-    <apt srcdir="${src}"
-         destdir="${classes.dir}"
-         debug="on"
-         compile="true"
-         fork="false"
-         preprocessdir="${preprocess.dir}">
-    </apt>
-    <assertAptExampleCompiled />
-    <au:assertLogContains text="Apt only runs in its own JVM; fork=false option ignored"/>
-
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="testListAnnotationTypes" depends="setUp" unless="jdk1.8+">
-    <apt srcdir="${src}"
-         destdir="${classes.dir}"
-         debug="on"
-         compile="true"
-         preprocessdir="${preprocess.dir}">
-         <compilerarg value="-XListAnnotationTypes" />
-         <compilerarg value="-Xlint:deprecation" /> 
-    </apt>
-  
-    <assertAptExampleCompiled />
-    <au:assertLogContains text="Set of annotations found:"/>
-    <au:assertLogContains text="Distributed"/>
-  </target>
-
-
-  <!-- use the factory we compiled. To avoid trouble
-    we deliver into a version in a new classpath, otherwise
-    the dependency logic will not run Apt-->
-  <target name="testAptNewFactory" depends="testApt" unless="jdk1.8+">
-    <apt srcdir="${src}"
-         destdir="${classes2.dir}"
-         debug="on"
-         compile="true"
-         factory="DistributedAnnotationFactory"
-         preprocessdir="${preprocess.dir}">
-         <factorypath path="${classes.dir}" />
-         <option name="build.dir" value="${build.dir}" />
-    </apt>
-    <assertAptExampleCompiled />
-    <assertProcessed />
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="testAptNewFactoryFork" depends="testApt" unless="jdk1.8+">
-    <apt srcdir="${src}"
-         destdir="${classes2.dir}"
-         debug="on"
-         compile="true"
-         fork="true"
-         factory="DistributedAnnotationFactory"
-         preprocessdir="${preprocess.dir}">
-         <factorypath path="${classes.dir}" />
-         <option name="build.dir" value="${build.dir}" />
-    </apt>
-    <assertAptExampleCompiled />
-    <assertProcessed />
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="testAptUnderJDK18" if="jdk1.8+">
-    <au:expectfailure expectedMessage="apt does not exist under Java 1.8 and higher">
-      <apt srcdir="${src}"
-           destdir="${classes.dir}"
-           debug="on"
-           compile="true"
-           fork="true"
-           preprocessdir="${preprocess.dir}">
-      </apt>
-    </au:expectfailure>
-  </target>
-</project>
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