diff --git a/src/examples/groovy/websockets/ws.html b/src/examples/groovy/websockets/ws.html
index 1a301218f08..497a6b4cb08 100644
--- a/src/examples/groovy/websockets/ws.html
+++ b/src/examples/groovy/websockets/ws.html
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
  *
  -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
   <title>Web Socket Demonstration</title>
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@
 </form>
 <h2 id ="foo">
 </h2>
-<script type="text/javascript">
+<script>
     var foo = document.getElementById('foo');
     var socket;
     if (window.WebSocket) {
diff --git a/src/examples/java/build.xml b/src/examples/java/build.xml
index 7b036386e63..3613b2dbc33 100644
--- a/src/examples/java/build.xml
+++ b/src/examples/java/build.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <property name="src" value="."/>
   <property name="output" value="classes"/>
   <property name="libs" value="../../../lib/main"/>
-  <property name="vertx-classes" value="../../../target/core/classes"/>
+  <property name="vertx-classes" value="../../../target/java/classes"/>
 
   <property name="quux-output" value="quux-out"/>
 
diff --git a/src/examples/java/eventbusbridge/index.html b/src/examples/java/eventbusbridge/index.html
index 522786734b4..5c1504e7ab1 100644
--- a/src/examples/java/eventbusbridge/index.html
+++ b/src/examples/java/eventbusbridge/index.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <html>
 <head>
   <title></title>
-  <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
+  <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
   <script src="http://cdn.sockjs.org/sockjs-0.2.1.min.js"></script>
   <script src="vertxbus.js"></script>
 </head>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
   <div id="status_info">Not connected</div>
 </div>
 
-<script type="text/javascript">
+<script>
 
   var eb = null;
 
diff --git a/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/eventbus/Receiver.java b/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/eventbus/Receiver.java
deleted file mode 100644
index dcf4ded2bba..00000000000
--- a/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/eventbus/Receiver.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2011-2012 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.vertx.java.examples.eventbus;
-
-import org.vertx.java.core.Handler;
-import org.vertx.java.core.eventbus.EventBus;
-import org.vertx.java.core.eventbus.Message;
-import org.vertx.java.deploy.Verticle;
-
-/**
- * @author <a href="http://tfox.org">Tim Fox</a>
- */
-public class Receiver implements Verticle, Handler<Message<String>> {
-
-  String address = "example.address";
-  String creditsAddress = "example.credits";
-
-  EventBus eb = EventBus.instance;
-
-  @Override
-  public void start() throws Exception {
-    eb.registerHandler(address, this);
-  }
-
-  int received;
-  int count;
-
-  public void handle(Message<String> message) {
-    received++;
-    if (received == 1000) {
-      eb.send(creditsAddress, (String)null);
-      received = 0;
-    }
-    count++;
-    if (count % 10000 == 0) {
-      System.out.println("Received messsage " + count);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void stop() throws Exception {
-    eb.unregisterHandler(address, this);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/eventbus/Sender.java b/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/eventbus/Sender.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 135ad2de4e6..00000000000
--- a/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/eventbus/Sender.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2011-2012 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.vertx.java.examples.eventbus;
-
-import org.vertx.java.core.Handler;
-import org.vertx.java.core.SimpleHandler;
-import org.vertx.java.core.Vertx;
-import org.vertx.java.core.eventbus.EventBus;
-import org.vertx.java.core.eventbus.Message;
-import org.vertx.java.deploy.Verticle;
-
-/**
- * @author <a href="http://tfox.org">Tim Fox</a>
- */
-public class Sender implements Verticle, Handler<Message<String>> {
-
-  String address = "example.address";
-  String creditsAddress = "example.credits";
-
-  int credits = 1000;
-  int count = 0;
-
-  EventBus eb = EventBus.instance;
-
-  @Override
-  public void start() throws Exception {
-    eb.registerHandler(creditsAddress, this);
-    Vertx.instance.setTimer(5000, new Handler<Long>() {
-      public void handle(Long timerID) {
-        sendMessage();
-      }
-    });
-
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void stop() throws Exception {
-    eb.unregisterHandler(creditsAddress, this);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void handle(Message<String> event) {
-    credits += 1000;
-    sendMessage();
-  }
-
-  private void sendMessage() {
-    for (int i = 0; i < 200; i++) {
-      if (credits > 0) {
-        credits--;
-        eb.send(address, "some message");
-        count++;
-       // System.out.println("Sent message " + count);
-        Vertx.instance.runOnLoop(new SimpleHandler() {
-          public void handle() {
-            sendMessage();
-          }
-        });
-      } else {
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/eventbusbridge/BridgeServer.java b/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/eventbusbridge/BridgeServer.java
index 018e9d0f4d2..dfc6faeb3e8 100644
--- a/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/eventbusbridge/BridgeServer.java
+++ b/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/eventbusbridge/BridgeServer.java
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ public class BridgeServer implements Verticle {
   public void start() throws Exception {
     server = new HttpServer();
 
