diff --git a/samples/airline/client/jaxws/build.xml b/samples/airline/client/jaxws/build.xml
index d31ff448..d3f8e694 100644
--- a/samples/airline/client/jaxws/build.xml
+++ b/samples/airline/client/jaxws/build.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 <project name="spring-ws-airline-sample-jax-ws-client" default="build" xmlns:artifact="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
 	<property name="bin.dir" value="bin"/>
 	<property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
-	<property name="gen.dir" value="gen"/>
 	<property name="lib.dir" value="lib"/>
 
 	<target name="init">
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@
 	</target>
 
 	<target name="generate" depends="init">
-		<mkdir dir="${gen.dir}"/>
 		<taskdef name="wsimport" classname="com.sun.tools.ws.ant.WsImport"  classpathref="generate.classpath" />
 		<wsimport wsdl="http://localhost:8080/airline/airline.wsdl" destdir="${bin.dir}"
 			package="org.springframework.ws.samples.airline.client.jaxws"/>