diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 36b992b6..00000000
--- a/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,356 +0,0 @@
-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/plugins-release' }
-    }
-
-    dependencies {
-        classpath 'io.spring.gradle:docbook-reference-plugin:0.3.0'
-        classpath 'io.spring.gradle:spring-io-plugin:0.0.4.RELEASE'
-        classpath 'org.asciidoctor:asciidoctor-gradle-plugin:1.5.0'
-        classpath 'org.asciidoctor:asciidoctorj:1.5.0'
-		classpath 'org.springframework.build.gradle:propdeps-plugin:0.0.6'
-    }
-}
-
-apply plugin: "java"
-apply plugin: 'eclipse'
-apply plugin: 'idea'
-apply from: "$rootDir/maven.gradle"
-apply plugin: 'propdeps'
-apply plugin: 'docbook-reference'
-apply plugin: 'org.asciidoctor.gradle.asciidoctor'
-
-description = 'Spring Data for Pivotal GemFire'
-group = 'org.springframework.data'
-
-sourceCompatibility = 1.8
-targetCompatibility = 1.8
-
-configurations {
-    sharedResources
-}
-
-sourceSets {
-    main {
-        output.classesDir   = 'build/classes/main'
-        output.resourcesDir = 'build/classes/main'
-    }
-    test {
-        output.classesDir   = 'build/classes/test'
-        output.resourcesDir = 'build/classes/test'
-    }
-}
-
-[compileJava, compileTestJava]*.options*.compilerArgs = ["-Xlint:-serial"]
-
-if (project.hasProperty('platformVersion')) {
-    apply plugin: 'spring-io'
-
-    repositories {
-        maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot" }
-    }
-
-    dependencyManagement {
-        springIoTestRuntime {
-            imports {
-                mavenBom "io.spring.platform:platform-bom:${platformVersion}"
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
-    allprojects {
-        tasks.withType(Javadoc) {
-            options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-tasks.withType(Test).all {
-    forkEvery = 1
-    systemProperties['gemfire.disableShutdownHook'] = 'true'
-    systemProperties['javax.net.ssl.keyStore'] = System.getProperty('user.dir') + '/src/test/resources/trusted.keystore'
-    systemProperties['org.springframework.data.gemfire.test.GemfireTestRunner.nomock'] =
-        System.getProperty('org.springframework.data.gemfire.test.GemfireTestRunner.nomock')
-}
-
-repositories {
-  maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot" }
-  maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/plugins-release"}
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    // Java EE
-    optional "javax.enterprise:cdi-api:$cdiVersion"
-
-    // Spring Framework
-    compile("org.springframework:spring-context-support:$springVersion") {
-        exclude group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging"
-    }
-    compile("org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion") {
-        exclude group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging"
-    }
-
-    // Spring Data Commons
-    compile("org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:${springDataCommonsVersion}") {
-        exclude group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging"
-    }
-
-    // Pivotal GemFire
-    compile("io.pivotal.gemfire:geode-core:$gemfireVersion")
-	compile("io.pivotal.gemfire:geode-cq:$gemfireVersion")
-	compile("io.pivotal.gemfire:geode-lucene:$gemfireVersion")
-	compile("io.pivotal.gemfire:geode-wan:$gemfireVersion")
-    runtime("antlr:antlr:$antlrVersion")
-    optional("org.apache.shiro:shiro-spring:$shiroVersion")
-
-    // 3rd Party Dependencies
-    compile "org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:$aspectjVersion"
-    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:$jacksonVersion"
-    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$jacksonVersion"
-
-    // Testing
-    testCompile("org.springframework:spring-test:$springVersion") {
-        exclude group: "commons-logging", module: "commons-logging"
-    }
-    testCompile "javax.annotation:jsr250-api:1.0", optional
-    testCompile "junit:junit:$junitVersion"
-    testCompile "org.apache.openwebbeans.test:cditest-owb:$openwebbeansVersion"
-    testCompile "org.assertj:assertj-core:$assertjVersion"
-    testCompile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:$hamcrestVersion"
-    testCompile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:$hamcrestVersion"
-    testCompile "org.mockito:mockito-core:$mockitoVersion"
-    testCompile "org.projectlombok:lombok:$lombokVersion"
-    testCompile "edu.umd.cs.mtc:multithreadedtc:$multiThreadedtcVersion"
-
-    testRuntime "javax.el:el-api:$cdiVersion"
-    testRuntime "javax.servlet:servlet-api:$servletApiVersion"
-    testRuntime "org.apache.derby:derbyLocale_zh_TW:10.9.1.0"
-    testRuntime "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j:$log4jVersion"
-    testRuntime "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:$log4jVersion"
