diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 0652a36c..d2844e50 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@
     <property name="tools.mdnorm" value="${tools.dir}/mdnorm"/>
     <property name="tools.slacktee" value="${tools.dir}/slacktee"/>
     <property name="tools.xmlsectool" value="${tools.dir}/xmlsectool-2.0.0"/>
-    <property name="tools.xalan" value="${tools.dir}/xalan"/>
 
     <!--
         Full path to a commonly used temporary file.
@@ -1747,64 +1746,6 @@
         </sequential>
     </macrodef>
 
-    <!--
-        *******************************
-        ***                         ***
-        ***   X A L A N   T O O L   ***
-        ***                         ***
-        *******************************
-    -->
-
-    <!--
-        Macro to run the Xalan XSLT engine, taking files from arbitrary
-        locations.
-    -->
-    <macrodef name="XALAN">
-        <attribute name="i"/>
-        <attribute name="o"/>
-        <attribute name="x"/>
-        <sequential>
-            <java fork="true" maxmemory="${java.max.memory}" failonerror="true" classname="org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process">
-                <classpath>
-                    <fileset dir="${tools.xalan}/lib">
-                        <include name="*.jar"/>
-                    </fileset>
-                </classpath>
-                <jvmarg value="-Djava.endorsed.dirs=${tools.xalan}/endorsed"/>
-                <arg value="-IN"/>
-                <arg value="@{i}"/>
-                <arg value="-OUT"/>
-                <arg value="@{o}"/>
-                <arg value="-XSL"/>
-                <arg value="@{x}"/>
-            </java>
-        </sequential>
-    </macrodef>
-
-    <!--
-        Macro to run the Xalan XSLT engine, taking files from arbitrary
-        locations.  No output specified, so the result of the transform
-        will be sent to standard output.
-    -->
-    <macrodef name="XALAN.noout">
-        <attribute name="i"/>
-        <attribute name="x"/>
-        <sequential>
-            <java fork="true" maxmemory="${java.max.memory}" failonerror="true" classname="org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process">
-                <classpath>
-                    <fileset dir="${tools.xalan}/lib">
-                        <include name="*.jar"/>
-                    </fileset>
-                </classpath>
-                <jvmarg value="-Djava.endorsed.dirs=${tools.xalan}/endorsed"/>
-                <arg value="-IN"/>
-                <arg value="@{i}"/>
-                <arg value="-XSL"/>
-                <arg value="@{x}"/>
-            </java>
-        </sequential>
-    </macrodef>
-
     <!--
         *******************************************
         ***                                     ***
@@ -2320,8 +2261,10 @@
 
     <target name="uiinfo.list">
         <CHANNEL.do channel="uk" verb="collect"/>
-        <XALAN.noout i="${mdx.dir}/uk/collected.xml"
-               x="${build.dir}/list_uiinfo.xsl"/>
+        <exec executable="xsltproc" failonerror="true">
+            <arg value="${build.dir}/list_uiinfo.xsl"/>
+            <arg value="${mdx.dir}/uk/collected.xml"/>
+        </exec>
     </target>
 
     <!--
@@ -2477,10 +2420,12 @@
     -->
     <target name="extract.embedded" depends="flow.uk.collect">
         <echo>Extracting embedded certificates</echo>
-        <XALAN
-            i="${uk.collected}"
-            o="${temp.dir}/embedded.pem"
-            x="${build.dir}/extract_embedded.xsl"/>
+        <exec executable="xsltproc" failonerror="true">
+            <arg value="--output"/>
+            <arg value="${temp.dir}/embedded.pem"/>
+            <arg value="${build.dir}/extract_embedded.xsl"/>
+            <arg value="${uk.collected}"/>
+        </exec>
     </target>
 
     <!--
@@ -2505,10 +2450,12 @@
     -->
     <target name="check.embedded.all">
         <echo>Extracting embedded certificates</echo>
-        <XALAN
-            i="${aggregates.dir}/${mdaggr.prod.signed}"
-            o="${temp.dir}/embedded.pem"
-            x="${build.dir}/extract_embedded.xsl"/>
+        <exec executable="xsltproc" failonerror="true">
+            <arg value="--output"/>
+            <arg value="${temp.dir}/embedded.pem"/>
+            <arg value="${build.dir}/extract_embedded.xsl"/>
+            <arg value="${aggregates.dir}/${mdaggr.prod.signed}"/>
+        </exec>
         <echo>Checking embedded certificates</echo>
         <echo>Note: ignore expiry on eduGAIN entities</echo>
         <exec executable="perl" dir="${utilities.dir}"
diff --git a/build/extract_embedded.xsl b/build/extract_embedded.xsl
index 751a6a91..9242daba 100644
--- a/build/extract_embedded.xsl
+++ b/build/extract_embedded.xsl
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
     xmlns:md="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xmlns:mdxTextUtils="xalan://uk.ac.sdss.xalan.md.TextUtils">
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
 
     <!-- Output is plain text -->
     <xsl:output method="text"/>
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@
                 </xsl:choose>
                 <xsl:text>&#x0a;</xsl:text>
                 <xsl:text>-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----&#x0a;</xsl:text>
-                <xsl:value-of select="mdxTextUtils:wrapBase64($cert)"/>
+                <xsl:value-of select="translate(normalize-space($cert),' ','&#x0a;')"/>
                 <xsl:text>&#x0a;</xsl:text>
                 <xsl:text>-----END CERTIFICATE-----&#x0a;</xsl:text>
             </xsl:if>