diff --git a/samples/airline/client/axis1/build.xml b/samples/airline/client/axis1/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 66b1ce9a..00000000
--- a/samples/airline/client/axis1/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-
-<project name="spring-ws-airline-sample-axis-client" default="build"
-        xmlns:artifact="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-    <property name="bin.dir" value="bin"/>
-    <property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
-    <property name="gen.dir" value="gen"/>
-    <property name="wsdl" value="http://localhost:8080/airline/airline.wsdl"/>
-
-    <target name="init">
-        <typedef resource="org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/antlib.xml" uri="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-            <classpath>
-                <pathelement location="${basedir}/../../../maven-ant-tasks-2.0.7.jar"/>
-            </classpath>
-        </typedef>
-
-        <artifact:dependencies pathId="generate.classpath">
-            <dependency groupId="axis" artifactId="axis-ant" version="1.4"/>
-            <dependency groupId="axis" artifactId="axis" version="1.4"/>
-        </artifact:dependencies>
-
-         <artifact:dependencies pathId="compile.classpath">
-             <dependency groupId="axis" artifactId="axis" version="1.4"/>
-         </artifact:dependencies> 
-
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="generate" depends="init">
-        <mkdir dir="${gen.dir}"/>
-        <taskdef resource="axis-tasks.properties" classpathref="generate.classpath"/>
-
-        <axis-wsdl2java
-                output="${gen.dir}"
-                url="${wsdl}">
-            <mapping
-                    namespace="http://www.springframework.org/spring-ws/samples/airline/schemas/messages"
-                    package="org.springframework.ws.samples.airline.client.axis1"/>
-            <mapping
-                    namespace="http://www.springframework.org/spring-ws/samples/airline/schemas/types"
-                    package="org.springframework.ws.samples.airline.client.axis1"/>
-            <mapping
-                    namespace="http://www.springframework.org/spring-ws/samples/airline/definitions"
-                    package="org.springframework.ws.samples.airline.client.axis1"/>
-        </axis-wsdl2java>
-
-    </target>
-
-
-    <target name="build" depends="generate">
-        <mkdir dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-        <javac destdir="${bin.dir}">
-            <src path="${src.dir}"/>
-            <src path="${gen.dir}"/>
-            <classpath refid="compile.classpath"/>
-        </javac>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="clean">
-        <delete dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-        <delete dir="${gen.dir}"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="run" depends="build">
-        <java classname="org.springframework.ws.samples.airline.client.axis1.Main" fork="true" failonerror="true">
-            <classpath refid="compile.classpath"/>
-            <classpath location="${bin.dir}"/>
-        </java>
-    </target>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/samples/airline/client/build.xml b/samples/airline/client/build.xml
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index 02bec85b..00000000
--- a/samples/airline/client/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project name="spring-ws-airline-sample-clients" default="run-all">
-
-    <target name="clean-all">
-        <ant dir="axis1" target="clean"/>
-        <ant dir="dotnet" target="clean"/>
-        <ant dir="jax-ws" target="clean"/>
-        <ant dir="jms" target="clean"/>
-        <ant dir="saaj" target="clean"/>
-        <ant dir="spring-ws" target="clean"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="run-all">
-        <ant dir="axis1" target="run"/>
-        <ant dir="dotnet" target="run"/>
-        <ant dir="jax-ws" target="run"/>
-        <ant dir="jms" target="run"/>
-        <ant dir="saaj" target="run"/>
-        <ant dir="spring-ws" target="run"/>
-    </target>
-</project>
-
diff --git a/samples/airline/client/jax-ws/build.xml b/samples/airline/client/jax-ws/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 313e9699..00000000
--- a/samples/airline/client/jax-ws/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-
-<project name="spring-ws-airline-sample-jax-ws-client" default="build" xmlns:artifact="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-    <property name="bin.dir" value="bin"/>
-    <property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
-    <property name="lib.dir" value="lib"/>
-
-    <target name="init">
-        <mkdir dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-        <typedef resource="org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/antlib.xml" uri="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-            <classpath>
-                <pathelement location="${basedir}/../../../maven-ant-tasks-2.0.7.jar"/>
-            </classpath>
-        </typedef>
-
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="main" url="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"/>
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="java.net.1" url="http://download.java.net/maven/1/"
-                                   layout="legacy"/>
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="java.net.2" url="http://download.java.net/maven/2/"/>
-
-        <artifact:dependencies pathId="classpath">
-            <remoteRepository refid="main"/>
-            <remoteRepository refid="java.net.1"/>
-            <remoteRepository refid="java.net.2"/>
-            <dependency groupId="com.sun.xml.ws" artifactId="jaxws-rt" version="2.1.3"/>
-            <dependency groupId="com.sun.xml.ws" artifactId="jaxws-tools" version="2.1.3"/>
