diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 1d237616..866fa140 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
   <target name="-asprepare" depends="-checkaslib">
     <!-- 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="${deploy.dir}/lib">
       <fileset refid="aslibs.fileset"/>
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
       <remoteRepository url="${maven.deploy.repo}"/>
       <pom refid="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