diff --git a/.build/build-resolver.xml b/.build/build-resolver.xml
index 8a413bf15e..de98eed426 100644
--- a/.build/build-resolver.xml
+++ b/.build/build-resolver.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     <!-- details of what version of Resolver ANT Tasks to fetch -->
     <property name="resolver-ant-tasks.version" value="1.3.0" />
-    <property name="resolver-ant-tasks.local" value="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/resolver/maven-resolver-ant-tasks/${resolver-ant-tasks.version}/maven-resolver-ant-tasks-${resolver-ant-tasks.version}.jar"/>
+    <property name="resolver-ant-tasks.local" value="${local.repository}/org/apache/maven/resolver/maven-resolver-ant-tasks/${resolver-ant-tasks.version}/maven-resolver-ant-tasks-${resolver-ant-tasks.version}.jar"/>
     <property name="resolver-ant-tasks.url" value="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/resolver/maven-resolver-ant-tasks" />
     <condition property="resolver-ant-tasks.jar.exists">
         <available file="${resolver-ant-tasks.local}" />
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
     <target name="_resolver_download" unless="resolver-ant-tasks.jar.exists" description="Fetch Resolver ANT Tasks from Maven Central Repository">
         <echo>Downloading Resolver ANT Tasks...</echo>
-        <mkdir dir="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/resolver/maven-resolver-ant-tasks/${resolver-ant-tasks.version}" />
+        <mkdir dir="${local.repository}/org/apache/maven/resolver/maven-resolver-ant-tasks/${resolver-ant-tasks.version}" />
 
         <get src="${resolver-ant-tasks.url}/${resolver-ant-tasks.version}/maven-resolver-ant-tasks-${resolver-ant-tasks.version}-uber.jar"
              dest="${resolver-ant-tasks.local}" usetimestamp="true" quiet="true"/>
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
         </resolver:resolve>
 
         <!-- jacoco agent jar comes wrapped in a jar -->
-        <unzip src="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/jacoco/org.jacoco.agent/${jacoco.version}/org.jacoco.agent-${jacoco.version}.jar" dest="${build.dir.lib}/jars">
+        <unzip src="${local.repository}/org/jacoco/org.jacoco.agent/${jacoco.version}/org.jacoco.agent-${jacoco.version}.jar" dest="${build.dir.lib}/jars">
             <patternset>
                 <include name="*.jar"/>
             </patternset>
@@ -165,18 +165,18 @@
             <dependencies pomRef="thrift-pom"/>
             <files dir="${build.lib}" layout="{artifactId}-{version}-{classifier}.{extension}" scopes="compile,!provide,!system"/>
         </resolver:resolve>
-        <mkdir dir="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin"/>
+        <mkdir dir="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin"/>
         <mkdir dir="${build.lib}/sigar-bin"/>
 
         <!-- files.pythonhosted.org -->
-        <get src="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/59/a0/cf4cd997e1750f0c2d91c6ea5abea218251c43c3581bcc2f118b00baf5cf/futures-2.1.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl" dest="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/futures-2.1.6-py2.py3-none-any.zip" usetimestamp="true" quiet="true" skipexisting="true"/>
-        <get src="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2e/a4/6dcb84af409b7bc0c258a0d6bd7e14231724d9a46b750c048f09d74d870c/six-1.7.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl" dest="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/six-1.7.3-py2.py3-none-any.zip" usetimestamp="true" quiet="true" skipexisting="true"/>
+        <get src="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/59/a0/cf4cd997e1750f0c2d91c6ea5abea218251c43c3581bcc2f118b00baf5cf/futures-2.1.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl" dest="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/futures-2.1.6-py2.py3-none-any.zip" usetimestamp="true" quiet="true" skipexisting="true"/>
+        <get src="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2e/a4/6dcb84af409b7bc0c258a0d6bd7e14231724d9a46b750c048f09d74d870c/six-1.7.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl" dest="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/six-1.7.3-py2.py3-none-any.zip" usetimestamp="true" quiet="true" skipexisting="true"/>
 
