diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 309e0e2105c..00000000000
--- a/build.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Version class and file
-project.version_class = Doctrine\\DBAL\\Version
-project.version_file = lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Version.php
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
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index 064a6084e7e..00000000000
--- a/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project name="DoctrineDBAL" default="build" basedir=".">
-    <property file="build.properties" />
-
-    <target name="php">
-        <exec executable="which" outputproperty="php_executable">
-            <arg value="php" />
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="prepare">
-        <mkdir dir="build" />
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="build" depends="check-git-checkout-clean,prepare,php,composer">
-        <exec executable="${php_executable}">
-            <arg value="build/composer.phar" />
-            <arg value="archive" />
-            <arg value="--dir=build" />
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="composer" depends="php,composer-check,composer-download">
-        <exec executable="${php_executable}">
-            <arg value="build/composer.phar" />
-            <arg value="install" />
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="composer-check" depends="prepare">
-        <available file="build/composer.phar" property="composer.present"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="composer-download" unless="composer.present">
-        <exec executable="wget">
-            <arg value="-Obuild/composer.phar" />
-            <arg value="http://getcomposer.org/composer.phar" />
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="make-release" depends="check-git-checkout-clean,prepare,php">
-        <replace file="${project.version_file}" token="-DEV" value="" failOnNoReplacements="true" />
-        <exec executable="${php_executable}" outputproperty="doctrine.current_version" failonerror="true">
-            <arg value="-r" />
-            <arg value="require_once '${project.version_file}';echo ${project.version_class}::VERSION;" />
-        </exec>
-        <exec executable="${php_executable}" outputproperty="doctrine.next_version" failonerror="true">
-            <arg value="-r" />
-            <arg value="$parts = explode('.', str_ireplace(array('-DEV', '-ALPHA', '-BETA'), '', '${doctrine.current_version}'));
-                if (count($parts) != 3) {
-                    throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Version is assumed in format x.y.z, ${doctrine.current_version} given');
-                }
-                $parts[2]++;
-                echo implode('.', $parts);
-            " />
-        </exec>
-
-        <git-commit file="${project.version_file}" message="Release ${doctrine.current_version}" />
-        <git-tag version="${doctrine.current_version}" />
-        <replace file="${project.version_file}" token="${doctrine.current_version}" value="${doctrine.next_version}-DEV" />
-        <git-commit file="${project.version_file}" message="Bump version to ${doctrine.next_version}" />
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="check-git-checkout-clean">
-        <exec executable="git" failonerror="true">
-            <arg value="diff-index" />
-            <arg value="--quiet" />
-            <arg value="HEAD" />
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-
-    <macrodef name="git-commit">
-        <attribute name="file" default="NOT SET"/>
-        <attribute name="message" default="NOT SET"/>
-
-        <sequential>
-            <exec executable="git">
-                <arg value="add" />
-                <arg value="@{file}" />
-            </exec>
-            <exec executable="git">
-                <arg value="commit" />
-                <arg value="-m" />
-                <arg value="@{message}" />
-            </exec>
-        </sequential>
-    </macrodef>
-
-    <macrodef name="git-tag">
-        <attribute name="version" default="NOT SET" />
-
-        <sequential>
-            <exec executable="git">
-                <arg value="tag" />
-                <arg value="-s" />
-                <arg value="-m" />
-                <arg value="v@{version}" />
-                <arg value="v@{version}" />
-            </exec>
-        </sequential>
-    </macrodef>
-</project>