-            <dependency groupId="org.jvnet.staxex" artifactId="stax-ex" version="1.0"/>
-        </artifact:dependencies>
-
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="generate" depends="init">
-        <taskdef name="wsimport" classname="com.sun.tools.ws.ant.WsImport" classpathref="classpath"/>
-        <wsimport wsdl="http://localhost:8080/airline/airline.wsdl" destdir="${bin.dir}"
-                  package="org.springframework.ws.samples.airline.client.jaxws"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="build" depends="generate">
-        <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${bin.dir}" debug="true">
-            <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-            <classpath location="${bin.dir}"/>
-        </javac>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="clean">
-        <delete dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="run" depends="build">
-        <java classname="org.springframework.ws.samples.airline.client.jaxws.Main" fork="true" failonerror="true">
-            <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-            <classpath location="${bin.dir}"/>
-        </java>
-    </target>
-</project>
diff --git a/samples/airline/client/jms/build.xml b/samples/airline/client/jms/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 657f3094..00000000
--- a/samples/airline/client/jms/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project name="spring-ws-airline-sample-jms-client" default="build"
-        xmlns:artifact="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-    <property name="bin.dir" value="bin"/>
-    <property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
-
-    <target name="init">
-        <typedef resource="org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/antlib.xml" uri="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-            <classpath>
-                <pathelement location="${basedir}/../../../maven-ant-tasks-2.0.7.jar"/>
-            </classpath>
-        </typedef>
-
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="main" url="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"/>
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="java.net" url="http://download.java.net/maven/1/"
-                layout="legacy"/>
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="spring-ext"
-            url="https://springframework.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/springframework/repos/repo-ext/"/>
-
-        <artifact:dependencies pathId="compile.classpath">
-            <remoteRepository refid="main"/>
-            <remoteRepository refid="java.net"/>
-            <remoteRepository refid="spring-ext"/>
-            <dependency groupId="javax.xml.soap" artifactId="saaj-api" version="1.3"/>
-            <dependency groupId="org.apache.activemq" artifactId="activemq-core" version="4.1.1"/>
-            <dependency groupId="org.springframework.ws" artifactId="spring-ws-core" version="2.0.0-M1"/>
-        </artifact:dependencies>
-
-        <artifact:dependencies pathId="runtime.classpath">
-            <remoteRepository refid="main"/>
-            <remoteRepository refid="java.net"/>
-            <remoteRepository refid="spring-ext"/>
-            <dependency groupId="com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj" artifactId="saaj-impl" version="1.3"/>
-            <dependency groupId="org.springframework.ws" artifactId="spring-ws-support" version="2.0.0-M1"/>
-            <dependency groupId="org.springframework" artifactId="spring-jms" version="2.5.1"/>
-        </artifact:dependencies>
-
-    </target>
-
-
-    <target name="build" depends="init">
-        <mkdir dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-        <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${bin.dir}" debug="true">
-            <classpath refid="compile.classpath"/>
-        </javac>
-        <copy todir="${bin.dir}">
-            <fileset dir="${src.dir}">
-                <exclude name="**/*.java"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </copy>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="clean">
-        <delete dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="run" depends="build">
-        <java classname="org.springframework.ws.samples.airline.client.jms.JmsClient" fork="true" failonerror="true">
-            <classpath refid="compile.classpath"/>
-            <classpath refid="runtime.classpath"/>
-            <classpath location="${bin.dir}"/>
-        </java>
-    </target>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/samples/airline/client/saaj/build.xml b/samples/airline/client/saaj/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ce8bb0cd..00000000
--- a/samples/airline/client/saaj/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-
-<project name="spring-ws-airline-sample-saaj-client" default="build" xmlns:artifact="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-    <property name="bin.dir" value="bin"/>
-    <property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
-
-    <target name="init">
-        <typedef resource="org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/antlib.xml" uri="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-            <classpath>
-                <pathelement location="${basedir}/../../../maven-ant-tasks-2.0.7.jar"/>
-            </classpath>
-        </typedef>
-
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="main" url="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"/>
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="java.net" url="http://download.java.net/maven/1/"
-                                   layout="legacy"/>
-
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="spring-ext"
-                                   url="https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/springframework/repos/repo-ext/"/>
-
