diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 2dd211c792..14b3839b25 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<project default="run-full-maven">
+<project default="all">
 
   <description>
     The first time you build Maven from source, you have to build Maven without Maven.
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ need different versions of modello.  -->
     </java>
   </target>
 
+  <target name="all" depends="init,extract-assembly,mits"/>
+
   <target name="run-full-maven" depends="init,extract-assembly"
           description="runs the full extracted Maven, now with tests">
     <property name="maven.goals" value="clean install"/>