diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 4a20d0d7d5..ea6c970056 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  <property name="source_comma_sep" value="."/>
  <property environment="env"/>
  <property name="env.PHPUNIT_XML" value="phpunit.xml.dist"/>
- <property name="env.PHPUNIT_XML_HHVM" value="phpunit.xml.hhvm"/>
  <property name="env.PHPUNIT_ARGS" value="--exclude-group selenium"/>
 
  <target name="clean" description="Clean up and create artifact directories">
@@ -34,12 +33,6 @@
   </exec>
  </target>
 
- <target name="phpunit-hhvm" description="Run unit tests using PHPUnit with HHVM specific config">
-  <exec executable="${basedir}/vendor/bin/phpunit" failonerror="true">
-      <arg line="--configuration ${env.PHPUNIT_XML_HHVM} ${env.PHPUNIT_ARGS}"/>
-  </exec>
- </target>
-
  <target name="pdepend" description="Generate jdepend.xml and software metrics charts using PHP_Depend">
   <exec executable="pdepend">
    <arg line="'--jdepend-xml=${basedir}/build/logs/jdepend.xml'