diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/a/ant.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/a/ant.py
index a345118490..70f4e4efac 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/a/ant.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/a/ant.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.packedbinary import PackedBinary
 from easybuild.tools.build_log import EasyBuildError
 from easybuild.tools.modules import get_software_root, get_software_version
-from easybuild.tools.run import run_cmd
+from easybuild.tools.run import run_shell_cmd
 
 
 class EB_ant(PackedBinary):
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ def install_step(self):
 
         cmd = "sh build.sh -Ddist.dir=%s dist" % self.installdir
 
-        run_cmd(cmd, log_all=True, simple=True)
+        run_shell_cmd(cmd)