diff --git a/bin/lib/create.js b/bin/lib/create.js
index dbdb84f3..1ddab04b 100755
--- a/bin/lib/create.js
+++ b/bin/lib/create.js
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ function runAndroidUpdate(projectPath, target_api, shared) {
 
 function copyAntRules(projectPath) {
     var srcDir = path.join(ROOT, 'bin', 'templates', 'project');
-    shell.cp('-f', path.join(srcDir, 'custom_rules.xml'), projectPath);
+    if (fs.existsSync(path.join(srcDir, 'custom_rules.xml'))) {
+        shell.cp('-f', path.join(srcDir, 'custom_rules.xml'), projectPath);
+    }
 }
 
 function copyScripts(projectPath) {
diff --git a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/build.js b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/build.js
index 9e5172cc..5f100e21 100644
--- a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/build.js
+++ b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/build.js
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ var shell   = require('shelljs'),
     ROOT    = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..');
 
 
-function hasCustomRules() {
-    return fs.existsSync(path.join(ROOT, 'custom_rules.xml'));
-}
 module.exports.getAntArgs = function(cmd) {
     var args = [cmd, '-f', path.join(ROOT, 'build.xml')];
     try {
@@ -39,10 +36,6 @@ module.exports.getAntArgs = function(cmd) {
     } catch(e) {
       // Can't find android; don't push arg: assume all is okay
     }
-    // custom_rules.xml is required for incremental builds.
-    if (hasCustomRules()) {
-        args.push('-Dout.dir=ant-build', '-Dgen.absolute.dir=ant-gen');
-    }
     return args;
 };
 
@@ -66,11 +59,7 @@ module.exports.run = function(build_type) {
         default :
             return Q.reject('Build option \'' + build_type + '\' not recognized.');
     }
-    // Without our custom_rules.xml, we need to clean before building.
     var ret = Q();
-    if (!hasCustomRules()) {
-        ret = require('./clean').run();
-    }
     return ret.then(function() {
         return spawn('ant', args);
     });
@@ -81,12 +70,7 @@ module.exports.run = function(build_type) {
  * the script will error out. (should we error or just return undefined?)
  */
 module.exports.get_apk = function() {
-    var binDir = '';
-    if(!hasCustomRules()) {
-        binDir = path.join(ROOT, 'bin');
-    } else {
-        binDir = path.join(ROOT, 'ant-build');
-    }
+    var binDir = path.join(ROOT, 'bin');
     if (fs.existsSync(binDir)) {
         var candidates = fs.readdirSync(binDir).filter(function(p) {
             // Need to choose between release and debug .apk.
@@ -117,4 +101,4 @@ module.exports.help = function() {
     console.log('    \'--release\': will build project using ant release');
     console.log('    \'--nobuild\': will skip build process (can be used with run command)');
     process.exit(0);
-}
+};
diff --git a/bin/templates/project/custom_rules.xml b/bin/templates/project/custom_rules.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b20e221..00000000
--- a/bin/templates/project/custom_rules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project>
-    <target name="-pre-compile">
-        <!-- Fix library references due to bug in build.xml: See: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-developers/0ivH-YqCjzg -->
-        <pathconvert property="fixedJarsPath" refid="project.all.jars.path">
-          <filtermapper>
-            <replacestring from="/bin/" to="/ant-build/"/>
-            <replacestring from="\bin\" to="\ant-build\"/>
-          </filtermapper>
-        </pathconvert>
-        <path id="project.all.jars.path">
-          <pathelement path="${fixedJarsPath}"/>
-        </path>
-        <echo message="Set jars path to: ${toString:project.all.jars.path}"/>
-    </target>
-    <target name="-post-build">
-        <move file="ant-build/AndroidManifest.xml" tofile="ant-build/AndroidManifest.cordova.xml" failonerror="false" overwrite="true" />
-        <move file="CordovaLib/ant-build/AndroidManifest.xml" tofile="CordovaLib/ant-build/AndroidManifest.cordova.xml" failonerror="false" overwrite="true" />
-    </target>
-</project>
-