diff --git a/java/build_ant.sh b/java/build_ant.sh
index c641d6e..89920c7 100755
--- a/java/build_ant.sh
+++ b/java/build_ant.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ tar xf "$dir_download/apache-ant-$version_ant-src.tar.bz2"
 cd "apache-ant-$version_ant"
 patch -p1 -i "$dir_files/apache-ant-1.9.16-fix-java4.patch"
 
+# Avoid weird out-of-memory error on a modern minipc of mine...
+sed -e '/<format property="year" pattern="yyyy"\/>/d' \
+    -e '/tstamp>/d' \
+    -i build.xml
+
 # Build and install
 unset JAVAC JAVACMD CLASSPATH
 export JAVA_HOME="$PWD/../install-gcc/lib/jvm"