diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 5dc97d90f0dab1a75d697994f3c200f893492ff3..6499795165d7ea313a591f66a5e4f068b568f9ae 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -94,5 +94,6 @@
             </fileset>
         </copy>
         <chmod dir="dist" perm="u=rwx,go=rx" includes="**/*.sh"/>
+        <delete file="dist/README.TXT"/>
     </target>
 </project>