diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/manual-test/versionManagement/.gradletasknamecache b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/manual-test/versionManagement/.gradletasknamecache
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index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/manual-test/versionManagement/build.gradle b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/manual-test/versionManagement/build.gradle
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--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/manual-test/versionManagement/build.gradle
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@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-buildscript {
-	ext {
-		springBootVersion = '1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT'
-	}
-	repositories {
-		mavenLocal()
-	}
-	dependencies {
-		classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}")
-	}
-}
-
-apply plugin: 'java'
-apply plugin: 'spring-boot'
-
-repositories {
-	mavenLocal()
-	mavenCentral()
-	maven { url "http://repo.spring.io/release" }
-	maven { url "http://repo.spring.io/milestone" }
-	maven { url "http://repo.spring.io/snapshot" }
-}
-
-dependencies {
-	versionManagement("io.spring.platform:platform-versions:1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT@properties")
-	compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter")
-	compile("org.springframework.data:spring-data-hadoop")
-	testCompile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test")
-}
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/manual-test/versionManagement/readme.txt b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/manual-test/versionManagement/readme.txt
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--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/manual-test/versionManagement/readme.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-simple manual test to show how versionManagement dependencies can be used
-
-run gradle dependencies and check that there are no failures
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/manual-test/versionManagement/src/main/java/VersionManagementApplication.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/manual-test/versionManagement/src/main/java/VersionManagementApplication.java
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--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/manual-test/versionManagement/src/main/java/VersionManagementApplication.java
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@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2012-2014 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.
- */
-
-public class VersionManagementApplication {
-
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
-	}
-
-}