diff --git a/Configure.nqp b/Configure.nqp
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--- a/Configure.nqp
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@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-# Purpose: Use Parrot's config info to configure our Makefile.
-#
-# Usage:
-#     nqp Configure.nqp [input_makefile [output_makefile]]
-#
-# input_makefile  defaults to 'build/Makefile.in';
-# output_makefile defaults to 'Makefile'.
-
-our @ARGS;
-our %VM;
-our $OS;
-
-MAIN();
-
-sub MAIN () {
-    # Wave to the friendly users
-    say("Hello, I'm Configure. My job is to poke and prod\nyour system to figure out how to build Kea.\n");
-
-    # Load Parrot config and glue functions
-    pir::load_bytecode('PGE.pbc');
-    pir::load_bytecode('src/lib/Glue.pir');
-
-    # Slurp in the unconfigured Makefile text
-    my $unconfigured := slurp(@ARGS[0] || 'build/Makefile.in');
-
-    # Replace all of the @foo@ markers
-    my $replaced := subst($unconfigured, rx('\@<ident>\@'), replacement);
-
-    # Fix paths on Windows
-    if ($OS eq 'MSWin32') {
-        $replaced := subst($replaced, rx('\/'),     '\\'   );
-        $replaced := subst($replaced, rx('\\\\\*'), '\\\\*');
-    }
-
-    # Spew out the final makefile
-    spew(@ARGS[1] || 'Makefile', $replaced);
-
-    # Give the user a hint of next action
-    my $make := %VM<config><make>;
-    say("Configure completed for platform '$OS'.");
-    say("You can now type '$make' to build Kea.\n");
-    say("You may also type '$make test' to run the Kea test suite.\n");
-    say("Happy Hacking,\n\tThe Kea Team");
-}
-
-sub replacement ($match) {
-    my $key    := $match<ident>;
-    my $config := %VM<config>{$key} || '';
-
-    return $config;
-}
diff --git a/build/Makefile.in b/build/Makefile.in
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index 5981998..0000000
--- a/build/Makefile.in
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@@ -1,193 +0,0 @@
-## $Id$
-
-## arguments we want to run parrot with
-PARROT_ARGS   :=
-
-## configuration settings
-VERSION       := @versiondir@
-BIN_DIR       := @bindir@
-LIB_DIR       := @libdir@$(VERSION)
-DOC_DIR       := @docdir@$(VERSION)
-MANDIR        := @mandir@$(VERSION)
-
-# Set up extensions
-LOAD_EXT      := @load_ext@
-O             := @o@
-
-# Various paths
-PERL6GRAMMAR  := $(LIB_DIR)/library/PGE/Perl6Grammar.pbc
-NQP           := $(LIB_DIR)/languages/nqp/nqp.pbc
-PCT           := $(LIB_DIR)/library/PCT.pbc
-PMC_DIR       := src/pmc
-OPS_DIR       := src/ops
-
-## Setup some commands
-MAKE          := @make_c@
-PERL          := @perl@
-CAT           := @cat@
-CHMOD         := @chmod@
-CP            := @cp@
-MKPATH        := @mkpath@
-RM_F          := @rm_f@
-RM_RF         := @rm_rf@
-POD2MAN       := pod2man
-PARROT        := $(BIN_DIR)/parrot@exe@
-PBC_TO_EXE    := $(BIN_DIR)/pbc_to_exe@exe@
