diff --git a/apache-commons-text-build.xml b/apache-commons-text-build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddb86bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-commons-text-build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<project name="commons-text" default="package" basedir=".">
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Build environment properties                                           -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <property name="project.groupId" value="org.apache.commons"/>
+  <property name="project.artifactId" value="commons-text"/>
+  <property name="project.version" value="1.8"/>
+  
+  <property name="bundle.version" value="${project.version}.0"/>
+
+  <property name="compiler.source" value="1.8"/>
+  <property name="compiler.target" value="${compiler.source}"/>
+
+  <property name="build.finalName" value="${project.artifactId}-${project.version}"/>
+  <property name="build.dir" value="target"/>
+  <property name="build.outputDir" value="${build.dir}/classes"/>
+  <property name="build.srcDir" value="src/main/java"/>
+  <property name="build.resourceDir" value="src/main/resources"/>
+  <property name="build.resourceDir.1" value="."/>
+
+  <property name="reporting.outputDirectory" value="${build.dir}/site"/>
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Defining classpaths                                                    -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <path id="build.classpath">
+    <fileset dir="lib">
+      <include name="**/*"/>
+    </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="${build.outputDir}" 
+           encoding="iso-8859-1" 
+           nowarn="false" 
+           debug="true" 
+           optimize="false" 
+           deprecation="true" 
+           target="${compiler.target}" 
+           verbose="false" 
+           fork="false" 
+           source="${compiler.source}">
+      <src>
+        <pathelement location="${build.srcDir}"/>
+      </src>
+      <classpath refid="build.classpath"/>
+    </javac>
+    <mkdir dir="${build.outputDir}/META-INF"/>
+    <copy todir="${build.outputDir}/META-INF">
+      <fileset dir="${build.resourceDir.1}">
+        <include name="NOTICE.txt"/>
+        <include name="LICENSE.txt"/>
+        <include name="NOTICE"/>
+        <include name="LICENSE"/>
+      </fileset>
+    </copy>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Javadoc target                                                         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="javadoc" description="Generates the Javadoc of the application">
+    <javadoc sourcepath="${build.srcDir}" 
+             packagenames="*" 
+             destdir="${reporting.outputDirectory}/apidocs" 
+             access="protected" 
+             verbose="false" 
+             encoding="iso-8859-1" 
+             version="true" 
+             use="true" 
+             author="true" 
+             splitindex="false" 
+             nodeprecated="false" 
+             nodeprecatedlist="false" 
+             notree="false" 
+             noindex="false" 
+             nohelp="false" 
+             nonavbar="false" 
+             serialwarn="false" 
+             charset="ISO-8859-1" 
+             source="${compiler.source}" 
+             linksource="true" 
+             breakiterator="false">
+      <classpath refid="build.classpath"/>
+    </javadoc>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+  <!-- Package target                                                         -->
+  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
+
+  <target name="package" depends="compile" description="Package the application">
+    <jar jarfile="${build.dir}/${build.finalName}.jar" 
+         compress="true" 
+         index="false" 
+         basedir="${build.outputDir}" 
+         excludes="**/package.html">
+      <manifest>
+		<attribute name="Automatic-Module-Name" value="org.apache.commons.text"/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-Description" value="Apache Commons Text is a library focused on algorithms working on strings."/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-DocURL" value="https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text"/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-License" value="https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-ManifestVersion" value="2"/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-Name" value="Apache Commons Text"/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-SymbolicName" value="org.apache.commons.commons-text"/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-Vendor" value="The Apache Software Foundation"/>
+		<attribute name="Bundle-Version" value="${bundle.version}"/>
+		<attribute name="Export-Package" value="org.apache.commons.text.diff;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.apache.commons.text.lookup;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.apache.commons.text.matcher;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.apache.commons.text.similarity;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.apache.commons.text.translate;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;,org.apache.commons.text;version=&quot;${project.version}&quot;"/>
+		<attribute name="Implementation-Title" value="Apache Commons Text"/>
+		<attribute name="Implementation-Vendor" value="The Apache Software Foundation"/>
+		<attribute name="Implementation-Version" value="${project.version}"/>
+		<attribute name="Import-Package" value="javax.script,javax.xml.xpath,org.apache.commons.lang3,org.apache.commons.lang3.time,org.xml.sax"/>
+		<attribute name="Include-Resource" value="META-INF/NOTICE.txt=NOTICE.txt,META-INF/LICENSE.txt=LICENSE.txt"/>
+		<attribute name="JavaPackages-ArtifactId" value="${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=${compiler.target}))&quot;"/>
+		<attribute name="Specification-Title" value="Apache Commons Text"/>
+		<attribute name="Specification-Vendor" value="The Apache Software Foundation"/>
+		<attribute name="Specification-Version" value="${project.version}"/>
+      </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/apache-commons-text.changes b/apache-commons-text.changes
index 9a4b42c..e1c30d8 100644
--- a/apache-commons-text.changes
+++ b/apache-commons-text.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 10 14:03:25 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Rewrite build system to build with ant in order to avoid build
+  cycles.
+  * This package is now the dependency of maven-javadoc-plugin
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Nov  9 18:36:06 UTC 2019 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/apache-commons-text.spec b/apache-commons-text.spec
index 87d79ec..5214ec4 100644
--- a/apache-commons-text.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-text.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
-# spec file for package apache-commons-text
+# spec file
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
 URL:            https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text/
 Source0:        http://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/text/source/commons-text-%{version}-src.tar.gz
+Source1:        %{name}-build.xml
+BuildRequires:  ant
+BuildRequires:  apache-commons-lang3
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.8
-BuildRequires:  maven-local
-BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.commons:commons-lang3)
-BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.commons:commons-parent:pom:)
-BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-antrun-plugin)
+BuildRequires:  javapackages-local
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
@@ -46,18 +46,36 @@ This package contains the API documentation for %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n commons-text-%{version}-src
+cp %{SOURCE1} build.xml
+
+%pom_remove_parent
+%pom_xpath_inject pom:project "<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>"
 
 %build
-%{mvn_build} -f -- -Dsource=8
+mkdir -p lib
+build-jar-repository -s lib apache-commons-lang3
+%{ant} package javadoc
 
 %install
-%mvn_install
+# jars
+install -dm 755 %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}
+install -m 0644 target/%{short_name}-%{version}.jar %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}/%{short_name}.jar
+
+# pom
+install -dm 755 %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/%{name}
+install -m 0644 pom.xml %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/%{name}/%{short_name}.pom
+%add_maven_depmap %{name}/%{short_name}.pom %{name}/%{short_name}.jar
+
+# javadoc
+install -dm 755 %{buildroot}/%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
+cp -r target/site/apidocs/* %{buildroot}/%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 %fdupes -s %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}
 
 %files -f .mfiles
 %license LICENSE.txt NOTICE.txt
 
-%files javadoc -f .mfiles-javadoc
+%files javadoc
+%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 %license LICENSE.txt NOTICE.txt
 
 %changelog