-    List<JsonObject> permitted = new ArrayList<>();
-    permitted.add(new JsonObject()); // Let everything through
-    new SockJSBridge(server, new AppConfig().setPrefix("/eventbus"), permitted);
-
     // Also serve the static resources. In real life this would probably be done by a CDN
     server.requestHandler(new Handler<HttpServerRequest>() {
       public void handle(HttpServerRequest req) {
@@ -33,6 +29,10 @@ public void handle(HttpServerRequest req) {
       }
     });
 
+    List<JsonObject> permitted = new ArrayList<>();
+    permitted.add(new JsonObject()); // Let everything through
+    new SockJSBridge(server, new AppConfig().setPrefix("/eventbus"), permitted);
+
     server.listen(8080);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/sockjs/SockJSExample.java b/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/sockjs/SockJSExample.java
index c5a4ed75405..fddb3651ca4 100644
--- a/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/sockjs/SockJSExample.java
+++ b/src/examples/java/org/vertx/java/examples/sockjs/SockJSExample.java
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ public class SockJSExample implements Verticle {
   public void start() {
     server = new HttpServer();
 
+    server.requestHandler(new Handler<HttpServerRequest>() {
+      public void handle(HttpServerRequest req) {
+        if (req.path.equals("/")) req.response.sendFile("sockjs/index.html"); // Serve the html
+      }
+    });
+
     SockJSServer sockServer = new SockJSServer(server);
 
     sockServer.installApp(new AppConfig().setPrefix("/testapp"), new Handler<SockJSSocket>() {
@@ -44,12 +50,7 @@ public void handle(Buffer data) {
       }
     });
 
-    server.requestHandler(new Handler<HttpServerRequest>() {
-      public void handle(HttpServerRequest req) {
-        if (req.path.equals("/")) req.response.sendFile("sockjs/index.html"); // Serve the html
-      }
-    }).listen(8080);
-
+    server.listen(8080);
   }
 
   public void stop() {
diff --git a/src/examples/java/route_match/index.html b/src/examples/java/route_match/index.html
index 5d545706859..8d7050b3acc 100644
--- a/src/examples/java/route_match/index.html
+++ b/src/examples/java/route_match/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head><title>Route Matcher example</title></head>
 <body>
diff --git a/src/examples/java/sendfile/index.html b/src/examples/java/sendfile/index.html
index 178e207fe24..73ebfd6f0c0 100644
--- a/src/examples/java/sendfile/index.html
+++ b/src/examples/java/sendfile/index.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
     <title>vert.x static web server</title>
diff --git a/src/examples/java/sendfile/page1.html b/src/examples/java/sendfile/page1.html
index 8c21967923c..844b9dbf718 100644
--- a/src/examples/java/sendfile/page1.html
+++ b/src/examples/java/sendfile/page1.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
     <title></title>
diff --git a/src/examples/java/sendfile/page2.html b/src/examples/java/sendfile/page2.html
index 8e7a4848b67..19470fadf9f 100644
--- a/src/examples/java/sendfile/page2.html
+++ b/src/examples/java/sendfile/page2.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
     <title></title>
diff --git a/src/examples/java/sockjs/index.html b/src/examples/java/sockjs/index.html
index de893d4705b..2b63400a183 100644
--- a/src/examples/java/sockjs/index.html
+++ b/src/examples/java/sockjs/index.html
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
  *
  -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
     <title>SockJS Test</title>
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@
 </head>
 <body>
 
