--- a/ide.ergonomics/nbproject/project.properties	Wed Mar 11 15:53:12 2009 +0100
+++ a/ide.ergonomics/nbproject/project.properties	Wed Mar 11 19:00:40 2009 +0100
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ 
 release.dir=${basedir}/build/release
 
 src-ant.build=build/antclasses/
-src-ant.cp=${ant.core.lib}:${openide.util.dir}/lib/org-openide-util.jar
+src-ant.cp=${ant.core.lib}
 
 test.config.commit.includes=\
     org/netbeans/modules/ide/ergonomics/DynamicVerifyTest.class
--- a/ide.ergonomics/src-ant/org/netbeans/modules/ide/ergonomics/ant/IconResource.java	Wed Mar 11 15:53:12 2009 +0100
+++ a/ide.ergonomics/src-ant/org/netbeans/modules/ide/ergonomics/ant/IconResource.java	Wed Mar 11 19:00:40 2009 +0100
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ 
 
 package org.netbeans.modules.ide.ergonomics.ant;
 
-import java.awt.Image;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ 
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Resource;
-import org.openide.util.ImageUtilities;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -74,12 +72,30 @@ 
             if (img == null) {
                 return r.getInputStream();
             }
-            Image merge = ImageUtilities.mergeImages(img, badgeIcon, 0, 0);
+            BufferedImage merge = merge(img, badgeIcon);
             ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-            ImageIO.write((BufferedImage)merge, "png", os);
+            ImageIO.write(merge, "png", os);
             return new ByteArrayInputStream(os.toByteArray());
         } catch (IOException ex) {
             return r.getInputStream();
         }
     }
+
+    static BufferedImage merge(BufferedImage img1, BufferedImage img2) {
+        int w = Math.max(img1.getWidth(), img2.getWidth());
+        int h = Math.max(img1.getHeight(), img2.getHeight());
+
+        BufferedImage result = new BufferedImage(w, h, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < w; i++) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < h; j++) {
+                int color = i < img2.getWidth() && j < img2.getHeight() ? img2.getRGB(i, j) : 0;
+                if (color == 0 || color == 0xffffff) { // how find out that an image pixel is "empty"?
+                    color = i < img1.getWidth() && j < img1.getHeight() ? img1.getRGB(i, j) : 0;
+                }
+                result.setRGB(i, j, color);
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
 }