diff --git a/python/build.xml b/python/build.xml
index 59d6d526a47c..8b50664072bb 100644
--- a/python/build.xml
+++ b/python/build.xml
@@ -1,48 +1,10 @@
-<project name="PyCharm Community Edition" default="all">
-  <property name="project.home" value="${basedir}/.."/>
-  <property name="python.home" value="${basedir}"/>
-  <property name="out.dir" value="${project.home}/out"/>
-  <property name="tmp.dir" value="${project.home}/out/tmp"/>
-  <property name="idea.build.number" value="SNAPSHOT"/>
-  <property name="idea.path" value=""/>
-
-  <target name="cleanup">
-    <delete dir="${out.dir}" failonerror="false"/>
+<!-- Using ant is obsolete, please call installers.cmd or plugin.cmd directly -->
+<project name="PyCharm Community Edition" default="build">
+  <target name="build">
+    <exec executable="${basedir}/installers.cmd" failonerror="true" />
   </target>
 
-  <target name="init">
-    <mkdir dir="${out.dir}"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${tmp.dir}"/>
+  <target name="plugin">
+    <exec executable="${basedir}/plugin.cmd" failonerror="true" />
   </target>
-
-  <macrodef name="call_gant">
-    <attribute name="script" />
-    <sequential>
-      <java failonerror="true" jar="${project.home}/lib/ant/lib/ant-launcher.jar" fork="true">
-        <jvmarg line="-Xmx612m -XX:MaxPermSize=152m -Didea.build.number=${idea.build.number} &quot;-DideaPath=${idea.path}&quot;"/>
-        <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="true"/>
-        <arg line="&quot;-Dgant.script=@{script}&quot;"/>
-        <arg line="&quot;-Dteamcity.build.tempDir=${tmp.dir}&quot;"/>
-        <arg line="&quot;-Didea.build.number=${idea.build.number}&quot;"/>
-        <arg line="&quot;-Didea.test.group=ALL_EXCLUDE_DEFINED&quot;"/>
-        <arg value="-f"/>
-        <arg value="${project.home}/build/gant.xml"/>
-      </java>
-    </sequential>
-  </macrodef>
-
-  <target name="build" depends="init">
-    <call_gant script="${python.home}/build/pycharm_community_build.gant"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="plugin" depends="init">
-    <call_gant script="${python.home}/build/python_community_plugin_build.gant"/>
-  </target>
-  <!--
-  <target name="test" depends="init">
-    <call_gant script="${project.home}/build/scripts/tests_in_community.gant"/>
-  </target>
-  -->
-
-  <target name="all" depends="cleanup,build"/>
 </project>
diff --git a/python/build/groovy/PyCharmCommunityInstallersBuildTarget.kt b/python/build/groovy/PyCharmCommunityInstallersBuildTarget.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8511c936876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/build/groovy/PyCharmCommunityInstallersBuildTarget.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.*
+import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.pycharm.PyCharmCommunityProperties
+
+// Copyright 2000-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+object PyCharmCommunityInstallersBuildTarget {
+  @JvmStatic
+  fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    val communityHome = IdeaProjectLoaderUtil.guessCommunityHome(javaClass).toString()
+    val context = BuildContext.createContext(
+      communityHome,
+      communityHome,
+      PyCharmCommunityProperties(communityHome),
+      ProprietaryBuildTools.DUMMY,
+      BuildOptions()
+    )
+    BuildTasks.create(context).buildDistributions()
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/build/groovy/PythonCommunityPluginBuildTarget.kt b/python/build/groovy/PythonCommunityPluginBuildTarget.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3d174595b1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/build/groovy/PythonCommunityPluginBuildTarget.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.IdeaProjectLoaderUtil
+import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.pycharm.PythonCommunityPluginBuilder
+
+// Copyright 2000-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+object PythonCommunityPluginBuildTarget {
+  @JvmStatic
+  fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    val communityHome = IdeaProjectLoaderUtil.guessCommunityHome(javaClass).toString()
+    PythonCommunityPluginBuilder(communityHome).build()
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/installers.cmd b/python/installers.cmd
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..8e8e42c804e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/installers.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+:<<"::CMDLITERAL"
+@ECHO OFF
+GOTO :CMDSCRIPT
+::CMDLITERAL
+
+set -eux
+exec "$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)/../platform/jps-bootstrap/jps-bootstrap.sh" "$@" intellij.pycharm.community.build PyCharmCommunityInstallersBuildTarget
+:CMDSCRIPT
+
+call "%~dp0\..\platform\jps-bootstrap\jps-bootstrap.cmd" %* intellij.pycharm.community.build PyCharmCommunityInstallersBuildTarget
+EXIT /B %ERRORLEVEL%
diff --git a/python/plugin.cmd b/python/plugin.cmd
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..9a027a451a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/plugin.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+:<<"::CMDLITERAL"
+@ECHO OFF
+GOTO :CMDSCRIPT
+::CMDLITERAL
+
+set -eux
+exec "$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)/../platform/jps-bootstrap/jps-bootstrap.sh" "$@" intellij.pycharm.community.build PythonCommunityPluginBuildTarget
+:CMDSCRIPT
+
+call "%~dp0\..\platform\jps-bootstrap\jps-bootstrap.cmd" %* intellij.pycharm.community.build PythonCommunityPluginBuildTarget
+EXIT /B %ERRORLEVEL%