diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index f4b122261e..3e4c51ae57 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 .eslintignore export-ignore
 .weblate export-ignore
 codecov.yml export-ignore
-build.xml export-ignore
 infection.json.dist export-ignore
 phpcs.xml.dist export-ignore
 phpstan.neon.dist export-ignore
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e7215e135..0000000000
--- a/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
-<project name="phpMyAdmin" default="build" basedir=".">
- <property name="source" value="."/>
- <property name="source_comma_sep" value="."/>
- <property environment="env"/>
- <property name="env.PHPUNIT_XML" value="phpunit.xml.dist"/>
- <property name="env.PHPUNIT_ARGS" value="--testsuite unit"/>
-
- <target name="clean" description="Clean up and create artifact directories">
-  <delete dir="${basedir}/build/api"/>
-  <delete dir="${basedir}/build/code-browser"/>
-  <delete dir="${basedir}/build/coverage"/>
-  <delete dir="${basedir}/build/logs"/>
-  <delete dir="${basedir}/build/pdepend"/>
-
-  <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/api"/>
-  <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/code-browser"/>
-  <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/coverage"/>
-  <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/logs"/>
-  <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/pdepend"/>
- </target>
-
- <target name="phpunit" description="Run unit tests using PHPUnit and generates junit.xml and clover.xml">
-  <exec executable="${basedir}/vendor/bin/phpunit" failonerror="true">
-      <arg line="--configuration ${env.PHPUNIT_XML} ${env.PHPUNIT_ARGS}"/>
-  </exec>
- </target>
-
- <target name="phpunit-nocoverage" description="Run unit tests using PHPUnit and generates junit.xml">
-  <exec executable="${basedir}/vendor/bin/phpunit" failonerror="true">
-      <arg line="--configuration --no-coverage ${env.PHPUNIT_ARGS}"/>
-  </exec>
- </target>
-
- <target name="pdepend" description="Generate jdepend.xml and software metrics charts using PHP_Depend">
-  <exec executable="pdepend">
-   <arg line="'--jdepend-xml=${basedir}/build/logs/jdepend.xml'
-              '--jdepend-chart=${basedir}/build/pdepend/dependencies.svg'
-              '--overview-pyramid=${basedir}/build/pdepend/overview-pyramid.svg'
-              ${source_comma_sep}" />
-  </exec>
- </target>
-
- <target name="phpmd" description="Generate pmd.xml using PHPMD">
-  <exec executable="phpmd">
-   <arg line="${source_comma_sep}
-              xml
-              codesize,design,naming,unusedcode
-              --exclude test,build,vendor,tmp
-              --reportfile '${basedir}/build/logs/pmd.xml'" />
-  </exec>
- </target>
-
- <target name="phpcpd" description="Generate pmd-cpd.xml using PHPCPD">
-  <exec executable="phpcpd">
-   <arg line="--log-pmd '${basedir}/build/logs/pmd-cpd.xml'
-              --exclude test
-              --exclude tmp
-              --exclude build
-              --exclude vendor
-              ${source}" />
-  </exec>
- </target>
-
- <target name="phploc" description="Generate phploc.csv">
-  <exec executable="phploc">
-   <arg line="--log-csv '${basedir}/build/logs/phploc.csv'
-              --exclude test
-              --exclude build
-              --exclude vendor
-              --exclude tmp
-              ${source}" />
-  </exec>
- </target>
-
- <target name="phpcs-config" description="PHPCS configuration tweaking">
-  <exec executable="${basedir}/vendor/bin/phpcs">
-   <arg line="--config-set installed_paths ${basedir}/vendor/doctrine/coding-standard/lib,${basedir}/vendor/phpmyadmin/coding-standard,${basedir}/vendor/slevomat/coding-standard" />
-  </exec>
- </target>
-
- <target name="phpcs" description="Generate checkstyle.xml using PHP_CodeSniffer excluding third party libraries" depends="phpcs-config">
-  <exec executable="${basedir}/vendor/bin/phpcs">
-   <arg line="
-              --report=checkstyle
-              --report-file='${basedir}/build/logs/checkstyle.xml'
-              ${source}" />
-  </exec>
- </target>
-
- <target name="phpstan" description="Run phpstan static code analysis">
-  <exec executable="${basedir}/vendor/bin/phpstan" failonerror="true">
-      <redirector error="/dev/stdout" output="${basedir}/build/logs/phpstan.xml"/>
-      <arg line="analyse --error-format=checkstyle"/>
-  </exec>
- </target>
-
- <target name="phpdoc" description="Generate API documentation using Doctum">
- <!-- ant phpdoc -Denv.DOCTUM_BIN_PATH="/usr/bin/doctum" -->
- <!-- please use 5.3.0 as a minimum version -->
- <!-- Download the latest 5.x.x version -->
- <!-- curl -o /bin/doctum https://doctum.long-term.support/releases/5/doctum.phar && chmod +x /bin/doctum -->
- <property name="env.DOCTUM_BIN_PATH" value="/bin/doctum"/>
-  <exec executable="${env.DOCTUM_BIN_PATH}" failonerror="true">
-    <redirector error="${basedir}/build/logs/doctum.xml"/>
-    <arg line="--no-interaction update ./test/doctum-config.php -v --force --no-progress --no-ansi --output-format=checkstyle" />
-  </exec>
- </target>
-
- <target name="phpcb" description="Aggregate tool output with PHP_CodeBrowser">
-  <exec executable="phpcb">
-   <arg line="--log    '${basedir}/build/logs'
-              --source '${source}'
-              --output '${basedir}/build/code-browser'" />
-  </exec>
- </target>
-
-<target name="eslint" description="Javascript checks">
-  <apply executable="${basedir}/node_modules/.bin/eslint" output="${basedir}/build/logs/eslint.xml" parallel="true">
-   <arg line="--format=checkstyle js/src" />
-   <fileset dir="${basedir}">
-    <include name="js/src/**/*.js" />
-   </fileset>
-  </apply>
- </target>
-
- <target name="locales" description="Generate locales">
-   <exec executable="./scripts/generate-mo" failonerror="true">
-     <arg line="--quiet" />
-   </exec>
- </target>
-
- <target name="lint" description="Perform syntax check of sourcecode files">
-  <apply executable="php" failonerror="true">
-   <arg value="-l" />
-
-   <fileset dir="${basedir}">
-    <include name="libraries/**/*.php" />
-    <include name="setup/**/*.php" />
-    <include name="test/**/*.php" />
-    <include name="*.php" />
-    <modified />
-   </fileset>
-  </apply>
- </target>
-
- <target name="build" depends="clean,phpunit,pdepend,phpmd,phpcpd,phpcs,phpdoc,phploc,phpcb,lint,eslint,locales"/>
-</project>
diff --git a/scripts/create-release.sh b/scripts/create-release.sh
index 170f33eab4..ca4e0d1fd0 100755
--- a/scripts/create-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-release.sh
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ for kit in $KITS ; do
         rm -r test/
         # Template test files
         rm -r templates/test/
-        rm phpunit.xml.* build.xml
+        rm phpunit.xml.*
         rm .editorconfig .browserslistrc .eslintignore .jshintrc .eslintrc.json .stylelintrc.json psalm.xml psalm-baseline.xml phpstan.neon.dist phpstan-baseline.neon phpcs.xml.dist jest.config.js infection.json.dist
         # Gettext po files (if they where not removed by ./scripts/lang-cleanup.sh)
         rm -rf po