diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index d4ad3e6a8a..13f5fdea9f 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <echo message="  updaterSmall:   updater with the essentials only - no SAM, i2psnark, SusiMail, SusiDNS, news.xml, or history.txt" />
         <echo message="  updaterRouter:  updater with the i2p.jar and router.jar only" />
         <echo message="  distclean: clean up all derived files" />
-        <echo message="  syndie:    generate a standalone syndie install" />
+	<!-- <echo message="  syndie:    generate a standalone syndie install" /> -->
         <echo message="  desktopgui: generate a standalone desktopgui install" />
         <echo message="  i2psnark:  generate a standalone i2psnark install" />
         <echo message="  justBOB:  generate a standalone BOB-one.jar" />
@@ -842,10 +842,10 @@
 		<ant dir="router/java/" target="fullclovertest" />
     </target>
 
-    <target name="syndie" >
+    <!-- <target name="syndie" >
         <ant dir="apps/syndie/java/" target="standalone" />
         <copy file="apps/syndie/java/syndie-standalone.zip" todir="." />
-    </target>
+    </target> -->
     <target name="i2psnark" depends="buildProperties" >
         <ant dir="apps/i2psnark/java" target="standalone" />
         <copy file="apps/i2psnark/java/i2psnark-standalone.zip" todir="." />