diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 4eda8c40594aad4e6ef30dffa4152a47e33406ac..12b877e6890a925ece83a1dd2a154413c05f2408 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -242,9 +242,6 @@
 
   <!-- Install and Activate VuFind -->
   <target name="startup" description="install and activate demo">
-    <!-- get dependencies -->
-    <phingcall target="composer" />
-
     <!-- set up appropriate read/write permissions for Apache -->
     <exec command="chmod -R a+w ${srcdir}/local/cache" />