diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 8afa9920..a898d350 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-/Build export-ignore
 /tests export-ignore
 README.md export-ignore
diff --git a/Build/PharStub.php b/Build/PharStub.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 570b9db0..00000000
--- a/Build/PharStub.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-spl_autoload_register(function ($class) {
-    include 'phar://PHPExcel/' . str_replace('_', '/', $class) . '.php';
-});
-
-try {
-    Phar::mapPhar();
-    include 'phar://PHPExcel/PHPExcel.php';
-} catch (PharException $e) {
-    error_log($e->getMessage());
-    exit(1);
-}
-
-__HALT_COMPILER();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Build/build-release-documentation.bat b/Build/build-release-documentation.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a942e64..00000000
--- a/Build/build-release-documentation.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-@ECHO OFF
-phing -f build.xml release-documentation
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Build/build-release-pear.bat b/Build/build-release-pear.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e056eab..00000000
--- a/Build/build-release-pear.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-@ECHO OFF
-phing -f build.xml release-pear
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Build/build-release-phar.bat b/Build/build-release-phar.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 985945d0..00000000
--- a/Build/build-release-phar.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-@ECHO OFF
-phing -f build.xml release-phar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Build/build-release-standard.bat b/Build/build-release-standard.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cce027f..00000000
--- a/Build/build-release-standard.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-@ECHO OFF
-phing -f build.xml release-standard
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Build/build.xml b/Build/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index be49be3c..00000000
--- a/Build/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,216 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project name="PHPExcel" default="release-standard" basedir=".">
-    <target name="gather">
-        <if>
-			<isset property="${packageVersion}"/>
-			<then>
-				<echo message="PHPExcel version number is ${packageVersion}" />
-			</then>
-			<else>
-				<propertyprompt propertyName="packageVersion" defaultValue="1.0.0"
-								promptText="Enter PHPExcel version number"/>
-			</else>
-        </if>
-
-        <if>
-			<isset property="${releaseDate}"/>
-			<then>
-				<echo message="Release date is ${releaseDate}" />
-			</then>
-			<else>
-				<propertyprompt propertyName="releaseDate" defaultValue="2010-01-01"
-								promptText="Enter PHPExcel release date"/>
-			</else>
-        </if>
-
-        <if>
-			<isset property="${documentFormat}"/>
-			<then>
-				<echo message="Document Format is ${documentFormat}" />
-			</then>
-			<else>
-				<propertyprompt propertyName="documentFormat" defaultValue="doc"
-								promptText="Enter Document Format"/>
-			</else>
-        </if>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="prepare" depends="gather">
-        <echo msg="Creating build directory: ./build"/>
-        <mkdir dir="${phing.dir}/build"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="build" depends="prepare">
-        <echo msg="Copying source files to build directory..."/>
-
-        <copy todir="${phing.dir}/build/Classes" overwrite="true">
-            <fileset dir="${phing.dir}/../Classes">
-                <include name="**/*"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </copy>
-
-        <copy todir="${phing.dir}/build/Examples" overwrite="true">
-            <fileset dir="${phing.dir}/../Examples">
-                <include name="**/*"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </copy>
-
-        <copy todir="${phing.dir}/build/Documentation" overwrite="true">
-            <fileset dir="${phing.dir}/../Documentation">
-                <include name="*.${documentFormat}"/>
-                <include name="*.txt"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </copy>
-        <mkdir dir="${phing.dir}/build/Documentation/API"/>
-
-        <copy todir="${phing.dir}/build/Documentation/Examples" overwrite="true">
-            <fileset dir="${phing.dir}/../Documentation/Examples">
-                <include name="**/*"/>
-                <exclude name="assets"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </copy>
-
-        <copy file="${phing.dir}/../changelog.txt" tofile="${phing.dir}/build/changelog.txt" overwrite="true"/>
-        <copy file="${phing.dir}/../license.md" tofile="${phing.dir}/build/license.txt" overwrite="true"/>
-        <copy file="${phing.dir}/../install.txt" tofile="${phing.dir}/build/install.txt" overwrite="true"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="versionNumber" depends="build">
-        <reflexive>
-            <fileset dir="${phing.dir}/build">
-                <include pattern="**/*"/>
-            </fileset>
-            <filterchain>
-                <replaceregexp>
-                    <regexp pattern="##VERSION##" replace="${packageVersion}"/>
-                    <regexp pattern="##DATE##" replace="${releaseDate}"/>
-                </replaceregexp>
-            </filterchain>
-        </reflexive>
-
-        <reflexive>
-            <fileset dir="${phing.dir}/build">
-                <include pattern="**/changelog.txt"/>
-            </fileset>
-            <filterchain>
-                <replaceregexp>
