diff --git a/buildscripts/cldr/build.xml b/buildscripts/cldr/build.xml
index 1f970cb2..27f6eaeb 100644
--- a/buildscripts/cldr/build.xml
+++ b/buildscripts/cldr/build.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 			delTask.perform();
 		}
 
-	importClass(java.io.File);
+	var File=java.io.File;
 	var fs = project.createDataType("fileset");
 	var dir = new File(attributes.get("dir"));
 	fs.setDir(dir);
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ java.lang.System.out.print(contents);
 			<attribute name="destdir"/>
 			<element name="fileset" type="fileset"/>
 			<![CDATA[
-	importClass(java.io.File);
+	var File=java.io.File;
 	var fs = elements.get("fileset").get(0);
 	var basedir = fs.getDir(project);
 	var filter = project.getProperty("locales");