diff --git a/asciidoc/release-notes.adoc b/asciidoc/release-notes.adoc
index 2d79a247..72942796 100644
--- a/asciidoc/release-notes.adoc
+++ b/asciidoc/release-notes.adoc
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ For details about the following changes, check our JIRA install at link:https://
 
 *List of changes since Ivy 2.5.0:*
 
+- BREAKING: Removed old fr\jayasoft\ivy\ant\antlib.xml AntLib definition file (jira:IVY-1612)
 - FIX:
 
-
 - IMPROVEMENT:
 
 - NEW:
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Here is the list of people who have contributed source code and documentation up
 * Gintautas Grigelionis
 * Xavier Hanin
 * Nicolas Lalevée
+* Jan Matèrne 
 * Jaikiran Pai
 * Jon Schneider
 * Gilles Scokart
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index f9141796..9352b70b 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -259,10 +259,6 @@
                 <exclude name="**/*.java"/>
             </fileset>
         </copy>
-
-        <!-- copy antlib for backward compatibility with fr.jayasoft.ivy package -->
-        <copy file="${ant.classes.build.dir}/org/apache/ivy/ant/antlib.xml"
-                todir="${ant.classes.build.dir}/fr/jayasoft/ivy/ant"/>
     </target>
 
     <target name="compile-optional" depends="compile-ant">