diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a4412b5..8c37e6ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     <module>core</module>
     <module>tools</module>
     <module>maven-plugin</module>
-    <module>aslib</module>
   </modules>
 
   <build>
@@ -100,6 +99,13 @@
   </build>
 
   <profiles>
+    <!-- build with mvn -Paslib to build the ActionScript code; the Maven ActionScript plugins
+         are old and broken, so I've disabled this by default -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>aslib</id>
+      <modules><module>aslib</module></modules>
+    </profile>
+
     <profile>
       <id>eclipse</id>
       <activation>