--- a/build.xml	(revision 4555)
+++ a/build.xml	(working copy)
@@ -222,13 +222,13 @@
 		<property name="svn.version.build" value="none"/>
 
 		<propertyfile file="${build.classes}/mkgmap-version.properties">
-			<entry key="svn.version" value="${svn.version.build}" />
-			<entry key="build.timestamp" value="${build.timestamp}" />
+			<entry key="svn.version" value="@version@" />
+			<entry key="build.timestamp" value="unknown" />
 		</propertyfile>
 	</target>
 
 	<!-- Compile the product itself (no tests). -->
-	<target name="compile" depends="prepare, resolve-compile"
+	<target name="compile" depends="prepare"
 					description="main compilation">
 
 		<javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build.classes}" encoding="utf-8" debug="true" includeantruntime="false">
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 	</target>
 
 	<!-- Compile the test classes -->
-	<target name="build-test" depends="build, resolve-test">
+	<target name="build-test" depends="build">
 		<mkdir dir="${build.test}" />
 		<javac srcdir="${test}" destdir="${build.test}" encoding="utf-8" debug="true" includeantruntime="false">
 			<include name="**/*.java" />
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 		</javac>
 	</target>
 
-	<target name="test" depends="build-test, obtain-test-input-files" description="Run the junit tests">
+	<target name="test" depends="build-test" description="Run the junit tests">
 		<mkdir dir="tmp/report"/>
 		<junit printsummary="yes" failureproperty="junit.failure" forkmode="once">
 
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
 			ignoreerrors="true"/>
 	</target>
 
-	<target name="dist" depends="build, check-version, version-file"
+	<target name="dist" depends="build, version-file"
 					description="Make the distribution area">
 
 		<mkdir dir="${dist}"/>