diff --git a/jsr-305.spec b/jsr-305.spec
index 5305109..2443edd 100644
--- a/jsr-305.spec
+++ b/jsr-305.spec
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ This package contains the API documentation for %{name}.
 %setup -q -n %{name}
 sed -i 's/\r//' sampleUses/pom.xml
 
+# do not build sampleUses module - it causes Javadoc generation to fail
+sed -i '/<module>sampleUses<\/module>/d' pom.xml
+
 %build
 mvn-rpmbuild install javadoc:aggregate
 
@@ -83,6 +86,9 @@ rm -rf $(readlink -f %{_javadocdir}/%{name}) %{_javadocdir}/%{name} || :
 %{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jan 14 2012 Richard Fearn <richardfearn@gmail.com> - 0-0.9.20090319svn
+- Do not build sampleUses module as it causes Javadoc generation to fail
+
 * Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0-0.8.20090319svn
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild