diff --git a/plexus-velocity-build.xml b/plexus-velocity-build.xml
index 8a92dc3..3a06f44 100644
--- a/plexus-velocity-build.xml
+++ b/plexus-velocity-build.xml
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@
   <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"/>
 
   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
@@ -82,104 +79,6 @@
     </copy>
   </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}"
-           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="${build.testDir}">
-          <include name="**/Test*.java"/>
-          <include name="**/*Test.java"/>
-          <include name="**/*TestCase.java"/>
-          <exclude name="**/*Abstract*Test.java"/>
-        </fileset>
-      </batchtest>
-      <batchtest todir="${test.reports}" if="test">
-        <fileset dir="${build.testDir}">
-          <include name="**/${test}.java"/>
-          <exclude name="**/*Abstract*Test.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="*"
@@ -207,7 +106,7 @@
   <!-- Package target                                                         -->
   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
 
-  <target name="package" depends="compile,test" description="Package the application">
+  <target name="package" depends="compile" description="Package the application">
     <jar jarfile="${build.dir}/${build.finalName}.jar"
          compress="true"
          index="false"
diff --git a/plexus-velocity.changes b/plexus-velocity.changes
index ec714b0..dfa8c68 100644
--- a/plexus-velocity.changes
+++ b/plexus-velocity.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 29 14:22:10 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Simplify the build file and remove tests which depend on
+  apache-commons-lang
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 22 15:14:41 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/plexus-velocity.spec b/plexus-velocity.spec
index 8e9f5b4..98bed2f 100644
--- a/plexus-velocity.spec
+++ b/plexus-velocity.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #
 
 
-%bcond_with tests
 Name:           plexus-velocity
 Version:        1.2
 Release:        0
@@ -38,14 +37,6 @@ Requires:       mvn(commons-collections:commons-collections)
 Requires:       mvn(org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-container-default)
 Requires:       mvn(velocity:velocity)
 BuildArch:      noarch
-%if %{with tests}
-BuildRequires:  ant-junit
-BuildRequires:  apache-commons-lang
-BuildRequires:  guava
-BuildRequires:  plexus-classworlds
-BuildRequires:  plexus-utils
-BuildRequires:  xbean
-%endif
 
 %description
 This package provides Plexus Velocity component - a wrapper for
@@ -72,16 +63,9 @@ cp -p %{SOURCE2} LICENSE
 
 mkdir -p lib
 build-jar-repository -s lib commons-collections plexus-containers/plexus-container-default velocity
-%if %{with tests}
-build-jar-repository -s lib commons-lang guava/guava plexus/classworlds plexus/utils xbean/xbean-reflect
-%endif
 
 %build
-ant \
-%if %{without tests}
-  -Dtest.skip=true \
-%endif
-  jar javadoc
+ant jar javadoc
 
 %install
 # jar