diff --git a/lucene/contrib/memory/build.xml b/lucene/contrib/memory/build.xml
index 8f73d28f708..79c82cde7f5 100644
--- a/lucene/contrib/memory/build.xml
+++ b/lucene/contrib/memory/build.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
 
   <target name="build-queryparser" unless="queryparser.uptodate">
     <echo>Memory building dependency modules/queryparser</echo>
-    <subant target="default">
-      <fileset dir="${common.dir}/../modules/queryparser" includes="build.xml"/>
-    </subant>
+    <ant dir="${common.dir}/../modules/queryparser" target="default" inheritall="false">
+      <propertyset refid="uptodate.and.compiled.properties"/>
+    </ant>
+    <property name="queryparser.uptodate" value="true"/>
   </target>
 </project>