diff --git a/avalon-framework.spec b/avalon-framework.spec
index e92989c..5499d6f 100644
--- a/avalon-framework.spec
+++ b/avalon-framework.spec
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ find . -name "*.jar" -exec rm -f {} \;
 %build
 export CLASSPATH=%(build-classpath avalon-logkit junit log4j junit)
 ant all
-ant javadocs
+#ant javadocs
+mkdir target/javadocs && touch target/javadocs/JAVADOC.PLACEHOLDER # XXX
 
 %install
 install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}