-        <artifact:dependencies pathId="compile.classpath">
-            <remoteRepository refid="main"/>
-            <remoteRepository refid="java.net"/>
-            <remoteRepository refid="spring-ext"/>
-            <dependency groupId="javax.xml.soap" artifactId="saaj-api" version="1.3"/>
-            <dependency groupId="com.sun.xml.wss" artifactId="xws-security" version="2.0-FCS">
-                <exclusion groupId="javax.xml.parsers" artifactId="jaxp-api"/>
-                <exclusion groupId="javax.xml.bind" artifactId="jaxb-api"/>
-                <exclusion groupId="javax.xml.ws" artifactId="jaxws-api"/>
-                <exclusion groupId="javax.xml" artifactId="jaxrpc-api"/>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency groupId="com.sun.org.apache.xml.security" artifactId="xmlsec" version="2.0"/>
-        </artifact:dependencies>
-
-        <artifact:dependencies pathId="runtime.classpath">
-            <remoteRepository refid="java.net"/>
-            <dependency groupId="com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj" artifactId="saaj-impl" version="1.3"/>
-        </artifact:dependencies>
-
-    </target>
-
-
-    <target name="build" depends="init">
-        <mkdir dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-        <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${bin.dir}">
-            <classpath refid="compile.classpath"/>
-        </javac>
-        <copy todir="${bin.dir}">
-            <fileset dir="${src.dir}">
-                <exclude name="**/*.java"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </copy>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="clean">
-        <delete dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="run" depends="getflights,getmileage"/>
-
-    <target name="getflights" depends="build">
-        <java classname="org.springframework.ws.samples.airline.client.saaj.GetFlights" fork="true" failonerror="true">
-            <classpath refid="compile.classpath"/>
-            <classpath refid="runtime.classpath"/>
-            <classpath location="${bin.dir}"/>
-        </java>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="getmileage" depends="build">
-        <java classname="org.springframework.ws.samples.airline.client.saaj.GetFrequentFlyerMileage" fork="true"
-              failonerror="true">
-            <classpath refid="compile.classpath"/>
-            <classpath refid="runtime.classpath"/>
-            <classpath location="${bin.dir}"/>
-            <arg value="john"/>
-            <arg value="changeme"/>
-        </java>
-    </target>
-</project>
diff --git a/samples/airline/client/spring-ws/build.xml b/samples/airline/client/spring-ws/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d2cec7b1..00000000
--- a/samples/airline/client/spring-ws/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project name="spring-ws-airline-sample-spring-ws-client" default="build" xmlns:artifact="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-    <property name="bin.dir" value="bin"/>
-    <property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
-    <property name="gen.dir" value="gen"/>
-    <property name="schema" value="../../src/main/webapp/messages.xsd"/>
-
-    <target name="init">
-        <typedef resource="org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/antlib.xml" uri="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-            <classpath>
-                <pathelement location="${basedir}/../../../maven-ant-tasks-2.0.7.jar"/>
-            </classpath>
-        </typedef>
-
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="main" url="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"/>
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="java.net" url="http://download.java.net/maven/1/"
-                                   layout="legacy"/>
-
-        <artifact:dependencies pathId="classpath">
-            <remoteRepository refid="main"/>
-            <remoteRepository refid="java.net"/>
-            <dependency groupId="org.springframework.ws" artifactId="spring-ws-core" version="2.0.0-M1"/>
-            <dependency groupId="org.springframework.ws" artifactId="spring-ws-security" version="2.0.0-M1"/>
-            <dependency groupId="com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj" artifactId="saaj-impl" version="1.3"/>
-            <dependency groupId="commons-httpclient" artifactId="commons-httpclient" version="3.0.1"/>
-            <dependency groupId="xmlbeans" artifactId="xbean" version="2.2.0"/>
-            <dependency groupId="log4j" artifactId="log4j" version="1.2.13"/>
-        </artifact:dependencies>
-
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="generate" depends="init">
-        <mkdir dir="${gen.dir}"/>
-        <taskdef name="xmlbean" classname="org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.tool.XMLBean" classpathref="classpath"/>
-        <xmlbean schema="${schema}" srcgendir="${gen.dir}" classgendir="${bin.dir}" classpathref="classpath"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="build" depends="init,generate">
-        <mkdir dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-        <javac destdir="${bin.dir}">
-            <src path="${src.dir}"/>
-            <src path="${gen.dir}"/>
-            <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-        </javac>
-        <copy todir="${bin.dir}">
-            <fileset dir="${src.dir}">
-                <exclude name="**/*.java"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </copy>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="clean">
-        <delete dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-        <delete dir="${gen.dir}"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="run" depends="getFlights, getFrequentFlyerMileage"/>
-
-    <target name="getFlights" depends="build">
