diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.sh b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.sh
index ef57cf2bf41..590e9f01913 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.sh
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,22 @@
 # Contributors:
 #     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 #*******************************************************************************
-umask 0022
 
+# The CDT build script, set up the environment to run the build.xml ant script
+# We are running on build.eclipse.org
+
+# export display for running the tests
+export DISPLAY=:1
+
+# set up to use the Java 5 JRE
+export PATH=/opt/public/common/ibm-java2-ppc-50/bin:$PATH
+
+# make sure we're in the releng project dir 
 cd `dirname $0`
 
+# (TODO why is this here?)
+umask 0022
+
 # Checkout basebuilder to run the build
 mkdir -p tools
 cd tools
@@ -19,27 +31,6 @@ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/eclipse \
 	checkout -r M5_34 org.eclipse.releng.basebuilder
 cd ..
 
-# Mylyn build dependencies
-export mylynTag=R_2_3_2
-mkdir -p mylyn
-cd mylyn
-cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/tools \
-	checkout -r $mylynTag org.eclipse.mylyn/org.eclipse.mylyn.context.core
-cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/tools \
-	checkout -r $mylynTag org.eclipse.mylyn/org.eclipse.mylyn.context.ui
-cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/tools \
-	checkout -r $mylynTag org.eclipse.mylyn/org.eclipse.mylyn.monitor.core
-cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/tools \
-	checkout -r $mylynTag org.eclipse.mylyn/org.eclipse.mylyn.monitor.ui
-cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/tools \
-	checkout -r $mylynTag org.eclipse.mylyn/org.eclipse.mylyn.resources.ui
-cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/tools \
-	checkout -r $mylynTag org.eclipse.mylyn/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.core
-cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/tools \
-	checkout -r $mylynTag org.eclipse.mylyn/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.ui
-cd ..
-mkdir -p results/plugins
-mv mylyn/org.eclipse/mylyn/* results/plugins
-
+# Let's go!
 java -jar tools/org.eclipse.releng.basebuilder/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.jar \
 	-ws gtk -arch ppc -os linux -application org.eclipse.ant.core.antRunner $*
diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml
index 802b411579b..0d1252f4092 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.releng/build.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 	<target name="init">
 		<touch file="${user.home}/.cvspass" />
 		<tstamp/>
+		<property name="eclipseDist" value="/home/data/httpd/download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.4M6-200803301350/eclipse-SDK-3.4M6-linux-gtk-ppc.tar.gz"/>
+		<property name="mylynDist" value="/home/data/httpd/download.eclipse.org/tools/mylyn/update/ganymede/mylyn-2.3.2-e3.4.zip"/>
 		<property name="branchVersion" value="5.0.0"/>
 		<property name="timestamp" value="${DSTAMP}${TSTAMP}" />
 		<property name="forceContextQualifier" value="${timestamp}"/>
@@ -20,7 +22,6 @@
 		<property name="buildDirectory" value="${basedir}/results" />
 		<property name="baseLocation" value="${buildDirectory}/eclipse"/>
 		<property name="pde.build.scripts" value="${eclipse.home}/plugins/org.eclipse.pde.build/scripts"/>
-		<property name="eclipseDist" value="eclipseDist undefined"/>
 		<property name="collectingFolder" value="eclipse"/>
 		<property name="archivePrefix" value="eclipse"/>
 		<property name="buildType" value="I" />
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@
 	
 	<target name="unzip" depends="init" unless="dontUnzip">
 		<untar src="${eclipseDist}" dest="${buildDirectory}" compression="gzip"/>
+		<unzip src="${mylynDist}" dest="${buildDirectory}"/>
 	</target>
 	
 	<target name="zips" depends="init,unzip">