-    testRuntime "org.springframework.shell:spring-shell:$springShellVersion"
-
-    sharedResources "org.springframework.data.build:spring-data-build-resources:$springDataBuildVersion@zip"
-}
-
-/*
-bundlor {
-    manifestTemplate = file("template.mf").text
-}
-*/
-
-jar {
-    manifest.attributes['Implementation-Title'] = project.name
-    manifest.attributes['Implementation-Version'] = project.version
-
-    from("$rootDir/docs/src/info") {
-        include "license.txt"
-        include "notice.txt"
-        into "META-INF"
-        expand(copyright: new Date().format('yyyy'), version: project.version)
-    }
-}
-
-task extractSharedResources(type: Copy) {
-    from {
-        // use of closure defers evaluation until execution time
-        configurations.sharedResources.collect { zipTree(it) }
-    }
-    into "$buildDir/shared-resources"
-}
-
-javadoc {
-  dependsOn = [ 'extractSharedResources' ]
-
-  destinationDir = file("${buildDir}/api")
-  ext.tmpDir = file("${buildDir}/api-work")
-
-  configure(options) {
-      breakIterator = true
-      docFilesSubDirs = true
-      outputLevel = org.gradle.external.javadoc.JavadocOutputLevel.QUIET
-      stylesheetFile = file("$buildDir/shared-resources/javadoc/spring-javadoc.css")
-      showFromProtected()
-
-      groups = [
-        'Spring GemFire' : ['org.springframework.data.gemfire*'],
-      ]
-
-      links = [
-        "http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/",
-        "http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/javadoc-api/",
-        "http://docs.spring.io/spring-data-gemfire/docs/current/api/",
-        "http://docs.spring.io/spring-data/commons/docs/current/api/index.html?index-all.html",
-        "http://gemfire.docs.pivotal.io/docs-gemfire/latest/javadocs/japi/",
-        "http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/",
-      ]
-
-      exclude "org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/**"
-  }
-
-  title = "${rootProject.description} ${version} API"
-}
-
-asciidoctor {
-    dependsOn = [ 'extractSharedResources' ]
-    sourceDir = file("${projectDir}/src/main/asciidoc")
-    backends = [ 'html5', 'docbook' ]
-    options = [
-        doctype: 'book',
-        eruby: 'erubis',
-        attributes: [
-            basedocdir: "${projectDir}/src/main/asciidoc",
-            copycss : "$buildDir/shared-resources/asciidoc/spring.css",
-            icons : 'font',
-            linkcss: true,
-            numbered: true,
-            sectanchors : true,
-            sectids: false,
-            'source-highlighter': 'prettify',
-            stylesheet: "spring.css",
-            toclevels: '3',
-            version: project.version,
-        ]
-    ]
-}
-
-reference {
-    expandPlaceholders = ''; // avoid copy with expansions
-}
-
-referencePdf {
-    dependsOn = [ 'asciidoctor' ]
-    sourceDir = asciidoctor.outputDir
-}
-
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn:classes) {
-    classifier = 'sources'
-    from sourceSets.main.allJava
-}
-
-task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
-    classifier = 'javadoc'
-    from javadoc
-}
-
-task docsZip(type: Zip) {
-    group = 'Distribution'
-    classifier = 'docs'
-    description = "Builds -${classifier} archive containing api and reference for deployment"
-    dependsOn = [ 'javadoc', 'asciidoctor', 'referencePdf' ]
-
-    from('docs/src/info') {
-        include 'changelog.txt'
-    }
-
-    from (javadoc) {
-        into 'api'
-    }
-
-    from (asciidoctor.outputDir) {
-        include "index.html"
-        include "spring.css"
-        into 'reference/html'
-    }
-
-    from (referencePdf.outputDir) {
-        into 'reference'
-    }
-}
-
-task schemaZip(type: Zip) {
-    group = 'Distribution'
-    classifier = 'schema'
-    description = "Builds -${classifier} archive containing all XSDs for deployment"
-
-    def Properties schemas = new Properties();
-
-    sourceSets.main.resources.find {
-        it.path.endsWith('META-INF' + File.separator + 'spring.schemas')
-    }?.withInputStream { schemas.load(it) }
-
-    for (def key : schemas.keySet()) {
-        def shortName = key.replaceAll(/http.*schema.(.*).spring-.*/, '$1')
-        def alias = key.replaceAll(/http.*schema.(.*).(spring-.*)/, '$2')
-
-        assert shortName != key
-
-        File xsdFile = sourceSets.main.resources.find {
-            it.path.replace('\\', '/').endsWith(schemas.get(key))
-        }
-
-        assert xsdFile != null
-
-        into (shortName) {
-            from xsdFile.path
-            rename { String fileName -> alias }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-task distZip(type: Zip, dependsOn: [jar, docsZip, schemaZip, sourcesJar, javadocJar]) {
-    description = "Builds -${classifier} archive, containing all jars and docs, suitable for community download page."
