diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/schema/buildDefinitions.exsd b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/schema/buildDefinitions.exsd
index ef9fc8138ea..4b659291571 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/schema/buildDefinitions.exsd
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core/schema/buildDefinitions.exsd
@@ -423,18 +423,6 @@
                </documentation>
             </annotation>
          </attribute>
-         <attribute name="pathConverter" type="string">
-            <annotation>
-               <documentation>
-                  Toolchains like Cygwin based Gnu tools can accept paths which are not valid for the OS platform. E.g. &quot;/usr/include&quot; is well difined for a Cygwin gcc compiler while it is not a meaningful path for a java.io.File. Therefore toolchains can specify a pathConverter which will be applied to include and library paths configured in the Managed Build System.
-
-The pathConverter of a toolchain applies for all tools of the toolchain except if a tool defines it&apos;s own pathConverter. In this case the pathConverter supplied by the toolchain is ignored.
-               </documentation>
-               <appInfo>
-                  <meta.attribute kind="java" basedOn="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.IPathConverter"/>
-               </appInfo>
-            </annotation>
-         </attribute>
       </complexType>
    </element>
 
@@ -703,16 +691,6 @@ The pathConverter of a toolchain applies for all tools of the toolchain except i
                </documentation>
             </annotation>
          </attribute>
-         <attribute name="pathConverter" type="string">
-            <annotation>
-               <documentation>
-                  Tools like Cygwin based Gnu tools can accept paths which are not valid for the OS platform. E.g. &quot;/usr/include&quot; is well difined for a Cygwin gcc compiler while it is not a meaningful path for a java.io.File. Therefore tools can specify a pathConverter which will be applied to include and library paths configured in the Managed Build System.
-               </documentation>
-               <appInfo>
-                  <meta.attribute kind="java" basedOn="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.IPathConverter"/>
-               </appInfo>
-            </annotation>
-         </attribute>
       </complexType>
    </element>