diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index af05897e..503b0f34 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -61,12 +61,10 @@
 			</condition>
 		</fail>
 
+		<property file="${acceptance.properties.file}" prefix="acceptance." />
 		<property name="acceptance.script.directory" location="utilities/acceptance-tests/script"/>
 
-		<property file="${acceptance.properties.file}" prefix="acceptance." />
-
 		<exec executable="ruby" dir="${acceptance.script.directory}" failonerror="true">
-			<redirector output="${acceptance.output_directory}/ant_output.txt" alwayslog="true" />
 			<arg value="run_acceptance_tests.rb" />
 			<arg value="${acceptance.properties.file}" />
 		</exec>