diff --git a/contrib/spellchecker/build.xml b/contrib/spellchecker/build.xml
index d6f8917e16a..3f881fbd4e1 100755
--- a/contrib/spellchecker/build.xml
+++ b/contrib/spellchecker/build.xml
@@ -1,156 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
 
-<project basedir="." default="rebuild" name="Spelling checker">
+<project name="spellchecker" default="default">
 
-<property name="lucene.lib" value="d:/dev/lib/lucene.jar"/>
-<property name="lucenetest.lib" value="D:/dev/jakarta-lucene/build/classes/test"/>
+  <description>
+    Spell Checker
+  </description>
 
-
-<property name="name" value="spellchecker"/>
-<property name="Name" value="spellchecker"/>
-<property name="version" value="1.1"/>
-<property name="year" value="2004"/>
-<property name="final.name" value="${name}-${version}"/>
-<property name="java" location="src/java"/>
-<property name="test" location="src/test"/>
-<property name="build.dir" location="build"/>
-<property name="build.java" location="${build.dir}/classes/java"/>
-<property name="build.test" location="${build.dir}/classes/test"/>
-<property name="build.javadocs" location="doc"/>
-<property name="javadoc.link" value="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/"/>
-<property name="javac.debug" value="off"/>
-<property name="junit.output.dir" location="${build.dir}/test"/>
-<property name="junit.reports" location="${build.dir}/test/reports"/>
-
-
-
-   <!-- Build classpath -->
-  <path id="classpath">
-    <pathelement location="${lucene.lib}"/>
-
-    <pathelement location="${build.java}"/>
-  </path>
-
-  <path id="test.classpath">
-    <path refid="classpath"/>
-	<pathelement location="${lucenetest.lib}"/>
-    <pathelement location="${build.dir}/classes/test"/>
-  </path>
-  <!--Patternset to exclude files from the output directory:-->
-
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!-- C O M P I L E                                                      -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!--                                                                    -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <target name="javacompile"
-    description="Compiles core classes">
-    <mkdir dir="${build.java}"/>
-    <javac
-      srcdir="${java}"
-      includes="**/*.java"
-      destdir="${build.java}"
-      debug="${javac.debug}"
-	  optimize="on">
-      <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-    </javac>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!-- J A R                                                              -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!--                                                                    -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <target name="jar"  depends="javacompile" description="Generates the Jar file">
-    <jar 
-	destfile="${build.dir}/${final.name}.jar"
-    basedir="${build.java}" />
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!-- J A V A D O C                                                      -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!--                                                                    -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <target name="javadoc">
-    <mkdir dir="${build.javadocs}"/>
-    <javadoc
-      sourcepath="${java}"
-      overview="src/java/overview.html"
-      packagenames="org.apache.lucene.*"
-      destdir="${build.javadocs}"
-      author="true"
-      version="true"
-      use="true"
-      link="${javadoc.link}"
-      windowtitle="${Name} ${version} API"
-      doctitle="${Name} ${version} API"
-      bottom="Author: Nicolas Maisonneuve (${year})"  >
-      </javadoc>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!-- C L E A N                                                          -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!--                                                                    -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <target name="clean">
-    <delete failonerror="false" includeemptydirs="true">
-      <fileset dir="${build.dir}"/>
-    </delete>
-  </target>
-
-
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!-- B U I L D  T E S T                                                 -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!--                                                                    -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <target name="compile-test" depends="javacompile">
-    <mkdir dir="${build.test}"/>
-    <javac
-      srcdir="${test}"
-      includes="**/*.java"
-      destdir="${build.test}"
-      debug="true">
-      <classpath refid="test.classpath"/>
-    </javac>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!-- R U N  T E S T S                                                   -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!--                                                                    -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <target name="test" depends="compile-test" description="Runs unit tests">
-    <fail unless="junit.present">
-      ##################################################################
-      JUnit not found.
-      Please make sure junit.jar is in ANT_HOME/lib, or made available
-      to Ant using other mechanisms like -lib or CLASSPATH.
-      ##################################################################
-	  </fail>
-    <mkdir dir="${junit.output.dir}"/>
-    <junit printsummary="off" haltonfailure="no"
-      errorProperty="tests.failed" failureProperty="tests.failed">
-      <classpath refid="junit.classpath"/>
-      <sysproperty key="dataDir" file="src/test"/>
-      <sysproperty key="tempDir" file="${build.dir}/test"/>
-      <formatter type="xml"/>
-      <formatter type="brief" usefile="false"/>
-      <batchtest fork="yes" todir="${junit.output.dir}" unless="testcase">
-        <fileset dir="src/test" includes="**/Test*.java"/>
-      </batchtest>
-      <batchtest fork="yes" todir="${junit.output.dir}" if="testcase">
-        <fileset dir="src/test" includes="**/${testcase}.java"/>
-      </batchtest>
-    </junit>
-
-    <fail if="tests.failed">Tests failed!</fail>
-  </target>
-
-  <target depends="javacompile" name="make"/>
-
-  <target depends="clean,make" name="rebuild"/>
-
-</project>
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+  <import file="../common.xml"/>
+</project>