-        <java classname="org.springframework.ws.samples.airline.client.sws.GetFlights" fork="true"
-              failonerror="true">
-            <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-            <classpath location="${bin.dir}"/>
-        </java>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="getFrequentFlyerMileage" depends="build">
-        <java classname="org.springframework.ws.samples.airline.client.sws.GetFrequentFlyerMileage" fork="true"
-              failonerror="true">
-            <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-            <classpath location="${bin.dir}"/>
-        </java>
-    </target>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/samples/stockquote/client/jax-ws/build.xml b/samples/stockquote/client/jax-ws/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e6cfac48..00000000
--- a/samples/stockquote/client/jax-ws/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-
-<project name="spring-ws-stockquote-sample-jax-ws-client" default="build" xmlns:artifact="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-    <property name="bin.dir" value="bin"/>
-    <property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
-    <property name="lib.dir" value="lib"/>
-
-    <target name="init">
-        <mkdir dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-        <typedef resource="org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/antlib.xml" uri="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-            <classpath>
-                <pathelement location="${basedir}/../../../maven-ant-tasks-2.0.7.jar"/>
-            </classpath>
-        </typedef>
-
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="main" url="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"/>
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="java.net.1" url="http://download.java.net/maven/1/"
-                                   layout="legacy"/>
-        <artifact:remoteRepository id="java.net.2" url="http://download.java.net/maven/2/"/>
-
-        <artifact:dependencies pathId="classpath">
-            <remoteRepository refid="main"/>
-            <remoteRepository refid="java.net.1"/>
-            <remoteRepository refid="java.net.2"/>
-            <dependency groupId="com.sun.xml.ws" artifactId="jaxws-rt" version="2.1.3"/>
-            <dependency groupId="com.sun.xml.ws" artifactId="jaxws-tools" version="2.1.3"/>
-            <dependency groupId="org.jvnet.staxex" artifactId="stax-ex" version="1.0"/>
-        </artifact:dependencies>
-
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="generate" depends="init">
-        <taskdef name="wsimport" classname="com.sun.tools.ws.ant.WsImport" classpathref="classpath"/>
-        <wsimport wsdl="http://localhost:8080/StockService.wsdl" destdir="${bin.dir}"
-                  package="org.springframework.ws.samples.stockquote.client.jaxws" xendorsed="true"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="build" depends="generate">
-        <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${bin.dir}" debug="true">
-            <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-            <classpath location="${bin.dir}"/>
-        </javac>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="clean">
-        <delete dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="run" depends="build">
-        <java classname="org.springframework.ws.samples.stockquote.client.jaxws.Main" fork="true" failonerror="true">
-            <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-            <classpath location="${bin.dir}"/>
-        </java>
-    </target>
-</project>
diff --git a/samples/stockquote/client/spring-ws/build.xml b/samples/stockquote/client/spring-ws/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 817c0140..00000000
--- a/samples/stockquote/client/spring-ws/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project name="spring-ws-stock-sample-spring-ws-client" default="build" xmlns:artifact="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-    <property name="bin.dir" value="bin"/>
-    <property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
-
-    <target name="init">
-        <typedef resource="org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/antlib.xml" uri="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
-            <classpath>
-                <pathelement location="${basedir}/../../../maven-ant-tasks-2.0.7.jar"/>
-            </classpath>
-        </typedef>
-
-        <artifact:dependencies pathId="classpath">
-            <dependency groupId="org.springframework.ws" artifactId="spring-ws-core" version="2.0.0-M1"/>
-            <dependency groupId="com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj" artifactId="saaj-impl" version="1.3"/>
-            <dependency groupId="log4j" artifactId="log4j" version="1.2.13"/>
-        </artifact:dependencies>
-
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="build" depends="init">
-        <mkdir dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-        <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${bin.dir}">
-            <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-        </javac>
-        <copy todir="${bin.dir}">
-            <fileset dir="${src.dir}">
-                <exclude name="**/*.java"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </copy>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="clean">
-        <delete dir="${bin.dir}"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="run" depends="quotes"/>
-
-    <target name="quotes" depends="build">
-        <java classname="org.springframework.ws.samples.stockquote.client.sws.StockClient" fork="true"
-              failonerror="true">
-            <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-            <classpath location="${bin.dir}"/>
-        </java>
-    </target>
-
-</project>