diff --git a/snakeyaml-build.xml b/snakeyaml-build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..439c757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snakeyaml-build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<project name="snakeyaml" default="package" basedir=".">
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Build environment properties                                           -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <property file="build.properties"/>
+
+  <property name="project.name" value="SnakeYAML"/>
+  <property name="project.description" value="YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Java"/>
+  <property name="project.groupId" value="org.yaml"/>
+  <property name="project.artifactId" value="snakeyaml"/>
+  <property name="project.version" value="1.17"/>
+  <property name="bundle.version" value="${project.version}.0"/>
+  
+  <property name="compiler.source" value="1.6"/>
+  <property name="compiler.target" value="${compiler.source}"/>
+
+  <property name="build.finalName" value="${project.artifactId}-${project.version}"/>
+  <property name="build.dir" value="target"/>
+  <property name="build.outputDir" value="${build.dir}/classes"/>
+  <property name="build.srcDir" value="src/main/java"/>
+  <property name="build.resourceDir" value="src/main/resources"/>
+  <property name="build.testOutputDir" value="${build.dir}/test-classes"/>
+  <property name="build.testDir" value="src/test/java"/>
+  <property name="build.testResourceDir" value="src/test/resources"/>
+  <property name="test.reports" value="${build.dir}/test-reports"/>
+  <property name="reporting.outputDirectory" value="${build.dir}/site"/>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Defining classpaths                                                    -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <path id="build.classpath">
+    <fileset dir="lib">
+      <!-- base64coder commons-codec -->
+      <include name="**/*"/>
+    </fileset>
+  </path>
+  <path id="build.test.classpath">
+    <!-- base64coder commons-codec junit hamcrest-core velocity
+	     commons-collections commons-lang oro joda-time -->
+    <fileset dir="lib">
+      <include name="**/*.jar"/>
+    </fileset>
+  </path>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Cleaning up target                                                     -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="clean" description="Clean the output directory">
+    <delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Compilation target                                                     -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="compile" description="Compile the code">
+    <mkdir dir="${build.outputDir}"/>
+    <javac destdir="${build.outputDir}" 
+           encoding="UTF-8" 
+           nowarn="false" 
+           debug="true" 
+           optimize="false" 
+           deprecation="true" 
+           target="${compiler.target}" 
+           verbose="false" 
+           fork="false" 
+           source="${compiler.source}">
+      <src>
+        <pathelement location="${build.srcDir}"/>
+      </src>
+      <classpath refid="build.classpath"/>
+    </javac>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Test-compilation target                                                -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="compile-tests" 
+          depends="compile" 
+          description="Compile the test code" 
+          unless="test.skip">
+    <mkdir dir="${build.testOutputDir}"/>
+    <javac destdir="${build.testOutputDir}" 
+           encoding="UTF-8" 
+           nowarn="false" 
+           debug="true" 
+           optimize="false" 
+           deprecation="true" 
+           target="${compiler.target}" 
+           verbose="false" 
+           fork="false" 
+           source="${compiler.source}">
+      <src>
+        <pathelement location="${build.testDir}"/>
+      </src>
+      <classpath>
+        <path refid="build.test.classpath"/>
+        <pathelement location="${build.outputDir}"/>
+      </classpath>
+    </javac>
+    <copy todir="${build.testOutputDir}">
+      <fileset dir="${build.testResourceDir}"/>
+    </copy>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Run all tests                                                          -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="test" 
+          depends="compile-tests, junit-missing" 
+          unless="junit.skipped" 
+          description="Run the test cases">
+    <mkdir dir="${test.reports}"/>
+    <junit printSummary="yes" haltonerror="true" haltonfailure="true" fork="true" dir=".">
+      <sysproperty key="basedir" value="."/>
+      <formatter type="xml"/>
+      <formatter type="plain" usefile="false"/>
+      <classpath>
+        <path refid="build.test.classpath"/>
+        <pathelement location="${build.outputDir}"/>
+        <pathelement location="${build.testOutputDir}"/>
+      </classpath>
+      <batchtest todir="${test.reports}" unless="test">
+        <fileset dir="${build.testDir}">
+          <include name="**/*Test.java"/>
+          <exclude name="**/StressTest.java"/>
+          <exclude name="**/ParallelTest.java"/>
+          <exclude name="**/PyImportTest.java"/>
+          <exclude name="**/AbstractTest.java"/>
+        </fileset>
+      </batchtest>
+      <batchtest todir="${test.reports}" if="test">
+        <fileset dir="${build.testDir}">
+          <include name="**/${test}.java"/>
+          <exclude name="**/StressTest.java"/>
+          <exclude name="**/ParallelTest.java"/>
+          <exclude name="**/PyImportTest.java"/>
+          <exclude name="**/AbstractTest.java"/>
+        </fileset>
+      </batchtest>
+    </junit>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="test-junit-present">
+    <available classname="junit.framework.Test" property="junit.present" classpathref="build.test.classpath"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="test-junit-status" 
+          depends="test-junit-present">
+    <condition property="junit.missing">
+      <and>
+        <isfalse value="${junit.present}"/>
+        <isfalse value="${test.skip}"/>
+      </and>
+    </condition>
+    <condition property="junit.skipped">
+      <or>
+        <isfalse value="${junit.present}"/>
+        <istrue value="${test.skip}"/>
+      </or>
+    </condition>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="junit-missing" 
+          depends="test-junit-status" 
+          if="junit.missing">
+    <echo>=================================== WARNING ===================================</echo>
+    <echo> JUnit is not present in the test classpath or your $ANT_HOME/lib directory. Tests not executed.</echo>
+    <echo>===============================================================================</echo>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Javadoc target                                                         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="javadoc" description="Generates the Javadoc of the application">
+    <javadoc sourcepath="${build.srcDir}" 
+             packagenames="*" 
+             destdir="${reporting.outputDirectory}/apidocs" 
+             access="protected" 
+             source="${compiler.source}" 
+             verbose="false" 
+             version="true" 
+             use="true" 
+             author="true" 
+             splitindex="false" 
+             nodeprecated="false" 
+             nodeprecatedlist="false" 
+             notree="false" 
+             noindex="false" 
+             nohelp="false" 
+             nonavbar="false" 
+             serialwarn="false" 
+             charset="ISO-8859-1" 
+             linksource="false" 
+             breakiterator="false">
+      <classpath refid="build.classpath"/>
+    </javadoc>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Package target                                                         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="package" depends="compile,test" description="Package the application">
+    <jar jarfile="${build.dir}/${build.finalName}.jar" 
+         compress="true" 
+         index="false" 
+         basedir="${build.outputDir}" 
+         excludes="**/package.html">
+      <manifest>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-Description" value="${project.description}"/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-License" value="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-ManifestVersion" value="2"/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-Name" value="${project.name}"/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment" value="J2SE-1.5"/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-SymbolicName" value="${project.groupId}.${project.artifactId}"/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-Version" value="${bundle.version}"/>
+		<attribute name="Export-Package" value="org.yaml.snakeyaml;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.emitter;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.error;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.events;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.extensions.compactnotation;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.introspector;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.reader;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.representer;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.resolver;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.serializer;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.tokens;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.util;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;"/>
+		<attribute name="Import-Package" value="biz.source_code.base64Coder;version=&quot;[1.0,2)&quot;,org.apache.commons.codec.net;version=&quot;[1.11,2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.composer;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.emitter;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.error;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.events;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.introspector;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.reader;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.representer;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.resolver;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.serializer;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.tokens;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;,org.yaml.snakeyaml.util;version=&quot;[${project.version},2)&quot;"/>
+		<attribute name="JavaPackages-ArtifactId" value="${project.artifactId}"/>
+		<attribute name="JavaPackages-GroupId" value="${project.groupId}"/>
+		<attribute name="JavaPackages-Version" value="${project.version}"/>
+		<attribute name="Require-Capability" value="osgi.ee;filter:=&quot;(&amp;(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=${compiler.target}))&quot;"/>
+	  </manifest>
+	</jar>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- A dummy target for the package named after the type it creates         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="jar" depends="package" description="Builds the jar for the application"/>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/snakeyaml.spec b/snakeyaml.spec
index 821b59e..9543cce 100644
--- a/snakeyaml.spec
+++ b/snakeyaml.spec
@@ -17,15 +17,16 @@
 
