diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index f48c38c6..59d38d3a 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
   <target name="aslib" unless="no_rebuild_aslib" depends="-checkaslib,-noteaslib"
           description="Builds ActionScript library.">
     <!-- obtain our ActionScript dependencies via Maven -->
-    <artifact:pom id="as-pom" file="as-pom.xml"/>
+    <artifact:pom id="as-pom" file="etc/as-pom.xml"/>
     <artifact:dependencies filesetId="aslibs.fileset" pomRefId="as-pom" useScope="compile"/>
     <copy todir="${deploy.dir}/lib">
       <fileset refid="aslibs.fileset"/>
@@ -329,12 +329,12 @@
       <remoteRepository url="${maven.deploy.repo}"/>
       <pom refid="pom"/>
     </artifact:deploy>
-    <artifact:pom id="tools-pom" file="tools-pom.xml"/>
+    <artifact:pom id="tools-pom" file="etc/tools-pom.xml"/>
     <artifact:deploy file="${deploy.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar" uniqueVersion="false">
       <remoteRepository url="${maven.deploy.repo}"/>
       <pom refid="tools-pom"/>
     </artifact:deploy>
-    <artifact:pom id="as-pom" file="as-pom.xml"/>
+    <artifact:pom id="as-pom" file="etc/as-pom.xml"/>
     <artifact:deploy file="${deploy.dir}/${ant.project.name}lib.swc" uniqueVersion="false">
       <remoteRepository url="${maven.deploy.repo}"/>
       <pom refid="as-pom"/>
diff --git a/as-pom.xml b/etc/as-pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from as-pom.xml
rename to etc/as-pom.xml
diff --git a/tools-pom.xml b/etc/tools-pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from tools-pom.xml
rename to etc/tools-pom.xml