diff --git a/lib/js/test/build.xml b/lib/js/test/build.xml
index ee38edb..bd2faf2 100644
--- a/lib/js/test/build.xml
+++ b/lib/js/test/build.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
  with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 
-   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
  under the License.
 -->
 <project name="Java Script Test" default="test" basedir="."
-  xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant"
-  xmlns:artifact="antlib:org.apache.maven.artifact.ant">
+  xmlns:artifact="antlib:org.apache.maven.artifact.ant"
+  xmlns:jsl="antlib:com.googlecode.jslint4java">
 
   <description>Java Script Test based on Thrift Java Library</description>
 
@@ -32,16 +32,19 @@
   <property name="thrift.dir" location="../../../" />
   <property name="thrift.java.dir" location="${thrift.dir}/lib/java" />
 
+  <!-- Include the base java properties file -->
+  <property file="${thrift.java.dir}/build.properties" />
+
   <property name="thrift.compiler" location="${thrift.dir}/compiler/cpp/thrift" />
 
-  <!-- take ivy from java, test depends anyway on java! -->
-  <property name="ivy.dir" location="${thrift.java.dir}/build/ivy" />
-  <property name="ivy.lib.dir" location="${ivy.dir}/lib" />
-
   <path id="libs.classpath">
-    <pathelement path="${thrift.java.dir}/libthrift.jar" />
-    <pathelement path="${thrift.java.dir}/libthrift-test.jar" />
-    <fileset dir="${thrift.java.dir}/build/ivy/lib">
+    <fileset dir="${thrift.java.dir}/build/">
+      <include name="*.jar" />
+    </fileset>
+    <fileset dir="${thrift.java.dir}/build/lib">
+      <include name="*.jar" />
+    </fileset>
+    <fileset dir="${build}/lib">
       <include name="*.jar" />
     </fileset>
   </path>
@@ -55,29 +58,19 @@
     <fail>
       <condition>
         <not>
-          <resourcecount count="1">
-            <fileset id="fs" dir="${thrift.java.dir}" includes="libthrift.jar"/>
+          <resourcecount count="2">
+            <fileset id="fs" dir="${thrift.java.dir}/build" includes="libthrift*.jar"/>
           </resourcecount>
         </not>
       </condition>
-      You need libthrift.jar located at
-      ${thrift.java.dir}
+      You need libthrift*.jar and libthrift*test.jar located at
+      ${thrift.java.dir}/build
       Did you compile Thrift Java library and its test suite by "ant compile-test"?
     </fail>
     <fail>
       <condition>
         <not>
           <resourcecount count="1">
-            <fileset id="fs" dir="${ivy.dir}" includes="ivy-2*.jar"/>
-          </resourcecount>
-        </not>
-      </condition>
-      ivy is missing at ${ivy.dir}
-    </fail>
-    <fail>
-      <condition>
-        <not>
-          <resourcecount count="1">
             <fileset id="fs" dir="${thrift.dir}" includes="compiler/cpp/thrift"/>
           </resourcecount>
         </not>
@@ -89,6 +82,7 @@
   <target name="init" depends="dependencies">
     <tstamp />
     <mkdir dir="${build}"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${build}/lib"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="compile" description="compile the test suite" depends="init, generate, resolve">
@@ -96,11 +90,11 @@
     <javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}" classpathref="libs.classpath" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="jstest" description="" depends="compile">
+  <target name="jstest" description="" depends="compile, lint">
     <jar jarfile="${jar.file}" basedir="${build}"/>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="test" description="run the test server" depends="jstest">
+  <target name="testserver" description="run the test server" depends="jstest">
     <java classname="test.Httpd" fork="true"
       classpathref="test.classpath" failonerror="true">
       <arg value="../" />
@@ -112,7 +106,40 @@
       <arg line="--gen java ${thrift.dir}/test/ThriftTest.thrift" />
     </exec>
     <exec executable="${thrift.compiler}" failonerror="true">
-      <arg line="--gen js ${thrift.dir}/test/ThriftTest.thrift" />
+      <arg line="--gen js:jquery ${thrift.dir}/test/ThriftTest.thrift" />
+    </exec>
+  </target>
+
+  <!-- @TODO QUnit tests as part of the testsuite-->
+  <target name="test" description="run test suite" depends="init, generate, resolve, lint"/>
+
+  <target name="lint" description="code quality checks" depends="generate, gjslint, jslint"/>
+
+  <target name="jslint">
+    <taskdef uri="antlib:com.googlecode.jslint4java" resource="com/googlecode/jslint4java/antlib.xml" classpathref="libs.classpath" />
+    <!--
+         the following options would probably make sense in the future:
+         browser,undef,eqeqeq,plusplus,bitwise,regexp,strict,newcap,immed
+    -->
+    <jsl:jslint options="evil,forin,browser,bitwise,regexp,newcap,immed">
+      <formatter type="plain" />
+      <fileset dir="${genjs}" includes="**/*.js" />
+      <fileset dir=".." includes="thrift.js" />
+    </jsl:jslint>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="check-gjslint">
+    <echo>check if gjslint is available:</echo>
+    <exec executable="gjslint" failifexecutionfails="no" resultproperty="gjslint.present" failonerror="false">
+      <arg line="--helpshort"/>
+    </exec>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="gjslint" depends="check-gjslint" if="gjslint.present">
+    <exec executable="gjslint" failifexecutionfails="no">
+      <arg line="--nojsdoc"/>
+      <arg line="${genjs}/*.js"/>
+      <arg line="../thrift.js"/>
     </exec>
   </target>
 
