diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
index 295bad80c7..c95a7aa434 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dependency_collector.rb
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ class DependencyCollector
 
   def ant_dep(spec, tags)
     if MacOS.version >= :mavericks
-      tags << :build
       Dependency.new(spec.to_s, tags)
     end
   end