-#IF(darwin):
-#IF(darwin):# MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET must be defined for OS X compilation/linking
-#IF(darwin):export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET := @osx_version@
-
-KEA_GROUP := $(PMC_DIR)/kea_group$(LOAD_EXT)
-KEA_OPS := $(OPS_DIR)/kea_ops$(LOAD_EXT)
-
-#PMC_DEPS := build/src/pmc/Makefile.in $(PMC_DIR)/kea.pmc
-#OPS_DEPS := build/src/ops/Makefile.in $(OPS_DIR)/kea.ops
-
-SOURCES := \
-  src/gen_grammar.pir \
-  src/gen_actions.pir \
-  src/gen_builtins.pir \
-  kea.pir
-
-BUILTINS_PIR := \
-  src/builtins/dup.pir \
-  src/builtins/say.pir
-
-DOCS := README
-
-BUILD_CLEANUPS := \
-  kea.pbc \
-  "src/gen_*.pir" \
-  "*.c" \
-  "*$(O)" \
-  kea@exe@ \
-#IF(win32):  parrot-kea.exe \
-#IF(win32):  parrot-kea.iss \
-#IF(win32):  "setup-parrot-*.exe" \
-  installable_kea@exe@
-
-TEST_CLEANUPS :=
-
-# the default target
-build: \
-  $(KEA_OPS) \
-  $(KEA_GROUP) \
-  kea.pbc
-
-all: build kea@exe@ installable
-
-kea.pbc: $(SOURCES)
-	$(PARROT) $(PARROT_ARGS) -o kea.pbc kea.pir
-
-kea@exe@: kea.pbc
-	$(PBC_TO_EXE) kea.pbc
-
-src/gen_grammar.pir: $(PERL6GRAMMAR) src/parser/grammar.pg src/parser/grammar-oper.pg
-	$(PARROT) $(PARROT_ARGS) $(PERL6GRAMMAR) \
-	    --output=src/gen_grammar.pir \
-	    src/parser/grammar.pg \
-	    src/parser/grammar-oper.pg
-
-src/gen_actions.pir: $(NQP) src/parser/actions.pm
-	$(PARROT) $(PARROT_ARGS) $(NQP) --output=src/gen_actions.pir \
-	    --target=pir src/parser/actions.pm
-
-src/gen_builtins.pir: $(BUILTINS_PIR)
-	$(CAT) $(BUILTINS_PIR) > src/gen_builtins.pir
-
-$(KEA_GROUP): $(PMC_DEPS)
-#	$(MAKE) $(PMC_DIR)
-
-$(KEA_OPS): $(OPS_DEPS)
-#	$(MAKE) $(OPS_DIR)
-
-installable: installable_kea@exe@
-
-installable_kea@exe@: kea.pbc
-	$(PBC_TO_EXE) kea.pbc --install
-
-Makefile: build/Makefile.in
-	$(PERL) Configure.pl
-
-# This is a listing of all targets, that are meant to be called by users
-help:
-	@echo ""
-	@echo "Following targets are available for the user:"
-	@echo ""
-	@echo "  build:             kea.pbc"
-	@echo "                     This is the default."
-	@echo "  kea@exe@      Self-hosting binary not to be installed."
-	@echo "  all:               kea.pbc kea@exe@ installable"
-	@echo "  installable:       Create libs and self-hosting binaries to be installed."
-	@echo "  install:           Install the installable targets and docs."
-	@echo ""
-	@echo "Testing:"
-	@echo "  test:              Run the test suite."
-	@echo "  test-installable:  Test self-hosting targets."
-	@echo "  testclean:         Clean up test results."
-	@echo ""
-	@echo "Cleaning:"
-	@echo "  clean:             Basic cleaning up."
-	@echo "  realclean:         Removes also files generated by 'Configure.pl'"
-	@echo "  distclean:         Removes also anything built, in theory"
-	@echo ""
-	@echo "Misc:"
-	@echo "  help:              Print this help message."
