diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index a10bb8f..0000000
--- a/build.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Don't directly modify this file.
-# Instead, copy it to local.build.properties and edit that.
-#
-project.app=EditionExample
-dist.dir=dist
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diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 968f0db..631eaa6 100755
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,29 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project default="xar" name="EditionExample" basedir=".">
     
-    <!-- import default properties -->
-    <property file="build.properties"/>
+    <!-- import version and name from expath package file -->
     <xmlproperty file="expath-pkg.xml"/>
-    
+
+    <!-- define more properties -->
     <property name="project.version" value="${package(version)}"/>
     <property name="project.name" value="${package(name)}"/>
+    <property name="build.dir" value="dist"/>
+    
+    <!-- define tasks -->
+    <target name="all" depends="xar"/>
+    
+    <!-- create build directory -->
+    <target name="init">
+        <mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
+    </target>
     
-    <target name="xar">
-        <mkdir dir="${dist.dir}"/>
-        <zip basedir="." destfile="${dist.dir}/${project.app}-${project.version}.xar" excludes="${dist.dir}/"/>
+    <!-- create xar file in build directory -->
+    <target name="xar" depends="init">
+        <zip destfile="${build.dir}/${project.name}-${project.version}.xar">
+            <fileset dir=".">
+                <exclude name="${build.dir}/**"/>
+            </fileset>
+        </zip>
     </target>
     
 </project>
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