@@ -123,35 +150,21 @@
     <delete file="${jar.file}" />
   </target>
 
-  <!-- ivy tasks from java build.xml ... don't know how to import them instead of copying -->
-  <target name="resolve" depends="ivy-init-antlib" description="retrieve dependencies with ivy" unless="noivy">
-    <ivy:retrieve />
-  </target>
+  <target name="resolve" unless="mvn.finished">
+    <typedef uri="antlib:org.apache.maven.artifact.ant" classpath="${thrift.java.dir}/build/tools/${mvn.ant.task.jar}"/>
 
-  <target name="ivy-probe-antlib">
-    <condition property="ivy.found">
-      <typefound uri="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" name="cleancache"/>
-    </condition>
-  </target>
+    <artifact:dependencies filesetId="js.test.dependency.jars">
+      <dependency groupId="org.apache.httpcomponents" artifactId="httpclient" version="4.0.1"/>
+      <dependency groupId="com.googlecode.jslint4java" artifactId="jslint4java-ant" version="1.4.6"/>
+    </artifact:dependencies>
 
-  <target name="ivy-init-antlib" depends="ivy-probe-antlib" unless="ivy.found">
-    <typedef uri="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" onerror="fail"
-      loaderRef="ivyLoader">
-      <classpath>
-        <fileset dir="${ivy.dir}">
-          <include name="ivy-2.*.jar" />
-        </fileset>
-      </classpath>
-    </typedef>
-    <fail>
-      <condition >
-        <not>
-          <typefound uri="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" name="cleancache"/>
-        </not>
-      </condition>
-      You need Apache Ivy 2.0 or later from http://ant.apache.org/
-      It could not be loaded from ${ivy_repo_url}
-    </fail>
+    <!-- Copy the dependencies to the build/lib dir -->
+    <copy todir="${build}/lib">
+      <fileset refid="js.test.dependency.jars"/>
+      <mapper type="flatten"/>
+    </copy>
+    
+    <property name="mvn.finished" value="true"/>
   </target>
-
 </project>
+
diff --git a/lib/js/test/ivy.xml b/lib/js/test/ivy.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index fdd2d90..0000000
--- a/lib/js/test/ivy.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-   limitations under the License.
--->
-<ivy-module version="2.0">
-    <info organisation="org.apache.thrift" module="jstest"/>
-    <dependencies>
-       <dependency org="org.apache.httpcomponents" name="httpclient" rev="4.0.1" conf="* -> *,!sources,!javadoc"/>
-    </dependencies>
-</ivy-module>