 
 %global vertag 70abb5efa4c0
-%bcond_with spring
+%bcond_with tests
 Name:           snakeyaml
 Version:        1.17
 Release:        0
 Summary:        YAML parser and emitter for the Java programming language
 License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
-URL:            https://bitbucket.org/asomov/%{name}/
+URL:            https://bitbucket.org/asomov/snakeyaml/
 Source0:        https://bitbucket.org/asomov/snakeyaml/get/v%{version}.tar.bz2#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source1:        %{name}-build.xml
 # Upstream has forked gdata-java and base64 and refuses [1] to
 # consider replacing them by external dependencies.  Bundled libraries
 # need to be removed and their use replaced by system libraries.
@@ -35,15 +36,27 @@ Source0:        https://bitbucket.org/asomov/snakeyaml/get/v%{version}.tar.bz2#/
 Patch0:         0001-Replace-bundled-base64-implementation.patch
 # We don't have gdata-java in Fedora any longer, use commons-codec instead
 Patch1:         0002-Replace-bundled-gdata-java-client-classes-with-commo.patch
+BuildRequires:  ant
+BuildRequires:  apache-commons-codec
+BuildRequires:  base64coder
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
-BuildRequires:  maven-local
-BuildRequires:  mvn(biz.source_code:base64coder)
-BuildRequires:  mvn(commons-codec:commons-codec)
-BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.felix:maven-bundle-plugin)
-BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-source-plugin)
+BuildRequires:  javapackages-local
+Requires:       mvn(biz.source_code:base64coder)
+Requires:       mvn(commons-codec:commons-codec)
 BuildArch:      noarch
-%if %{with spring}
-BuildRequires:  mvn(org.springframework:spring-core)
+%if %{with tests}
+BuildRequires:  ant-junit
+BuildRequires:  apache-commons-collections
+BuildRequires:  apache-commons-lang
+BuildRequires:  hamcrest-core
+BuildRequires:  joda-time
+BuildRequires:  junit
+BuildRequires:  oro
+BuildRequires:  velocity
+# Differently sorted collections make fail some tests that rely on a particular order
+BuildConflicts: java >= 9
+BuildConflicts: java-devel >= 9
+BuildConflicts: java-headless >= 9
 %endif
 
