diff --git a/LICENSES b/LICENSES
index 1b323187..5c3ccaa6 100644
--- a/LICENSES
+++ b/LICENSES
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ The following components are included without modification:
 Information: http://logging.apache.org/
 License: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
-- junit -
-Information: http://www.junit.org/index.htm
-License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl.php
-
 The following components are included with modification:
 
 - cpptasks -
diff --git a/bindings/java/build.xml b/bindings/java/build.xml
index e4727fe6..f422b458 100644
--- a/bindings/java/build.xml
+++ b/bindings/java/build.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
   <path id="alljars">
      <path refid="libjars"/>
      <fileset dir="${sigar-bin}/lib" includes="${sigar.jar}"/>
+     <fileset dir="${env.ANT_HOME}/lib" includes="junit*.jar"/>
   </path>
 
   <target name="javadoc_check">
@@ -91,14 +92,19 @@
 
   <target name="compile">
     <mkdir dir="${build}/classes"/>
+    <available classname="junit.framework.TestCase" property="junit.present">
+      <classpath refid="alljars"/>
+    </available>
     <javac destdir="${build}/classes"
            source="1.4" target="1.4"
+           sourcepath=""
            debug="true"
            classpathref="libjars">
       <src path="${src}"/>
       <src path="${build}/src"/>
       <src path="${jni.src.java}"/>
       <include name="**/*.java"/>
+      <exclude name="**/test/*.java" unless="junit.present"/>
     </javac>
   </target>
 
@@ -413,7 +419,6 @@
        <include name="lib/*.lib"/>
      </fileset>
      <fileset dir=".">
-       <include name="lib/junit.jar"/>
        <include name="lib/log4j.jar"/>
      </fileset>
    </copy>
diff --git a/bindings/java/lib/ant.jar b/bindings/java/lib/ant.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 1337ad42..00000000
Binary files a/bindings/java/lib/ant.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/bindings/java/lib/junit.jar b/bindings/java/lib/junit.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 674d71e8..00000000
Binary files a/bindings/java/lib/junit.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/cmd/Shell.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/cmd/Shell.java
index 70c0a3ef..25776eb2 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/cmd/Shell.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/cmd/Shell.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.hyperic.sigar.cmd;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 
 import org.hyperic.sigar.Sigar;
 import org.hyperic.sigar.SigarException;
@@ -36,9 +37,6 @@ import org.hyperic.sigar.shell.ShellCommandHandler;
 import org.hyperic.sigar.shell.ShellCommandInitException;
 import org.hyperic.sigar.shell.ShellCommandUsageException;
 
-import org.hyperic.sigar.test.SigarTestCase;
-import org.hyperic.sigar.test.SigarTestRunner;
-
 import org.hyperic.sigar.util.Getline;
 
 /**
@@ -112,14 +110,21 @@ public class Shell extends ShellBase {
         }
         try {
             //requires junit.jar
-            registerCommandHandler("test", new SigarTestRunner(this));
+            registerCommandHandler("test", "org.hyperic.sigar.test.SigarTestRunner");
         } catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) { }
+        catch (Exception e) { }
         try {
             //requires jre 1.5+ or mx4j
             registerCommandHandler("mx", new Mx(this));
         } catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) { }
     }
 
+    private void registerCommandHandler(String name, String className) throws Exception {
+        Class cls = Class.forName(className);
+        Constructor con = cls.getConstructor(new Class[] { this.getClass() });
+        registerCommandHandler(name, (ShellCommandHandler)con.newInstance(new Object[] { this }));
+    }
+
     public void processCommand(ShellCommandHandler handler, String args[])
         throws ShellCommandUsageException, ShellCommandExecException
     {
@@ -201,7 +206,7 @@ public class Shell extends ShellBase {
         this.sigar.close();
         //avoid possible Class Not Found: junit/framework/TestCase
         if (System.getProperty("jni.dmalloc") != null) {
-            SigarTestCase.closeSigar(); //shutup dmalloc
+            //org.hyperic.sigar.test.SigarTestCase.closeSigar(); //shutup dmalloc
         }
         super.shutdown();
     }