diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 155dd2a2004a..09868b4a3054 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -83,90 +83,5 @@
 	<target name="dist" depends="package-all" description="create distributable war file" />
 	
 	<target name="war" depends="dist" description="create distributable war file" />
-	
-    <target name="create-installer" description="Create Openmrs windows installer (offline by default)" depends="package-all">
-    	
-        <!-- Installer properties -->
-        <property name="dist.installer.dir" value="${dist.dir}/installer"/>
-        <property name="java-setup" value="${installer-dependencies.dir}/${jdk.filename}"/>
-        <property name="mysql-setup" value="${installer-dependencies.dir}/${mysql.filename}"/>
-        <property name="tomcat-setup" value="${installer-dependencies.dir}/${tomcat.filename}"/>
-		    	
-        <condition property="makensis.command" value="C:\Program Files\NSIS\makensis" else="makensis">
-            <os family="windows"></os>
-        </condition>
-        <if>
-            <equals arg1="${installer.mode}" arg2="online"/>
-            <then>
-                <condition property="option.separator" value="/D" else="-D">
-                    <os family="windows"></os>
-                </condition>
-            	
-                <property name="installer.args"
-                          value="${option.separator}TOMCAT_DOWNLOAD_URL=${tomcat.download.url} ${option.separator}MYSQL_DOWNLOAD_URL=${mysql.download.url} ${option.separator}JAVA_6_DOWNLOAD_URL=${jdk.download.url} ${option.separator}OPENMRS_WAR_DOWNLOAD_URL=${openmrs.download.url}"/>
-            </then>
-            <else>
-                <property name="installer.args" value=""/>
-
-                <macrodef name="download">
-                    <attribute name="file" default="NOT SET"/>
-                    <attribute name="message" default="Downloading.."/>
-                    <attribute name="url" default="Downloading.."/>
-                    <sequential>
-                        <mkdir dir="${installer-dependencies.dir}"/>
-                        <available file="@{file}" property="present"/>
-                        <if>
-                            <equals arg1="${present}" arg2="true"/>
-                            <else>
-                                <echo message="@{message}"/>
-                                <get src="@{url}"
-                                     dest="@{file}"/>
-                            </else>
-                        </if>
-                    </sequential>
-                </macrodef>
-
-                <property name="installer.mode" value="offline"/>
-
-                <download file="${java-setup}" message="Downloading Java" url="${jdk.download.url}"/>
-                <download file="${mysql-setup}" message="Downloading MySQL" url="${mysql.download.url}"/>
-                <download file="${tomcat-setup}" message="Downloading Tomcat" url="${tomcat.download.url}"/>
-
-				<mkdir dir="${dist.installer.dir}"/>
-                <copy todir="${dist.installer.dir}" overwrite="true">
-                    <fileset dir="${installer-dependencies.dir}">
-                        <include name="*"/>
-                    </fileset>
-                    <fileset file="${webapp.target}/${webapp.name}.war"/>
-                </copy>
-            </else>
-        </if>
-
-        <property name="nsis.script" value="${dist.installer.dir}/openmrs_${installer.mode}.nsi"/>
-
-        <mkdir dir="${dist.installer.dir}"/>
-
-        <copy todir="${dist.installer.dir}" overwrite="true">
-            <fileset dir="${installer.script.dir}">
-                <include name="*"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </copy>
-
-        <exec executable="${makensis.command}" logError="true" failonerror="true">
-            <arg line="${installer.args} ${nsis.script}"/>
-        </exec>
-
-        <delete>
-            <fileset dir="${dist.installer.dir}" excludes="openmrs-installer.exe"/>
-        </delete>
-        <echo message="${installer.mode} installer has been generated successfully at ${dist.installer.dir} directory!"/>
-    	
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="create-online-installer" description="Create online version of windows installer">
-        <antcall target="create-installer">
-            <param name="installer.mode" value="online"/>
-        </antcall>
-    </target>
     
 </project>