-<script type="text/javascript">
+<script>
    var sock = new SockJS('http://localhost:8080/testapp');
    sock.onopen = function() {
        console.log('open');
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@
         console.log("sending message")
         sock.send(message);
      } else {
-        sock("The socket is not open.");
+        console.log("The socket is not open.");
      }
    }
 </script>
diff --git a/src/examples/java/websockets/ws.html b/src/examples/java/websockets/ws.html
index 88fb1c1a0ce..5ae6a0947ce 100644
--- a/src/examples/java/websockets/ws.html
+++ b/src/examples/java/websockets/ws.html
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
  *
  -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head><title>Web Socket Test</title></head>
 <body>
-<script type="text/javascript">
+<script>
     var socket;
     if (window.WebSocket) {
         socket = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:8080/myapp");
diff --git a/src/examples/javascript/README.md b/src/examples/javascript/README.md
index 33e4b02efcb..46e07d66569 100644
--- a/src/examples/javascript/README.md
+++ b/src/examples/javascript/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ you can run vertx is application server mode. See the wiki for more information)
 
 (for full help on deploying just type vertx from the command line)
 
-(from this directory)
+(all examples should be run from this directory unless otherwise stated (e.g. the webapp example))
 
 vertx run <example script name>
 
diff --git a/src/examples/javascript/eventbusbridge/index.html b/src/examples/javascript/eventbusbridge/index.html
index 5a1bc05b780..f75fbafdb36 100644
--- a/src/examples/javascript/eventbusbridge/index.html
+++ b/src/examples/javascript/eventbusbridge/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
   <title></title>
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@
   <div id="status_info">Not connected</div>
 </div>
 
-<script type="text/javascript">
+<script>
 
   var eb = null;
 
diff --git a/src/examples/javascript/route_match/index.html b/src/examples/javascript/route_match/index.html
index 5d545706859..8d7050b3acc 100644
--- a/src/examples/javascript/route_match/index.html
+++ b/src/examples/javascript/route_match/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head><title>Route Matcher example</title></head>
 <body>
diff --git a/src/examples/javascript/scratch/scratch.js b/src/examples/javascript/scratch/scratch.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c299713bec1..00000000000
--- a/src/examples/javascript/scratch/scratch.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-load('vertx.js');
-
-foo();
-
-function foo() {
-  throw "foo"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/examples/javascript/sendfile/index.html b/src/examples/javascript/sendfile/index.html
index c5e9d11014c..c7fb429f0f2 100644
--- a/src/examples/javascript/sendfile/index.html
+++ b/src/examples/javascript/sendfile/index.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
     <title>vert.x static web server</title>
diff --git a/src/examples/javascript/sendfile/page1.html b/src/examples/javascript/sendfile/page1.html
index 8c21967923c..844b9dbf718 100644
--- a/src/examples/javascript/sendfile/page1.html
+++ b/src/examples/javascript/sendfile/page1.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
     <title></title>
diff --git a/src/examples/javascript/sendfile/page2.html b/src/examples/javascript/sendfile/page2.html
index 8e7a4848b67..19470fadf9f 100644
--- a/src/examples/javascript/sendfile/page2.html
+++ b/src/examples/javascript/sendfile/page2.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
     <title></title>
diff --git a/src/examples/javascript/sockjs/index.html b/src/examples/javascript/sockjs/index.html
index 0fdde6a0b65..928768eb9d4 100644
--- a/src/examples/javascript/sockjs/index.html
+++ b/src/examples/javascript/sockjs/index.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
     <title>SockJS Test</title>
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@
 </head>
 <body>
 
-<script type="text/javascript">
+<script>
    var sock = new SockJS('http://localhost:8080/testapp');
    sock.onopen = function() {
        console.log('open');
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@
         console.log("sending message")
         sock.send(message);
      } else {
-        sock("The socket is not open.");
+        console.log("The socket is not open.");
      }
    }
 </script>
diff --git a/src/examples/javascript/websockets/ws.html b/src/examples/javascript/websockets/ws.html
index 957f19a3eb1..c53e927865b 100644
--- a/src/examples/javascript/websockets/ws.html
+++ b/src/examples/javascript/websockets/ws.html
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head><title>Web Socket Test</title></head>
 <body>
-<script type="text/javascript">
+<script>
     var socket;
     if (window.WebSocket) {
         socket = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:8080/myapp");
diff --git a/src/examples/javascript/websockets/ws_server.js b/src/examples/javascript/websockets/ws_server.js
index 686024404a5..1134d0864bf 100644
--- a/src/examples/javascript/websockets/ws_server.js
+++ b/src/examples/javascript/websockets/ws_server.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 load('vertx.js')
 
 var server = new vertx.HttpServer().websocketHandler(function(ws) {
-  var pump = new vertx.Pump(ws, ws);
-  pump.start();
+  ws.dataHandler( function(buffer) { ws.writeTextFrame(buffer.toString()) });
 }).requestHandler(function(req) {
   if (req.uri == "/") req.response.sendFile("websockets/ws.html")
 }).listen(8080)
diff --git a/src/examples/ruby/README.md b/src/examples/ruby/README.md
index b1627cf6d4d..41cf26d602f 100644
--- a/src/examples/ruby/README.md
+++ b/src/examples/ruby/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ you can run vertx is application server mode. See the wiki for more information)
 
