diff --git a/.github/workflows/ant.yml b/.github/workflows/ant.yml
index 51e90f7e8f..8ac26d323e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ant.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ant.yml
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "noExe=true" >> override.properties
       - name: test Debian build with Ant
         run: ant distclean
-      - name: build mavenCentral deps with Ant
-        run: ant mavenCentral.deps
       - name: build javadoc with Ant
         run: ant distclean javadoc updater
       - name: zip javadoc
@@ -95,8 +93,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "build.built-by=GitHub Actions" >> override.properties
           echo "noExe=true" >> override.properties
           echo "javac.compilerargs=-bootclasspath $HOME/openjdk-7/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/rt.jar:$HOME/openjdk-7/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/jce.jar -Xlint:all" >> override.properties
-      - name: build mavenCentral deps with Ant
-        run: ant mavenCentral.deps
       - name: build Maven dev build with Ant
         run: ./installer/resources/maven-dev-release.sh 1
       - name: Upload servlet-i2p.jar