diff --git a/tools/barcode_tools/DEPS b/tools/barcode_tools/DEPS
index dc5c86ec6..d0325a65a 100644
--- a/tools/barcode_tools/DEPS
+++ b/tools/barcode_tools/DEPS
@@ -4,19 +4,10 @@
 
 deps = {
   # Used by barcode_tools
-  "third_party/zxing/core":
+  "barcode_tools/third_party/zxing/core":
     "http://zxing.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/core@2349",
 
   # Used by barcode_tools
-  "third_party/zxing/javase":
+  "barcode_tools/third_party/zxing/javase":
     "http://zxing.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javase@2349",
 }
-
-hooks = [
-  {
-    # A change to a .gyp, .gypi, or to GYP itself should run the generator.
-    "pattern": ".",
-    "action": ["python", "src/build/gyp_chromium", "--depth=.",
-               "barcode_tools.gyp"],
-  },
-]
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diff --git a/tools/barcode_tools/README b/tools/barcode_tools/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..880cc7d9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/barcode_tools/README
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+This file explains how to set up the Zebra Crossing (Zxing) library in order to
+use it in the barcode encoder and decoder tools. Zxing could be found at:
+https://code.google.com/p/zxing/
+
+After checkout, the relevant files from Zxing should be in third_party/zxing,
+relative to this README.
+
+In order to run barcode_encoder.py and barcode_decoder.py we need to have build
+two jar files: zxing/core/core.jar and zxing/javase/javase.jar. In order to
+build these we have to have Ant already installed. Building is as simple as
+running the build_zxing.py script:
+./build_zxing.py,
+which should automatically call ant with the respective build files from the
+Zxing checkout.
+
+For more information on how to run barcode_encoder.py and barcode_decoder.py
+check the documentation in the main functions inside these tools.
diff --git a/tools/barcode_tools/barcode_decoder.py b/tools/barcode_tools/barcode_decoder.py
index 0c65f91f5..e07675808 100755
--- a/tools/barcode_tools/barcode_decoder.py
+++ b/tools/barcode_tools/barcode_decoder.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def _main():
     options.barcode_width = options.yuv_frame_width
 
   script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))
-  zxing_dir = os.path.join(script_dir, '..', 'third_party', 'zxing')
+  zxing_dir = os.path.join(script_dir, 'third_party', 'zxing')
 
   # Convert the overlaid YUV video into a set of PNG frames.
   convert_yuv_to_png_files(options.yuv_file, options.yuv_frame_width,
diff --git a/tools/barcode_tools/barcode_encoder.py b/tools/barcode_tools/barcode_encoder.py
index 244a8ccaa..4c943b81e 100755
--- a/tools/barcode_tools/barcode_encoder.py
+++ b/tools/barcode_tools/barcode_encoder.py
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ def _main():
       options.base_frame_width, options.base_frame_height, options.base_yuv)
 
   script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))
-  zxing_dir = os.path.join(script_dir, '..', 'third_party', 'zxing')
+  zxing_dir = os.path.join(script_dir, 'third_party', 'zxing')
   # Generate barcodes - will generate them in PNG.
   generate_upca_barcodes(number_of_barcodes, options.barcode_width,
                          options.barcode_height,
diff --git a/tools/barcode_tools/barcode_tools.gyp b/tools/barcode_tools/barcode_tools.gyp
deleted file mode 100644
index c1f40cf6a..000000000
--- a/tools/barcode_tools/barcode_tools.gyp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2012 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
-#
-# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
-# that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
-# tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
-# in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
-# be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
-
-{
-  'targets': [
-    {
-      'target_name': 'zxing',
-      'message': 'build zxing barcode tool',
-      'type': 'none',
-      'actions': [
-        {
-          'action_name': 'build_zxing_core',
-          'inputs': [
-            '<(DEPTH)/third_party/zxing/core/build.xml',
-          ],
-          'outputs': [
-            '<(DEPTH)/third_party/zxing/core/core.jar',
-          ],
-          'action': [
-            'ant',
-            '-buildfile',
-            '<(DEPTH)/third_party/zxing/core/build.xml',
-          ]
-        },
-        {
-          'action_name': 'build_zxing_javase',
-          'inputs': [
-            '<(DEPTH)/third_party/zxing/javase/build.xml',
-          ],
-          'outputs': [
-            '<(DEPTH)/third_party/zxing/javase/javase.jar',
-          ],
-          'action': [
-            'ant',
-            '-buildfile',
-            '<(DEPTH)/third_party/zxing/javase/build.xml',
-          ]
-        },
-      ],
-    },
-  ],
-}
diff --git a/tools/barcode_tools/build_zxing.py b/tools/barcode_tools/build_zxing.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f49c85d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/barcode_tools/build_zxing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2012 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+# that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
+# tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+# in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
+# be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+def run_ant_build_command(path_to_ant_build_file):
+  """Tries to build the passed build file with ant."""
+  process = subprocess.Popen([
+      'ant', '-buildfile', '%s' % path_to_ant_build_file],
+      stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+  output, error = process.communicate()
+  if process.returncode != 0:
+    print 'Error: ', error
+  else:
+    print output
+
+
+def _main():
+  run_ant_build_command('third_party/zxing/core/build.xml')
+  run_ant_build_command('third_party/zxing/javase/build.xml')
+  return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  sys.exit(_main())
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