 (for full help on deploying just type vertx from the command line)
 
-(from this directory)
+(all examples should be run from this directory unless otherwise stated (e.g. the webapp example))
 
 vertx run <example script name>
 
diff --git a/src/examples/ruby/eventbusbridge/index.html b/src/examples/ruby/eventbusbridge/index.html
index 5a1bc05b780..f75fbafdb36 100644
--- a/src/examples/ruby/eventbusbridge/index.html
+++ b/src/examples/ruby/eventbusbridge/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
   <title></title>
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@
   <div id="status_info">Not connected</div>
 </div>
 
-<script type="text/javascript">
+<script>
 
   var eb = null;
 
diff --git a/src/examples/ruby/route_match/index.html b/src/examples/ruby/route_match/index.html
index 5d545706859..8d7050b3acc 100644
--- a/src/examples/ruby/route_match/index.html
+++ b/src/examples/ruby/route_match/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head><title>Route Matcher example</title></head>
 <body>
diff --git a/src/examples/ruby/scratch/scratch.rb b/src/examples/ruby/scratch/scratch.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 031411aa862..00000000000
--- a/src/examples/ruby/scratch/scratch.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-
-
-require "vertx"
-include Vertx
-
-#@server = HttpServer.new.request_handler do |req|
-#  raise "Foo"
-#end.listen(8080)
-#
-#def vertx_stop
-#  @server.close
-#end
diff --git a/src/examples/ruby/sendfile/index.html b/src/examples/ruby/sendfile/index.html
index 178e207fe24..73ebfd6f0c0 100644
--- a/src/examples/ruby/sendfile/index.html
+++ b/src/examples/ruby/sendfile/index.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
     <title>vert.x static web server</title>
diff --git a/src/examples/ruby/sendfile/page1.html b/src/examples/ruby/sendfile/page1.html
index 8c21967923c..844b9dbf718 100644
--- a/src/examples/ruby/sendfile/page1.html
+++ b/src/examples/ruby/sendfile/page1.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
     <title></title>
diff --git a/src/examples/ruby/sendfile/page2.html b/src/examples/ruby/sendfile/page2.html
index 8e7a4848b67..19470fadf9f 100644
--- a/src/examples/ruby/sendfile/page2.html
+++ b/src/examples/ruby/sendfile/page2.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
     <title></title>
diff --git a/src/examples/ruby/sockjs/index.html b/src/examples/ruby/sockjs/index.html
index de893d4705b..2b63400a183 100644
--- a/src/examples/ruby/sockjs/index.html
+++ b/src/examples/ruby/sockjs/index.html
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
  *
  -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
     <title>SockJS Test</title>
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@
 </head>
 <body>
 
-<script type="text/javascript">
+<script>
    var sock = new SockJS('http://localhost:8080/testapp');
    sock.onopen = function() {
        console.log('open');
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@
         console.log("sending message")
         sock.send(message);
      } else {
-        sock("The socket is not open.");
+        console.log("The socket is not open.");
      }
    }
 </script>
diff --git a/src/examples/ruby/websockets/ws.html b/src/examples/ruby/websockets/ws.html
index 88fb1c1a0ce..5ae6a0947ce 100644
--- a/src/examples/ruby/websockets/ws.html
+++ b/src/examples/ruby/websockets/ws.html
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
  *
  -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head><title>Web Socket Test</title></head>
 <body>
-<script type="text/javascript">
+<script>
     var socket;
     if (window.WebSocket) {
         socket = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:8080/myapp");
diff --git a/src/tests/client/client_test.html b/src/tests/client/client_test.html
index cd0af228723..16ff82b143f 100644
--- a/src/tests/client/client_test.html
+++ b/src/tests/client/client_test.html
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-        "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
 <html>
 <head>
     <title></title>
@@ -8,7 +6,7 @@
 </head>
 <body>
 
-<script type="text/javascript">
+<script>
    var eb = new vertx.EventBus("http://localhost:8080/eventbus");
    eb.onopen = function() {
      console.log('event bus open');
