diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index 7637008bd..1aec8ebf6 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/app/processing.app.commonTest.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/app/processing.app.commonTest.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/app/processing.app.desktopMain.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/app/processing.app.desktopMain.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/app/processing.app.desktopTest.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/app/processing.app.desktopTest.iml" />
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/java/preprocessor/processing.java.preprocessor.main.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/java/preprocessor/processing.java.preprocessor.main.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/macos/appbundler/processing4-appbundler.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/build/macos/appbundler/processing4-appbundler.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/core/methods/processing4-core-preproc.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/core/methods/processing4-core-preproc.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/java/libraries/dxf/processing4-dxf.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/java/libraries/dxf/processing4-dxf.iml" />
diff --git a/.idea/modules/java/preprocessor/processing.java.preprocessor.main.iml b/.idea/modules/java/preprocessor/processing.java.preprocessor.main.iml
deleted file mode 100644
index 45d18f02a..000000000
--- a/.idea/modules/java/preprocessor/processing.java.preprocessor.main.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module version="4">
-  <component name="AdditionalModuleElements">
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../../../java/preprocessor/src/main" dumb="true">
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../../../java/preprocessor/src/main/java" isTestSource="false" />
-    </content>
-  </component>
-</module>
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diff --git a/java/preprocessor/build.gradle.kts b/java/preprocessor/build.gradle.kts
index 595071e60..b682c4edd 100644
--- a/java/preprocessor/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java/preprocessor/build.gradle.kts
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ repositories{
 sourceSets{
     main{
         java{
-            srcDirs("src/main/java", "../src/", "../generated")
+            srcDirs("src/main/java", "../src/", "../generated/")
             include("processing/mode/java/preproc/**/*", "processing/app/**/*")
         }
     }
+
 }
 
 dependencies{
@@ -63,4 +64,10 @@ mavenPublishing{
 }
 tasks.withType<Jar> {
     duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE
+}
+tasks.compileJava{
+    dependsOn("ant-preproc")
+}
+ant.importBuild("../build.xml"){ antTaskName ->
+    "ant-$antTaskName"
 }
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