diff --git a/src/assembly/src-tar-gz.xml b/src/assembly/src-tar-gz.xml
index fbc391cfca..fdb9b209d4 100644
--- a/src/assembly/src-tar-gz.xml
+++ b/src/assembly/src-tar-gz.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     <fileSets>
         <fileSet>
             <includes>
-                <include>build.xml</include>
                 <include>checkstyle.xml</include>
                 <include>LICENSE.txt</include>
                 <include>license-header.txt</include>
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@
                 <include>README.txt</include>
                 <include>RELEASE-NOTES.txt</include>
                 <include>findbugs-exclude-filter.xml</include>
-                <include>build.properties.sample</include>
             </includes>
             <lineEnding>lf</lineEnding>
         </fileSet>
@@ -73,4 +71,3 @@
         </fileSet> 
     </fileSets>
 </assembly>
-
diff --git a/src/assembly/src-zip.xml b/src/assembly/src-zip.xml
index f309ca6d64..3078e08252 100644
--- a/src/assembly/src-zip.xml
+++ b/src/assembly/src-zip.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     <fileSets>
         <fileSet>
             <includes>
-                <include>build.xml</include>
                 <include>checkstyle.xml</include>
                 <include>LICENSE.txt</include>
                 <include>license-header.txt</include>
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@
                 <include>README.txt</include>
                 <include>RELEASE-NOTES.txt</include>
                 <include>findbugs-exclude-filter.xml</include>
-                <include>build.properties.sample</include>
             </includes>
             <lineEnding>crlf</lineEnding>
         </fileSet>