--- misc/hsqldb/build/build.xml
+++ misc/build/hsqldb/build/build.xml
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
                  optimize="${build.optimize}"
        >
          <classpath>
-            <pathelement location="lib/servlet.jar"/>
+            <pathelement location="/usr/share/java/servlet-api-3.1.jar"/>
          </classpath>
          <include name="*.java"/>
          <include name="org/hsqldb/*.java"/>
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@
 		   				${src}/org/hsqldb/util/RCData.java,
 		   				${src}/org/hsqldb/util/SqlTool.java"
            destdir="${basedir}/doc/src"
-           classpath="${basedir}/lib/servlet.jar;${basedir}/lib/junit.jar"
+           classpath="/usr/share/java/servlet-api-3.1.jar;${basedir}/lib/junit.jar"
            author="true"
            version="false"
            use="true"
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@
       <javadoc packagenames="org.hsqldb.*,org.hsqldb.jdbc.*,org.hsqldb.lib.*,org.hsqldb.util.*"
            sourcepath="${src}"
            destdir="${basedir}/doc/src"
-           classpath="${basedir}/lib/servlet.jar;${basedir}/lib/junit.jar"
+           classpath="/usr/share/java/servlet-api-3.1.jar;${basedir}/lib/junit.jar"
            author="true"
            version="false"
            use="true"
