diff --git a/extensions/build.properties b/extensions/build.properties
index 194789dc143..8115bbb90f9 100644
--- a/extensions/build.properties
+++ b/extensions/build.properties
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ include.feature.metadata = false
 # via REST
 include.feature.netedit = false
 
+# Clustering extension for reliable document replication
+include.feature.replication = false
+
 # Security ActiveDirectory extension for eXist (requires LDAP extension) 
 include.feature.security.activedirectory = false
 
diff --git a/extensions/replication/build.xml b/extensions/replication/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ff0cfc952c0..00000000000
--- a/extensions/replication/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-    Ant build file for the replication module
-
-    $Id: build.xml 15295 2011-09-02 21:04:31Z dizzzz $
--->
-<project basedir="." default="jar" name="replication">
-
-    <property name="src" value="./src"/>
-    <property name="classes" value="./classes"/>
-    <property name="top.dir" value="../.."/>
-
-    <property name="build.compiler" value="modern"/>
-
-    <property file="${top.dir}/build.properties"/>
-
-    <property file="../local.build.properties"/>
-    <property file="../build.properties"/>
-
-    <condition property="include.feature.replication.config">
-        <istrue value="${include.feature.replication}"/>
-    </condition>
-
-    <path id="classpath.core">
-        <fileset dir="${top.dir}/${lib.core}">
-            <include name="*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-        <fileset dir="${top.dir}/${lib.optional}">
-            <include name="*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-        <fileset dir="${top.dir}/${lib.endorsed}">
-            <include name="*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-        <fileset dir="${top.dir}/${lib.user}">
-            <include name="*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-        <fileset dir="${top.dir}/tools/ant/lib">
-            <include name="*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-        <fileset dir="${top.dir}/extensions/replication/lib">
-            <include name="*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-        <pathelement path="${top.dir}/exist.jar"/>
-        <pathelement path="${top.dir}/exist-optional.jar"/>
-        <pathelement path="${top.dir}/start.jar"/>
-        <pathelement path="${java.class.path}"/>
-    </path>
-    
-    <!--  if="include.feature.replication.config"
-        existdb-contrib fetch task import used for downloading and extracting jar/class from zip
-    -->
-    <taskdef name="fetch" classname="nl.ow.dilemma.ant.fetch.FetchTask" classpathref="classpath.core" />
-
-    <target name="prepare"  xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant">
-
-        <!--delete file="lib/tika-app-0.9.jar"/-->
-        <mkdir dir="${classes}"/>
-        
-        <fetch classpathref="classpath.core" dest="${top.dir}/tools/ant/lib/" 
-            url="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/2.2.0/ivy-2.2.0.jar" 
-            classname="org.apache.ivy.Main"/>
-        
-        <taskdef resource="org/apache/ivy/ant/antlib.xml" uri="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" classpathref="classpath.core"/>
-        
-        <ivy:retrieve/>
-    </target> 
-
-    <target name="compile" depends="prepare" if="include.feature.replication.config">
-        <echo message="----------------------------------"/>
-        <echo message="Compiling replication extensions"/>
-        <echo message="----------------------------------"/>
-
-        <echo
-            message="Compiling with Java ${ant.java.version} from ${build.compiler.source} source to ${build.compiler.target} target, debug ${build.debug}, optimize ${build.optimize}, deprecation ${build.deprecation}"/>
-
-        <javac includeAntRuntime="false" debug="${build.debug}" deprecation="${build.deprecation}" destdir="${classes}"
-            encoding="UTF-8" optimize="${build.optimize}" srcdir="${src}" source="${build.compiler.source}"
-            target="${build.compiler.target}">
-            <classpath>
-                <path refid="classpath.core"/>
-            </classpath>
-        </javac>
-    </target>
-
-
-    <target name="jar" depends="compile" if="include.feature.replication.config">
-        <echo message="Creating exist-replication.jar ..."/>
-        <jar basedir="${classes}" jarfile="${top.dir}/${lib.extensions}/exist-replication.jar">
-            <manifest>
-                <attribute name="Project-Name" value="${project.name}"/>
-                <attribute name="Project-Version" value="${project.version}"/>
-                <attribute name="Project-Build" value="${DSTAMP}"/>
-                <attribute name="SVN-Revision" value="${svn.revision}"/>
-            </manifest>
-        </jar>
-    </target>
-
-
-    <target name="clean" if="include.feature.replication.config">
-        <delete dir="${classes}"/>
-        <delete file="${top.dir}/${lib.extensions}/exist-replication.jar" failonerror="false"/>
-    </target>
-</project>
diff --git a/extensions/replication/extension.xml b/extensions/replication/extension.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bfa64f54adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/replication/extension.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project basedir="." default="all" name="replication">
+
+ <property file="../local.build.properties"/>
+ <property file="../build.properties"/>
+
+ <property name="extension.name" value="${ant.project.name}"/>
+ <property name="existhome.dir" location="../.."/>
+ 
+ <property name="extension.include" value="${include.feature.replication}"/>
+ 
+ <!-- import common.xml here -->
+ <import file="${existhome.dir}/build/scripts/extensions-common.xml"/>
+
+</project>