diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/ant.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/ant.section.md
index 477ded92d06538..90eb0d18efd24d 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/ant.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/ant.section.md
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 [Ant](https://ant.apache.org) is a build system.
 It is primarily used to build Java projects.
 
-The setup hook included with the `ant` package changes `buildPhase` by default.
-The `checkPhase` and `installPhase` phases can be used by setting `doCheck`
-and `doInstall` to `true`, respectively.
+The setup hook included with the `ant` package sets `buildPhase` and `checkPhase`
+by default.
 
 ## `ant` thin wrapper {#ant-thin-wrapper}
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mkgmap/splitter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mkgmap/splitter/default.nix
index c16b97f4a7e9d1..1c3212c898564a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mkgmap/splitter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mkgmap/splitter/default.nix
@@ -57,20 +57,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ jdk ant makeWrapper stripJavaArchivesHook ];
 
-  buildPhase = ''
-    runHook preBuild
-    ant
-    runHook postBuild
-  '';
-
   inherit doCheck;
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    runHook preCheck
-    ant run.tests
-    ant run.func-tests
-    runHook postCheck
-  '';
+  antCheckFlags = [ "run.tests" "run.func-tests" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall