diff --git a/pmd-jedit/etc/build.xml b/pmd-jedit/etc/build.xml
index ef77dcf394..fd081c9a0e 100644
--- a/pmd-jedit/etc/build.xml
+++ b/pmd-jedit/etc/build.xml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 	<property name="build" value="build/"/>
 	<property name="pmdjar" value="pmd-1.1.jar"/>
 	<property name="pluginversion" value="2.1"/>
-	<property name="jedit.home" value="c:\Program Files\jEdit 4.1"/>
-	<property name="jedit.jars.dir" value="${jedit.home}\jars"/>
-	<property name="jedit.install.dir"  value="${jedit.jars.dir}"/>
+	<property name="jedit.install.dir" value="c:\Program Files\jEdit 4.1"/>
+	<property name="jedit.jars.dir" value="${jedit.install.dir}\jars"/>
+	<property name="install.dir"  value="${jedit.jars.dir}"/>
 
 
 	<path id="project.class.path">
 		<pathelement location="${jedit.jars.dir}/${pmdjar}"/>
-		<pathelement location="${jedit.home}/jedit.jar"/>
+		<pathelement location="${jedit.install.dir}/jedit.jar"/>
 		<pathelement location="${jedit.jars.dir}/ErrorList.jar"/>
 		<pathelement location="${jedit.jars.dir}/CommonControls.jar"/>
 		<pathelement location="${lib}/jaxen-core-1.0-fcs.jar"/>
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     </target>
 
 	<target name="compile">
-		<mkdir dir="${build}"/>
 		<javac
 			srcdir="${src}"
 			destdir="${build}"
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@
 	</target>
 
     <target name="jar" depends="compile">
+		<mkdir dir="${build}"/>
 		<jar jarfile="${lib}/${ant.project.name}.jar">
 			<fileset dir="${build}"/>
 			<fileset dir="${config}">
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 	<target name="dist" depends="clean">
         <antcall target="jar"/>
-        <copy file="${lib}/${ant.project.name}.jar" todir="${jedit.install.dir}"/>
+        <copy file="${lib}/${ant.project.name}.jar" todir="${install.dir}"/>
 	</target>
 
     <target name="release">