-    group = 'Distribution'
-    classifier = 'dist'
-
-    ext.zipRootDir = "${project.name}-${project.version}"
-
-    into (zipRootDir) {
-        from('src/main/resources') {
-            include 'changelog.txt'
-            include 'license.txt'
-            include 'notice.txt'
-            include 'readme.txt'
-            expand(copyright: new Date().format('yyyy'), version: project.version)
-        }
-        from('samples/') {
-            into 'samples'
-            exclude '**/build/**'
-            exclude '**/target/**'
-            exclude '**/.gradle/**'
-            exclude '**/vf*.*'
-            exclude '**/vf*.txt'
-        }
-        from(zipTree(docsZip.archivePath)) {
-            into "docs"
-        }
-        from(zipTree(schemaZip.archivePath)) {
-            into "schema"
-        }
-        into ("dist") {
-            from rootProject.collect { project -> project.libsDir }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-artifacts {
-    archives sourcesJar
-    archives javadocJar
-    archives schemaZip
-    archives docsZip
-    archives distZip
-}
-
-task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-  description = "Generates gradlew[.bat] shell scripts."
-  gradleVersion = "1.12"
-
-  doLast() {
-    def gradleOpts = "-Xms256m -Xmx1024m"
-    def gradleBatOpts = "$gradleOpts -XX:MaxHeapSize=1024m"
-
-    File wrapperFile = file("gradlew")
-
-    wrapperFile.text = wrapperFile.text.replace("DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=",
-        "GRADLE_OPTS=\"$gradleOpts \$GRADLE_OPTS\"\nDEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=")
-
-    File wrapperBatFile = file("gradlew.bat")
-
-    wrapperBatFile.text = wrapperBatFile.text.replace("set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=",
-        "set GRADLE_OPTS=$gradleBatOpts %GRADLE_OPTS%\nset DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=")
-  }
-}
-
-assemble.dependsOn = ['jar', 'sourcesJar']
-defaultTasks 'build'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index b4a38207..00000000
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-antlrVersion=2.7.7
-aspectjVersion=1.8.10
-assertjVersion=3.8.0
-cdiVersion=1.0
-gemfireVersion=9.3.0
-hamcrestVersion=1.3
-jacksonVersion=2.9.1
-junitVersion=4.12
-log4jVersion=2.10.0
-lombokVersion=1.16.18
-mockitoVersion=2.8.47
-multiThreadedtcVersion=1.01
-openwebbeansVersion=1.2.8
-servletApiVersion=2.5
-slf4jVersion=1.7.25
-shiroVersion=1.3.3
-spring.range="[5.0.0, 6.0.0)"
-springVersion=5.0.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
-springDataBuildVersion=2.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
-springDataCommonsVersion=2.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
-springShellVersion=1.2.0.RELEASE
-version=2.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 0087cd3b..00000000
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 68953036..00000000
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#Fri May 06 15:39:35 PDT 2016
-distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.12-bin.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
deleted file mode 100755
index bc22fb8e..00000000
--- a/gradlew
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-##############################################################################
-##
-##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
-##
-##############################################################################
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-GRADLE_OPTS="-Xms256m -Xmx1024m $GRADLE_OPTS"
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
-
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
-APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
-
-# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
-MAX_FD="maximum"
-
-warn ( ) {
-    echo "$*"
-}
-
-die ( ) {
-    echo
-    echo "$*"
-    echo
-    exit 1
-}
-
-# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
-cygwin=false
-msys=false
-darwin=false
-case "`uname`" in
-  CYGWIN* )
-    cygwin=true
-    ;;
-  Darwin* )
-    darwin=true
-    ;;
-  MINGW* )
-    msys=true
-    ;;
-esac
-
-# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched.
-if $cygwin ; then
-    [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
-fi
-
-# Attempt to set APP_HOME
-# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
-PRG="$0"
-# Need this for relative symlinks.
