diff --git a/.autotest b/.autotest
deleted file mode 100644
index ade45eb05..000000000
--- a/.autotest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-Autotest.add_hook :initialize do |at|
-  
-  at.libs = 'lib:spec'
-  
-  at.clear_mappings
-  
-  at.add_mapping(%r{^lib/will_paginate/(.+)\.rb$}) { |_, match|
-    "spec/#{match[1]}_spec.rb"
-  }
-  at.add_mapping(%r{^spec/.+_spec\.rb$}) { |f, _| f }
-  at.add_mapping(%r{^spec/(finders/activerecord_test_connector.rb|database.yml|fixtures/.+)$}) {
-    'spec/finders/active_record_spec.rb'
-  }
-  at.add_mapping(%r{^spec/((spec_helper|shared/.+)\.rb|spec.opts)$}) {
-    # simply re-run all specs
-    at.files_matching %r{^spec/.+_spec\.rb$}
-  }
-  
-  # add these to ignore list
-  %w{ .git test/ rails/ Rakefile README.rdoc init.rb .autotest
-      doc/ coverage/ LICENSE CHANGELOG .manifest will_paginate.gemspec examples/
-      spec/tasks.rake spec/console spec/rcov.opts
-    }.each { |path| at.add_exception path }
-  
-end
-
-Autotest::Rspec.class_eval do
-  # RSpec guys forgot about `libs` in make_test_cmd
-  def make_test_cmd_with_libs(files_to_test)
-    make_test_cmd_without_libs(files_to_test).sub(' -S ', " -S -I#{libs} ")
-  end
-  
-  alias :make_test_cmd_without_libs :make_test_cmd
-  alias :make_test_cmd :make_test_cmd_with_libs
-  
-  # ugh, we have to monkeypatch Autotest ...
-  # the regexp it generates for the exception list just matches too much
-  # 
-  # SOLUTION: wrap it up in another regexp that anchors the whole expression to
-  # the beginning of the path
-  def exceptions
-    unless defined? @exceptions then
-      if @exception_list.empty? then
-        @exceptions = nil
-      else
-        # old (BAD):
-        # @exceptions = Regexp.union(*@exception_list)
-        @exceptions = /^\.\/#{Regexp.union(*@exception_list)}/
-      end
-    end
-
-    @exceptions
-  end
-end
diff --git a/.manifest b/.manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 807df17fb..000000000
--- a/.manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-.autotest
-.gitignore
-.gitmodules
-.manifest
-CHANGELOG.rdoc
-LICENSE
-README.rdoc
-Rakefile
-init.rb
-lib/will_paginate.rb
-lib/will_paginate/array.rb
-lib/will_paginate/collection.rb
-lib/will_paginate/core_ext.rb
-lib/will_paginate/deprecation.rb
-lib/will_paginate/finders.rb
-lib/will_paginate/finders/active_record.rb
-lib/will_paginate/finders/active_record/named_scope.rb
-lib/will_paginate/finders/active_record/named_scope_patch.rb
-lib/will_paginate/finders/active_resource.rb
-lib/will_paginate/finders/base.rb
-lib/will_paginate/finders/data_mapper.rb
-lib/will_paginate/finders/sequel.rb
-lib/will_paginate/version.rb
-lib/will_paginate/view_helpers.rb
-lib/will_paginate/view_helpers/action_view.rb
-lib/will_paginate/view_helpers/base.rb
-lib/will_paginate/view_helpers/link_renderer.rb
-lib/will_paginate/view_helpers/link_renderer_base.rb
-lib/will_paginate/view_helpers/merb.rb
-spec/collection_spec.rb
-spec/console
-spec/console_fixtures.rb
-spec/database.yml
-spec/finders/active_record_spec.rb
-spec/finders/active_resource_spec.rb
-spec/finders/activerecord_test_connector.rb
-spec/finders/data_mapper_spec.rb
-spec/finders/data_mapper_test_connector.rb
-spec/finders/sequel_spec.rb
-spec/finders/sequel_test_connector.rb
-spec/finders_spec.rb
-spec/fixtures/admin.rb
-spec/fixtures/developer.rb
-spec/fixtures/developers_projects.yml
-spec/fixtures/project.rb
-spec/fixtures/projects.yml
-spec/fixtures/replies.yml
-spec/fixtures/reply.rb
-spec/fixtures/schema.rb
-spec/fixtures/topic.rb
-spec/fixtures/topics.yml
-spec/fixtures/user.rb
-spec/fixtures/users.yml
-spec/rcov.opts
-spec/spec.opts
-spec/spec_helper.rb
-spec/tasks.rake
-spec/view_helpers/action_view_spec.rb
-spec/view_helpers/base_spec.rb
-spec/view_helpers/link_renderer_base_spec.rb
-spec/view_helpers/view_example_group.rb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index f92b3dada..357d90bd6 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -24,25 +24,6 @@ Rake::RDocTask.new(:rdoc) do |rdoc|
   rdoc.options << '--webcvs=http://github.com/mislav/will_paginate/tree/master/'
 end
 
-desc %{Update ".manifest" with the latest list of project filenames. Respect\
-.gitignore by excluding everything that git ignores. Update `files` and\
-`test_files` arrays in "*.gemspec" file if it's present.}
-task :manifest do
-  list = `git ls-files --full-name -x *.gemspec -x website`.chomp.split("\n")
-  
-  if spec_file = Dir['*.gemspec'].first
-    spec = File.read spec_file
-    spec.gsub! /^(\s* s.(test_)?files \s* = \s* )( \[ [^\]]* \] | %w\( [^)]* \) )/mx do
-      assignment = $1
-      bunch = $2 ? list.grep(/^(test|spec)\//) : list
-      '%s%%w(%s)' % [assignment, bunch.join(' ')]
-    end
-      
-    File.open(spec_file, 'w') { |f| f << spec }
-  end
-  File.open('.manifest', 'w') { |f| f << list.join("\n") }
-end
-
 task :website do
   Dir.chdir('website') do
     %x(haml index.haml index.html)