diff --git a/axis-ant-build.patch b/axis-ant-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5c866c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/axis-ant-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Index: axis-1_4/build.xml
+===================================================================
+--- axis-1_4.orig/build.xml
++++ axis-1_4/build.xml
+@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ Copyright:
+     <depend srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.dest}"
+             cache="${build.dir}/dependencycache" closure="no">
+     </depend>  
++    <presetdef name="javac">
++      <javac includeantruntime="false" />
++    </presetdef>
+     <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.dest}"  nowarn="${nowarn}" debug="${debug}"
+       deprecation="${deprecation}" 
+       source="${source}"
+Index: axis-1_4/tools/build.xml
+===================================================================
+--- axis-1_4.orig/tools/build.xml
++++ axis-1_4/tools/build.xml
+@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Copyright:
+     <fileset dir="${tools.dir}"
+       includes="*-tasks.properties"/>
+     <fileset dir="${tools.dir}" includes="org/**/*.xml"/>
+-    <fileset dir="${tools.dir}" file="log4j.properties"/>
++    <fileset dir="${tools.dir}" includes="log4j.properties"/>
+   </copy>
+   
+   <tstamp/>
diff --git a/axis.changes b/axis.changes
index 83429b2..f039b6a 100644
--- a/axis.changes
+++ b/axis.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 17 10:38:22 UTC 2017 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Disable javadoc
+- Fix build with new ant 1.9.8+
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 18 09:46:02 UTC 2015 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/axis.spec b/axis.spec
index 732dab5..ac12d36 100644
--- a/axis.spec
+++ b/axis.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package axis
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Source8:        axis-schema-1.4.pom
 Patch0:         unimplemented-dom3-methods.patch
 Patch1:         axis-1.4-gcc44_build.patch
 Patch2:         axis-manifest.patch
+Patch3:         axis-ant-build.patch
 BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  ant-jdepend
 BuildRequires:  antlr
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ Requires:       javapackages-tools
 Requires:       jaxp_parser_impl
 Requires:       log4j
 Requires:       wsdl4j
+Obsoletes:      %{name}-javadoc
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
@@ -78,14 +80,6 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Apache Axis is an implementation of the SOAP ("Simple Object Access
 Protocol") submission to W3C.
 
-%package javadoc
-PreReq:         coreutils
-Summary:        Api documentation for axis
-Group:          Documentation/Other
-
-%description javadoc
-Api documentation for axis
-
 %package manual
 Summary:        Manual for axis
 Group:          Documentation/Other
@@ -95,11 +89,11 @@ Manual for axis
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-1_4
-ln -s %{_javadocdir}/%{name} docs/apiDocs
 
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1 -b gcc44-build
 %patch2 -p0
+%patch3 -p1
 
 # Remove provided binaries
 find . -name "*.jar" -exec rm -f {} \;
@@ -113,7 +107,6 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} %{SOURCE2} %{SOURCE3} .
 CLASSPATH=$(build-classpath wsdl4j commons-discovery commons-httpclient3 commons-logging log4j activation javamail servletapi5)
 export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$(build-classpath oro junit jdepend jimi xml-security jsse httpunit jms castor 2>/dev/null)
 export OPT_JAR_LIST="ant/ant-nodeps"
-export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" # necessary for javadoc
 ant -Dcompile.ime=true \
     -Dwsdl4j.jar=$(build-classpath wsdl4j) \
     -Dcommons-discovery.jar=$(build-classpath commons-discovery) \
@@ -130,7 +123,7 @@ ant -Dcompile.ime=true \
     -Djsse.jar=$(build-classpath jsse/jsse 2>/dev/null) \
     -Dant.build.javac.source=1.4 \
     -Dant.build.javac.target=1.4 \
-    clean compile javadocs
+    clean compile
 
 %install
 ### Jar files
@@ -140,10 +133,6 @@ pushd build/lib
            %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}
 popd
 
-### Javadoc
-install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
-cp -pr build/javadocs/* %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
-
 # POMs
 install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mavenpomdir}
 install -m 644 %{S:4} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP.%{name}-axis.pom
@@ -165,11 +154,6 @@ install -m 644 %{S:7} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP.%{name}-saaj.pom
 %{_mavenpomdir}/*.pom
 %{_datadir}/maven-metadata/%{name}.xml
 
-%files javadoc
-%defattr(0644,root,root,0755)
-%dir %{_javadocdir}/%{name}
-%{_javadocdir}/%{name}/*
-
 %files manual
 %defattr(0644,root,root,0755)
 %doc docs/*