-while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
-    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
-    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
-    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
-        PRG="$link"
-    else
-        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
-    fi
-done
-SAVED="`pwd`"
-cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >&-
-APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
-cd "$SAVED" >&-
-
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
-
-# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
-if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
-    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
-        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
-        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
-    else
-        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
-    fi
-    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
-        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
-
-Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-location of your Java installation."
-    fi
-else
-    JAVACMD="java"
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-
-Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-location of your Java installation."
-fi
-
-# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
-if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" ] ; then
-    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
-    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
-        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
-            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
-        fi
-        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
-        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
-        fi
-    else
-        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
-    fi
-fi
-
-# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
-if $darwin; then
-    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
-fi
-
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin ; then
-    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
-
-    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
-    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
-    SEP=""
-    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
-        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
-        SEP="|"
-    done
-    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
-    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
-    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
-        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
-    fi
-    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
-    i=0
-    for arg in "$@" ; do
-        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
-        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
-
-        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
-            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
-        else
-            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
-        fi
-        i=$((i+1))
-    done
-    case $i in
-        (0) set -- ;;
-        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
-        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
-        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
-        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
-        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
-        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
-        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
-        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
-        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
-    esac
-fi
-
-# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
-function splitJvmOpts() {
-    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
-}
-eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
-JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
-
-exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index f50b8f1d..00000000
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
-@rem ##########################################################################
-@rem
-@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
-@rem
-@rem ##########################################################################
-
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
-
-@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set GRADLE_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxHeapSize=1024m %GRADLE_OPTS%
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
-
-set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
-set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
-set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
-
-@rem Find java.exe
-if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
-
-set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
-%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
-
-goto fail
-
-:findJavaFromJavaHome
-set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
-set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
-
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
-
-goto fail
-
-:init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windowz variants
-
-if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
-
-:win9xME_args
-@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
-set _SKIP=2
-
-:win9xME_args_slurp
-if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
-
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-goto execute
-
-:4NT_args
-@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
-
-:execute
-@rem Setup the command line
-
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
-
-@rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
-
-:omega
diff --git a/maven.gradle b/maven.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index a6ee43c6..00000000
--- a/maven.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-apply plugin: 'maven'
-
-ext.optionalDeps = []
-ext.providedDeps = []
-
-ext.optional = { optionalDeps << it }
-ext.provided = { providedDeps << it }
-
-install {
-    repositories.mavenInstaller {
-        customizePom(pom, project)
-    }
-}
-
-def customizePom(pom, gradleProject) {
-    pom.whenConfigured { generatedPom ->
-        // respect 'optional' and 'provided' dependencies
-        gradleProject.optionalDeps.each { dep ->
-            generatedPom.dependencies.find { it.artifactId == dep.name }?.optional = true
-        }
-        gradleProject.providedDeps.each { dep ->
-            generatedPom.dependencies.find { it.artifactId == dep.name }?.scope = 'provided'
-        }
-
-        // eliminate test-scoped dependencies (no need in maven central poms)
-        generatedPom.dependencies.removeAll { dep ->
-            dep.scope == 'test'
-        }
-        
-        // add all items necessary for maven central publication
-        generatedPom.project {
-            name = gradleProject.description
-            description = gradleProject.description
-            url = 'http://github.com/SpringSource/spring-gemfire'
-            organization {
-                name = 'SpringSource'
-                url = 'http://www.springsource.org/spring-gemfire'
-            }
-            licenses {
-                license {
-                    name 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
-                    url 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
-                    distribution 'repo'
-                }
-            }
-            scm {
-                url = 'http://github.com/SpringSource/spring-gemfire'
-                connection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-gemfire'
-                developerConnection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-gemfire'
-            }
-            developers {
-             developer {
-                    id = 'costin'
-                    name = 'Costin Leau'
-                    email = 'cleau@vmware.com'
-            }
-			developer {
-				id = 'dturanski'
-				name = 'David Turanski'
-				email = 'dturanski@gopivotal.com'
-			}
-			developer {
-				id = 'jblum'
-				name = 'John Blum'
-				email = 'jblum@gopivotal.com'
-			}
-			developer {
-				id = 'ogierke'
-				name = 'Oliver Gierke'
-				email = 'ogierke@gopivotal.com'
-			}
-			developer {
-				id = 'ladams'
-				name = 'Lyndon Adams'
-				email = 'ladams@gopivotal.com'
-			}
-           }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index f79b008d..00000000
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rootProject.name = 'spring-data-gemfire'