diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/build.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/build.xml
index 4c50eb63d74..4dfac24de96 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/build.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/build.xml
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@
 
 	<description>
 		Sample ANT build script for a Spring Boot executable JAR project. Uses ivy for dependency management so run with
-		'$ ant -lib ivy-2.2.jar' (substitute the location of your actual ivy jar). Run with '$ java -jar target/*.jar'. 
+		'$ ant -lib ivy-2.2.jar' (substitute the location of your actual ivy jar). Run with '$ java -jar target/*.jar'.
 	</description>
 
 	<property name="spring-boot.version" value="1.2.5.BUILD-SNAPSHOT" />
 	<property name="start-class" value="org.springframework.boot.sample.actuator.SampleActuatorApplication" />
+	<property name="lib.dir" location="${basedir}/lib" />
 
 	<target name="resolve" description="--> retrieve dependencies with ivy">
-		<ivy:retrieve pattern="lib/[conf]/[artifact]-[type]-[revision].[ext]" />
+		<ivy:retrieve pattern="${lib.dir}/[conf]/[artifact]-[type]-[revision].[ext]" />
 	</target>
 
 	<target name="classpaths" depends="resolve">
 		<path id="compile.classpath">
-			<fileset dir="lib/compile" includes="*.jar" />
+			<fileset dir="${lib.dir}/compile" includes="*.jar" />
 		</path>
 	</target>
 
@@ -30,14 +31,19 @@
 		<delete dir="target/classes" />
 	</target>
 
+	<target name="clean-all" description="cleans all created files/dirs"
+	        depends="clean">
+		<delete dir="${lib.dir}" />
+	</target>
+
 	<target name="build" depends="compile">
 		<copy todir="target/classes/lib">
-			<fileset dir="lib/runtime" />
+			<fileset dir="${lib.dir}/runtime" />
 		</copy>
 		<jar destfile="target/spring-boot-sample-actuator-${spring-boot.version}.jar" compress="false">
 			<fileset dir="target/classes" />
 			<fileset dir="src/main/resources" />
-			<zipfileset src="lib/loader/spring-boot-loader-jar-${spring-boot.version}.jar" />
+			<zipfileset src="${lib.dir}/loader/spring-boot-loader-jar-${spring-boot.version}.jar" />
 			<manifest>
 				<attribute name="Main-Class" value="org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher" />
 				<attribute name="Start-Class" value="${start-class}" />
@@ -45,4 +51,4 @@
 		</jar>
 	</target>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/ivy.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/ivy.xml
index 0e3da0eefc5..35f539216d9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/ivy.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator/ivy.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 		<conf name="runtime" extends="compile" description="everything needed to run this module" />
 	</configurations>
 	<dependencies>
-		<dependency org="org.springframework.boot" name="spring-boot-loader" rev="1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT" conf="loader->default" />
-		<dependency org="org.springframework.boot" name="spring-boot-starter-web" rev="1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT" conf="compile" />
-		<dependency org="org.springframework.boot" name="spring-boot-starter-actuator" rev="1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT" conf="runtime" />
+		<dependency org="org.springframework.boot" name="spring-boot-loader" rev="${spring-boot.version}" conf="loader->default" />
+		<dependency org="org.springframework.boot" name="spring-boot-starter-web" rev="${spring-boot.version}" conf="compile" />
+		<dependency org="org.springframework.boot" name="spring-boot-starter-actuator" rev="${spring-boot.version}" conf="compile->compile;runtime->runtime" />
 	</dependencies>
 </ivy-module>