 %description
@@ -65,11 +78,10 @@ This package contains %{summary}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n asomov-%{name}-%{vertag}
+cp %{SOURCE1} build.xml
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
 
-%{mvn_file} : %{name}
-
 %pom_remove_plugin :cobertura-maven-plugin
 %pom_remove_plugin :maven-changes-plugin
 %pom_remove_plugin :maven-license-plugin
@@ -84,9 +96,6 @@ rm -f src/test/java/examples/SpringTest.java
 # Re-add bundled base64coder
 %pom_add_dep biz.source_code:base64coder
 
-# remove bundled stuff
-rm -rf target
-
 # fails in rpmbuild only due to different locale
 rm src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue67/NonAsciiCharsInClassNameTest.java
 # fails after unbundling
@@ -95,22 +104,39 @@ rm src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue318/ContextClassLoaderTest.java
 # convert CR+LF to LF
 sed -i 's/\r//g' LICENSE.txt
 
-%if %{without spring}
 %pom_remove_dep org.springframework
 rm -r src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue9
-%endif
 
 %build
-%{mvn_build} -f -- -Dsource=6
+mkdir -p lib
+build-jar-repository -s lib base64coder commons-codec
+%if %{with tests}
+build-jar-repository -s lib junit hamcrest/core velocity commons-collections commons-lang oro joda-time
+%endif
+%{ant} \
+%if %{without tests}
+  -Dtest.skip=true \
+%endif
+  clean package javadoc
 
 %install
-%mvn_install
+# jar
+install -dm 0755 %{buildroot}%{_javadir}
+install -pm 0644 target/%{name}-%{version}.jar %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}.jar
+# pom
+install -dm 0755 %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}
+install -pm 0644 pom.xml %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/%{name}.pom
+%add_maven_depmap %{name}.pom %{name}.jar
+# javadoc
+install -dm 0755 %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
+cp -pr target/site/apidocs/* %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}/
 %fdupes -s %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}
 
 %files -f .mfiles
 %license LICENSE.txt
 
-%files javadoc -f .mfiles-javadoc
+%files javadoc
 %license LICENSE.txt
+%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 
 %changelog