--- a/build.xml	(revision 597)
+++ a/build.xml	(working copy)
@@ -207,12 +207,12 @@
 		<property name="svn.version.build" value="unknown"/>
 
 		<propertyfile file="${build.classes}/splitter-version.properties">
-			<entry key="svn.version" value="${svn.version.build}" />
-			<entry key="build.timestamp" value="${build.timestamp}" />
+			<entry key="svn.version" value="@version@" />
+			<entry key="build.timestamp" value="unknown" />
 		</propertyfile>
 	</target>
 
-  <target name="compile" depends="prepare, resolve-compile" description="main compilation">
+  <target name="compile" depends="prepare" description="main compilation">
     <javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build.classes}" debug="yes" includeantruntime="false">
       <include name="**/*.java"/>
       <classpath refid="classpath"/>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
     </javac>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="compile.tests" depends="prepare, resolve-test" description="test compilation">
+  <target name="compile.tests" depends="prepare" description="test compilation">
     <javac srcdir="${test}" destdir="${build.test-classes}" debug="yes" includeantruntime="false">
       <include name="**/*.java"/>
       <classpath refid="test.classpath"/>
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 	  <fail if="junit.failure" message="Test failed.  See test-reports/index.html"/>
 	</target>
 
-  <target name="dist" depends="build, check-version, version-file" description="Make the distribution area">
+  <target name="dist" depends="build, version-file" description="Make the distribution area">
 
     <mkdir dir="${dist}"/>
     <mkdir dir="${dist}/doc/api"/>
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
 	</target>
 
 	<!-- Main -->
-  <target name="build" depends="compile,compile.tests,run.tests">
+  <target name="build" depends="compile">
     <copy todir="${build.classes}">
       <fileset dir="${resources}">
         <include name="*.properties"/>
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
 			ignoreerrors="true"/>
 	</target>
  
-	<target name="run.func-tests" depends="compile,compile.tests,obtain-test-input-files" description="Run the functional tests">
+	<target name="run.func-tests" depends="compile,compile.tests" description="Run the functional tests">
 		<mkdir dir="tmp/report"/>
 		<junit printsummary="yes" failureproperty="junit.failure" forkmode="once">