-	@echo ""
-
-test: build
-	$(BIN_DIR)/nqp t/harness t/*.t
-
-# basic run for missing libs
-test-installable: installable
-	echo "1" | ./installable_kea@exe@
-
-install: installable
-#	$(MAKE) $(OPS_DIR) install
-#	$(MAKE) $(PMC_DIR) install
-	$(CP) installable_kea@exe@ $(BIN_DIR)/parrot-kea@exe@
-	$(CHMOD) 0755 $(BIN_DIR)/parrot-kea@exe@
-	-$(MKPATH) $(LIB_DIR)/languages/kea
-	$(CP) kea.pbc $(LIB_DIR)/languages/kea/kea.pbc
-#	-$(MKPATH) $(MANDIR)/man1
-#	$(POD2MAN) doc/running.pod > $(MANDIR)/man1/parrot-kea.1
-#	-$(MKPATH) $(DOC_DIR)/languages/kea
-#	$(CP) $(DOCS) $(DOC_DIR)/languages/kea
-
-uninstall:
-#	$(MAKE) $(OPS_DIR) uninstall
-#	$(MAKE) $(PMC_DIR) uninstall
-	$(RM_F) $(BIN_DIR)/parrot-kea@exe@
-	$(RM_RF) $(LIB_DIR)/languages/kea
-#	$(RM_F) $(MANDIR)/man1/parrot-kea.1
-#	$(RM_RF) $(DOC_DIR)/languages/kea
-
-win32-inno-installer: installable
-#	-$(MKPATH) man/man1
-#	$(POD2MAN) doc/running.pod > man/man1/parrot-kea.1
-#	-$(MKPATH) man/html
-#	pod2html --infile doc/running.pod --outfile man/html/parrot-kea.html
-	$(CP) installable_kea@exe@ parrot-kea.exe
-	$(PERL) -I$(LIB_DIR)/tools/lib $(LIB_DIR)/tools/dev/mk_inno_language.pl kea
-	iscc parrot-kea.iss
-
-testclean:
-	$(RM_F) $(TEST_CLEANUPS)
-
-clean:
-#	$(MAKE) $(OPS_DIR) clean
-#	$(MAKE) $(PMC_DIR) clean
-	$(RM_F) $(TEST_CLEANUPS) $(BUILD_CLEANUPS)
-
-realclean:
-#	$(MAKE) $(OPS_DIR) realclean
-#	$(MAKE) $(PMC_DIR) realclean
-	$(RM_F) $(TEST_CLEANUPS) $(BUILD_CLEANUPS) Makefile
-
-distclean: realclean
-
-# Local variables:
-#   mode: makefile
-# End:
-# vim: ft=make:
-
diff --git a/build/PARROT_REVISION b/build/PARROT_REVISION
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--- a/build/PARROT_REVISION
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-41564
diff --git a/build/gen_parrot.pl b/build/gen_parrot.pl
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index 28b2bb7..0000000
--- a/build/gen_parrot.pl
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@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#! perl
-
-=head1 TITLE
-
-gen_parrot.pl - script to obtain and build Parrot for kea
-
-=head2 SYNOPSIS
-
-    perl gen_parrot.pl [--option-for-Configure-pl]
-
-=head2 DESCRIPTION
-
-Maintains an appropriate copy of Parrot in the parrot/ subdirectory.
-The revision of Parrot to be used in the build is given by the
-build/PARROT_REVISION file.
-
-=cut
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use 5.008;
-
-##  determine what revision of Parrot we require
-open my $REQ, 'build/PARROT_REVISION'
-    or die "cannot open build/PARROT_REVISION ($!)\n";
-my $required = <$REQ>;
-chomp $required;
-close $REQ;
-
-{
-    no warnings;
-    if (open my $REV, '-|', 'parrot/parrot_config revision') {
-        my $revision = <$REV>;
-        close $REV;
-        chomp $revision;
-        if ($revision >= $required) {
-            print "Parrot r$revision already available (r$required required)\n";
-            exit(0);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-print "Checking out Parrot r$required via svn...\n";
-system("svn checkout -r $required https://svn.parrot.org/parrot/trunk parrot");
-
-chdir('parrot');
-
-
-##  If we have a Makefile from a previous build, do a 'make realclean'
-if (-f 'Makefile') {
-    my %config = read_parrot_config();
-    my $make = $config{'make'};
-    if ($make) {
-        print "Performing '$make realclean'\n";
-        system($make, 'realclean');
-    }
-}
-
-##  Configure Parrot
-system($^X, 'Configure.pl', @ARGV);
-
-my %config = read_parrot_config();
-my $make = $config{'make'};
-system( $make );
-system( $make, 'install-dev' );
-
-sub read_parrot_config {
-    my %config = ();
-    if (open my $CFG, 'config_lib.pasm') {
-        while (<$CFG>) {
-            $config{$1} = $2 if (/P0\["(.*?)"], "(.*?)"/);
-        }
-        close $CFG;
-    }
-    %config;
-}
-
-# Local Variables:
-#   mode: cperl
-#   cperl-indent-level: 4
-#   fill-column: 100
-# End:
-# vim: expandtab shiftwidth=4:
-