diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing-trang/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing-trang/default.nix
index 0acc471b701742..49f86ed7df3b65 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing-trang/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing-trang/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ jdk_headless ant saxon ];
+  buildInputs = [ jdk_headless ant ant.hook saxon ];
 
   CLASSPATH = "lib/saxon.jar";
 
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./no-git-during-build.patch
   ];
 
-  preBuild = "ant";
-
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p "$out"/{share/java,bin}
     cp ./build/*.jar ./lib/resolver.jar "$out/share/java/"