diff --git a/README.textile b/README.textile
index b4882ad18c..e244f7bfd4 100644
--- a/README.textile
+++ b/README.textile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ We believe that writing correct concurrent, fault-tolerant and scalable applicat
 
 Akka is here to change that.
 
-Using the Actor Model together with Software Transactional Memory we raise the abstraction level and provide a better platform to build correct concurrent and scalable applications.
+Using the Actor Model we raise the abstraction level and provide a better platform to build correct concurrent and scalable applications.
 
 For fault-tolerance we adopt the "Let it crash" model which the telecom industry has used with great success to build applications that self-heal and systems that never stop.
 
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ Actors also provide the abstraction for transparent distribution and the basis f
 
 Akka is Open Source and available under the Apache 2 License.
 
-Learn more at "http://akka.io":http://akka.io.
\ No newline at end of file
+Learn more at "http://akka.io":http://akka.io.
diff --git a/project/AkkaBuild.scala b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
index 4e809bb370..fe2d87e250 100644
--- a/project/AkkaBuild.scala
+++ b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtSite.site
 import com.typesafe.sbt.site.SphinxSupport
 import com.typesafe.sbt.site.SphinxSupport.{ enableOutput, generatePdf, generatedPdf, generateEpub, generatedEpub, sphinxInputs, sphinxPackages, Sphinx }
 import com.typesafe.sbt.preprocess.Preprocess.{ preprocess, preprocessExts, preprocessVars, simplePreprocess }
-import ls.Plugin.{ lsSettings, LsKeys }
 import java.lang.Boolean.getBoolean
-import LsKeys.{ lsync, docsUrl => lsDocsUrl, tags => lsTags }
 import java.io.{PrintWriter, InputStreamReader, FileInputStream, File}
 import java.nio.charset.Charset
 import java.util.Properties
@@ -798,7 +796,7 @@ object AkkaBuild extends Build {
     else Seq.empty
   }
 
-  lazy val defaultSettings = baseSettings ++ mimaSettings ++ lsSettings ++ resolverSettings ++
+  lazy val defaultSettings = baseSettings ++ mimaSettings ++ resolverSettings ++
     Protobuf.settings ++ Seq(
     // compile options
     scalacOptions in Compile ++= Seq("-encoding", "UTF-8", "-target:jvm-1.6", "-deprecation", "-feature", "-unchecked", "-Xlog-reflective-calls", "-Xlint"),
@@ -809,12 +807,8 @@ object AkkaBuild extends Build {
 
     ivyLoggingLevel in ThisBuild := UpdateLogging.Quiet,
 
-    description in lsync := "Akka is the platform for the next generation of event-driven, scalable and fault-tolerant architectures on the JVM.",
-    homepage in lsync := Some(url("http://akka.io")),
-    lsTags in lsync := Seq("actors", "stm", "concurrency", "distributed", "fault-tolerance", "scala", "java", "futures", "dataflow", "remoting"),
-    lsDocsUrl in lsync := Some(url("http://akka.io/docs")),
-    licenses in lsync := Seq(("Apache 2", url("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"))),
-    externalResolvers in lsync := Seq("Typesafe Releases" at "http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/releases"),
+    licenses := Seq(("Apache License, Version 2.0", url("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0"))),
+    homepage := Some(url("http://akka.io/")),
 
     initialCommands :=
       """|import language.postfixOps
diff --git a/project/Publish.scala b/project/Publish.scala
index 673827087a..3b47e1bfdb 100644
--- a/project/Publish.scala
+++ b/project/Publish.scala
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ object Publish {
 
   def akkaPomExtra = {
     (<inceptionYear>2009</inceptionYear>
-    <url>http://akka.io</url>
-    <licenses>
-      <license>
-        <name>Apache 2</name>
-        <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
-        <distribution>repo</distribution>
-      </license>
-    </licenses>
     <scm>
       <url>git://github.com/akka/akka.git</url>
       <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:akka/akka.git</connection>
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 1c085aefa1..99dd090fec 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-osgi" % "0.6.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "0.1.6")
 
-addSbtPlugin("me.lessis" % "ls-sbt" % "0.1.3")
-
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-pgp" % "0.8.1")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-s3" % "0.5")