-                    <regexp pattern="Fixed in develop branch for release v${packageVersion}" replace="${releaseDate} (v${packageVersion})"/>
-                </replaceregexp>
-            </filterchain>
-        </reflexive>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="apidocs" depends="versionNumber">
-        <echo msg="Generating API documentation..."/>
-        <phpdoc2 title="PHPExcel classes"
-                 destdir="${phing.dir}/build/Documentation/API"
-				 template="responsive">
-            <fileset dir="${phing.dir}/build/Classes">
-                <include name="**/*.php"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </phpdoc2>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="release-standard" depends="apidocs">
-        <mkdir dir="${phing.dir}/release"/>
-
-        <echo msg="Creating release package (v${packageVersion} with ${documentFormat} documents)..."/>
-        <zip destfile="${phing.dir}/release/PHPExcel_${packageVersion}_${documentFormat}.zip">
-            <fileset dir="${phing.dir}/build">
-                <include name="**/*"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </zip>
-
-        <echo msg="Cleaning build directory: ./build"/>
-        <delete dir="${phing.dir}/build"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="release-phar" depends="versionNumber">
-        <mkdir dir="${phing.dir}/release"/>
-
-        <echo msg="Creating PHAR release package (v${packageVersion})..."/>
-        <pharpackage destfile="${phing.dir}/release/PHPExcel_${packageVersion}.phar" basedir="${phing.dir}/build/Classes" compression="gzip" stub="${phing.dir}/PharStub.php">
-            <fileset dir="${phing.dir}/build/Classes">
-                <include name="**/**" />
-            </fileset>
-            <metadata>
-                <element name="version" value="${packageVersion}" />
-                <element name="date" value="${releaseDate}" />
-                <element name="description" value="A pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files" />
-                <element name="authors">
-                    <element name="Mark Baker">
-                        <element name="e-mail" value="mark@lange.demon.co.uk" />
-                    </element>
-                </element>
-            </metadata>
-        </pharpackage>
-
-        <echo msg="Cleaning build directory: ./build"/>
-        <delete dir="${phing.dir}/build"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="release-pear" depends="versionNumber">
-        <taskdef classname="phing.tasks.ext.d51PearPkg2Task" name="d51pearpkg2"/>
-
-        <mkdir dir="${phing.dir}/release"/>
-
-        <echo msg="Creating PEAR release package (v${packageVersion})..."/>
-
-        <d51pearpkg2 dir="${phing.dir}/build/Classes" baseinstalldir="PHPExcel">
-            <name>PHPExcel</name>
-            <summary>PHP Excel classes</summary>
-            <channel>pear.pearplex.net</channel>
-            <description>Project providing a set of classes for the PHP programming language, which allow you to write
-                to Excel 2007 files and read from Excel 2007 files.
-            </description>
-            <notes>This package ONLY contains the class files, not the documentation and example code. Please refer to
-                http://www.codeplex.com/PHPExcel for those files.
-            </notes>
-            <lead user="maartenba" name="Maarten Balliauw" email="maarten@phpexcel.net"/>
-            <license uri="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt">LGPL</license>
-            <version release="${packageVersion}" api="${packageVersion}"/>
-            <stability release="stable" api="stable"/>
-            <dependencies>
-                <php minimum_version="5.2.0"/>
-                <pear minimum_version="1.4.0"/>
-                <extension name="zip" minimum_version="1.8.0"/>
-            </dependencies>
-            <dirroles key="PHPExcel/Shared/PDF/fonts">data</dirroles>
-            <dirroles key="PHPExcel/Shared/PDF/fonts/utils">data</dirroles>
-            <dirroles key="/PHPExcel/Shared/PDF/fonts/utils">data</dirroles>
-        </d51pearpkg2>
-
-        <exec command="pear package ${phing.dir}/build/Classes/package.xml"/>
-        <move file="PHPExcel-${packageVersion}.tgz" tofile="${phing.dir}/release/PHPExcel-${packageVersion}.tgz" overwrite="true"/>
-
-        <echo msg="Cleaning build directory: ./build"/>
-        <delete dir="${phing.dir}/build"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="release-documentation" depends="gather">
-        <mkdir dir="${phing.dir}/release"/>
-
-        <echo msg="Creating documentation release (v${packageVersion} with ${documentFormat} documents)..."/>
-        <copy todir="${phing.dir}/build" overwrite="true">
-            <fileset dir="${phing.dir}/../Documentation">
-                <include name="*.${documentFormat}"/>
-                <include name="*.txt"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </copy>
-        <copy todir="${phing.dir}/build/Examples" overwrite="true">
-            <fileset dir="${phing.dir}/../Documentation/Examples">
-                <include name="**/*"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </copy>
-
-        <echo msg="Creating documentation release package (v${packageVersion} with ${documentFormat} documents)..."/>
-        <zip destfile="${phing.dir}/release/PHPExcel_${packageVersion}-documentation_${documentFormat}.zip">
-            <fileset dir="${phing.dir}/build">
-                <include name="**/*"/>
-            </fileset>
-        </zip>
-
-        <echo msg="Cleaning build directory: ./build"/>
-        <delete dir="${phing.dir}/build"/>
-    </target>
-</project>