diff --git a/ant.spec b/ant.spec
index e2af245..3e8197c 100644
--- a/ant.spec
+++ b/ant.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Source2:        apache-ant-%{version}.ant.conf
 # Fix temp directory used for file containing large command strings (> 4k)
 Patch0:         apache-ant-%{version}.patch
 Patch1:         apache-ant-%{version}-rpm.patch
-Patch2:         apache-ant-javac-ecj.patch
 Requires:       jaxp_parser_impl
 Requires:       jpackage-utils >= 0:1.5
 # XXX make beehive play nice
@@ -311,12 +310,6 @@ Javadoc pour %{name}.
 # Build OPT_JAR_LIST from the contents of /etc/ant.d/
 %patch1 -p1
 
-# fix classpath for java-x.y.z-gcj-compat
-if java -version 2>&1 | grep -q "gcj"; then
-%patch2 -p1
-rm -f src/script/ant.orig
-fi
-
 # clean jar files
 find . -name "*.jar" -exec rm -f {} \;
 
@@ -332,10 +325,6 @@ export CLASSPATH=$(%{_bindir}/build-classpath jaxp_parser_impl xml-commons-apis 
 [ -r %{_sysconfdir}/java/java.conf ] && . %{_sysconfdir}/java/java.conf
 [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=%{_jvmdir}/java
 export JAVA_HOME
-if java -version 2>&1 | grep -q "gcj"; then
-    # make sure we do not use an installed native ant during the build
-    export ANT_OPTS="-Dgnu.gcj.runtime.VMClassLoader.library_control=never"
-fi
 sh build.sh --noconfig jars javadocs
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -572,6 +561,7 @@ fi
 %changelog
 * Tue Mar 29 2005 Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat.com> 0:1.6.2-3jpp_3fc
 - Add NOTICE file as per Apache License version 2.0.
+- Remove some now unnecessary gcj workarounds.
 
 * Thu Jan 20 2005 Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat.com> 0:1.6.2-3jpp_2fc
 - Use jdtcore.jar instead of ecj.jar when running under libgcj.