         <!-- python-driver -->
-        <get src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/cassandra/${lib.download.sha}/lib/cassandra-driver-internal-only-3.11.0-bb96859b.zip" dest="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/cassandra-driver-internal-only-3.11.0-bb96859b.zip" usetimestamp="true" quiet="true" skipexisting="true"/>
+        <get src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/cassandra/${lib.download.sha}/lib/cassandra-driver-internal-only-3.11.0-bb96859b.zip" dest="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/cassandra-driver-internal-only-3.11.0-bb96859b.zip" usetimestamp="true" quiet="true" skipexisting="true"/>
 
         <!-- apache/cassandra/lib -->
-        <get dest="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/" quiet="true" usetimestamp="true" skipexisting="true">
+        <get dest="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/" quiet="true" usetimestamp="true" skipexisting="true">
             <url url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/cassandra/${lib.download.sha}/lib/sigar-bin/libsigar-amd64-freebsd-6.so"/>
             <url url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/cassandra/${lib.download.sha}/lib/sigar-bin/libsigar-amd64-linux.so"/>
             <url url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/cassandra/${lib.download.sha}/lib/sigar-bin/libsigar-amd64-solaris.so"/>
@@ -202,33 +202,33 @@
         </get>
         
         <copy todir="${build.lib}" quiet="true">
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/futures-2.1.6-py2.py3-none-any.zip"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/cassandra-driver-internal-only-3.11.0-bb96859b.zip"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/six-1.7.3-py2.py3-none-any.zip"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/futures-2.1.6-py2.py3-none-any.zip"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/cassandra-driver-internal-only-3.11.0-bb96859b.zip"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/six-1.7.3-py2.py3-none-any.zip"/>
         </copy>
         <copy todir="${build.lib}/sigar-bin/" quiet="true">
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-amd64-freebsd-6.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-amd64-linux.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-amd64-solaris.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-ia64-hpux-11.sl"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-ia64-linux.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-pa-hpux-11.sl"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-ppc-aix-5.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-ppc-linux.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-ppc64-aix-5.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-ppc64-linux.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-s390x-linux.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-sparc-solaris.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-sparc64-solaris.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-universal-macosx.dylib"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-universal64-macosx.dylib"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-x86-freebsd-5.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-x86-freebsd-6.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-x86-linux.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-x86-solaris.so"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/sigar-amd64-winnt.dll"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/sigar-x86-winnt.dll"/>
-            <file file="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/sigar-x86-winnt.lib"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-amd64-freebsd-6.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-amd64-linux.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-amd64-solaris.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-ia64-hpux-11.sl"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-ia64-linux.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-pa-hpux-11.sl"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-ppc-aix-5.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-ppc-linux.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-ppc64-aix-5.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-ppc64-linux.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-s390x-linux.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-sparc-solaris.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-sparc64-solaris.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-universal-macosx.dylib"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-universal64-macosx.dylib"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-x86-freebsd-5.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-x86-freebsd-6.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-x86-linux.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/libsigar-x86-solaris.so"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/sigar-amd64-winnt.dll"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/sigar-x86-winnt.dll"/>
+            <file file="${local.repository}/org/apache/cassandra/deps/sigar-bin/sigar-x86-winnt.lib"/>
         </copy>
     </target>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 7cc06935ce..b42c8ea56d 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@
               value="${build.src.resources}/org/apache/cassandra/config/" />
     <property name="final.name" value="${ant.project.name}-${version}"/>
 
+    <property name="local.repository" value="${user.home}/.m2/repository" />
+
     <!-- details of what version of Maven ANT Tasks to fetch -->
     <property name="maven-ant-tasks.version" value="2.1.3" />
-    <property name="maven-ant-tasks.local" value="${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/maven-ant-tasks"/>
+    <property name="maven-ant-tasks.local" value="${local.repository}/org/apache/maven/maven-ant-tasks"/>
     <property name="maven-ant-tasks.url"
               value="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-ant-tasks" />
     <!-- details of how and which Maven repository we publish to -->