diff --git a/build-release.xml b/build-release.xml
index 921edc34..278af155 100644
--- a/build-release.xml
+++ b/build-release.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
 			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}" includes="build-for-bin-distrib.xml" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/build.xml"/>
 
 			<zipfileset dir="${artifacts.build.dir}/jars" includes="${final.name}" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy-${build.version}.jar"/>
-			<zipfileset dir="${artifacts.build.dir}/jars" includes="${final.core.name}" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy-core-${build.version}.jar"/>
 		</zip>
 		<tar destfile="${distrib.dir}/${snapshot.full.name}-bin.tar.gz" 
 			compression="gzip" longfile="gnu">
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@
 			<zipfileset dir="${artifacts.build.dir}" includes="ivy.xml" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy.xml"/>
 	
 			<zipfileset dir="${artifacts.build.dir}/jars" includes="${final.name}" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy-${build.version}.jar"/>
-			<zipfileset dir="${artifacts.build.dir}/jars" includes="${final.core.name}" fullpath="${snapshot.full.name}/ivy-core-${build.version}.jar"/>
 
 			<zipfileset dir="${build.dir}/lib" prefix="${snapshot.full.name}/lib" excludes="ant-*.jar" />
 		</zip>
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 5bb71ce2..6ca08a07 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     <property file="build.properties" />
 
     <property name="final.name" value="ivy.jar" />
-    <property name="final.core.name" value="ivy-core.jar" />
     
     <target name="init-ivy-user-home" unless="ivy.use.local.home">
         <condition property="ivy.home" value="${env.IVY_HOME}">
@@ -324,29 +323,9 @@
             <fileset dir="${ant.classes.build.dir}" />
             <fileset dir="${optional.classes.build.dir}" />
         </jar>
-        <jar destfile="${artifacts.build.dir}/jars/${final.core.name}">
-            <metainf dir="${basedir}" includes="LICENSE,NOTICE" />
-            <manifest>
-                <attribute name="Specification-Title" value="Apache Ivy Core (without Ant tasks)" />
-                <attribute name="Specification-Version" value="${build.version}" />
-                <attribute name="Specification-Vendor" value="Apache Software Foundation" />
-                <attribute name="Implementation-Title" value="org.apache.ivy" />
-                <attribute name="Implementation-Version" value="${build.version}" />
-                <attribute name="Implementation-Vendor" value="Apache Software Foundation" />
-                <attribute name="Implementation-Vendor-Id" value="org.apache" />
-                <attribute name="Build-Version" value="${build.version}" />
-            </manifest>
-            <fileset dir="${core.classes.build.dir}" />
-            <fileset dir="${optional.classes.build.dir}" />
-        </jar>
     	<!-- copy main jar to ease its use as an OSGi bundle -->
     	<copy file="${artifacts.build.dir}/jars/${final.name}" 
     		  tofile="${artifacts.build.dir}/org.apache.ivy_${bundle.version}.jar" />
-        <echo  file="${artifacts.build.dir}/readme.txt">The Ivy jars explained${line.separator}
-${line.separator}
-${final.name}    The full Ivy jar, including all Ivy classes.${line.separator}
-${final.core.name}    The Ivy core, eg everything but classes dependent on Ant.${line.separator}
-        </echo>
 
         <!-- clean generated module properties file -->
         <delete file="${core.classes.build.dir}/module.properties" />
@@ -529,16 +508,6 @@ ${final.core.name}    The Ivy core, eg everything but classes dependent on Ant.$
             </manifest>
             <fileset dir="${src.dir}" />
         </jar>
-    	<!-- TODO : we should restrict sources files to the core only -->
-        <jar destfile="${artifacts.build.dir}/sources/${final.core.name}">
-            <metainf dir="${basedir}" includes="LICENSE,NOTICE" />
-            <manifest>
-                <attribute name="Specification-Title" value="Apache Ivy Sources" />
-                <attribute name="Specification-Version" value="${build.version}" />
-                <attribute name="Specification-Vendor" value="Apache Software Foundation" />
-            </manifest>
-            <fileset dir="${src.dir}" />
-        </jar>
 	</target>
 	
     <target name="fixcrlf">
diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
index f7506e6a..9273a3e7 100644
--- a/ivy.xml
+++ b/ivy.xml
@@ -22,24 +22,23 @@
 	       status="integration"
 	/>
 	<configurations>
-		<conf name="core" description="only ivy core, without ant tasks and any dependencies"/>
+		<conf name="core" description="only ivy jar, without any dependencies"/>
 		<conf name="httpclient" extends="core" description="core + optional httpclient for better http handling"/>
 		<conf name="oro" extends="core" description="to use optional glob matcher"/>
 		<conf name="vfs" extends="core" description="core + optional VirtualFileSystem(VFS) support" />
 		<conf name="sftp" extends="core" description="core + optional SFTP support" />
 		<conf name="standalone" extends="core" description="to launch in standalone mode (from command line)"/>
-		<conf name="default" description="full ivy with all dependencies"/>
+		<conf name="ant" extends="core" description="core + ant jar provided as a dependency"/>
+		<conf name="default" extends="core" description="full ivy with all dependencies"/>
 		<conf name="test" description="dependencies used for junit testing ivy" visibility="private" />
 		<conf name="source" description="ivy sources" />
 	</configurations>
 	<publications>
-		<artifact name="ivy" type="jar" conf="default"/>
-		<artifact name="ivy-core" type="jar" conf="core"/>
+		<artifact name="ivy" type="jar" conf="core"/>
 		<artifact name="ivy" type="source" ext="jar" conf="source"/>
-		<artifact name="ivy-core" type="source" ext="jar" conf="source"/>
 	</publications>
 	<dependencies>
-	    <dependency org="ant" name="ant" rev="1.6" conf="default"/>
+	    <dependency org="ant" name="ant" rev="1.6" conf="default,ant->default"/>
 		<dependency org="commons-httpclient" name="commons-httpclient" rev="3.0" conf="default,httpclient->runtime,master" />
 		<dependency org="commons-cli" name="commons-cli" rev="1.0" conf="default,standalone->runtime,master" />
 		<dependency org="oro" name="oro" rev="2.0.8" conf="default,oro->default"/>