diff --git a/python/build/build-plugin-bootstrap.xml b/python/build/build-plugin-bootstrap.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a88c98f0ca9..000000000000
--- a/python/build/build-plugin-bootstrap.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-<project name="Python Plugin Build Bootstrap" default="main">
-  <property name="project.home" value="${basedir}/../.."/>
-  <property name="out.dir" value="${project.home}/out/python"/>
-  <property name="idea.dir" value="${out.dir}/idea"/>
-
-  <target name="clean">
-    <delete dir="${out.dir}/classes" failonerror="false"/>
-    <delete dir="${out.dir}/dist" failonerror="false"/>
-    <delete dir="${out.dir}/artifacts" failonerror="false"/>
-    <delete dir="${out.dir}/jar" failonerror="false"/>
-    <delete dir="${out.dir}/deploy" failonerror="false"/>
-    <delete dir="${idea.dir}/jdk16" failonerror="false"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="unzip">
-    <mkdir dir="${idea.dir}"/>
-    <unzip dest="${idea.dir}/jdk16">
-      <fileset dir="${idea.dir}" includes="ideaIU*.zip"/>
-    </unzip>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="main" depends="clean,unzip">
-    <java failonerror="true" classname="org.apache.tools.ant.Main" fork="true" jvm="${jdk16.home}/bin/java">
-
-      <jvmarg line="-Xms64m -Xmx512m"/>
-      <jvmarg line="-Dbuild.number=${build.number}"/>
-
-      <classpath>
-        <fileset dir="${project.home}/build/lib">
-          <include name="antlayout.jar"/>
-          <include name="commons-net-1.4.1.jar"/>
-          <include name="jsch-0.1.43.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-        <fileset dir="${project.home}/community/lib/ant/lib">
-          <include name="*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-      </classpath>
-
-      <arg value="-f"/>
-      <arg value="build-plugin.xml"/>
-      <arg value="-Didea.home=${idea.dir}/jdk16"/>
-      <arg value="-Dplugin.help=${out.dir}/help"/>
-      <arg value="-verbose"/>
-    </java>
-  </target>
-</project>
diff --git a/python/build/build-plugin.gradle b/python/build/build-plugin.gradle
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index 48da14ef30a1..000000000000
--- a/python/build/build-plugin.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-apply plugin: 'java'
-
-projectHome = "../.."
-ideaHome = "$projectHome/out/python/idea/jdk16"
-
-task unzipIdea(type: Copy) {
-  from {
-    file("$projectHome/out/python/idea/").listFiles().findAll {it.name.endsWith('.zip')}.collect { zipTree(it) }
-  }
-  into(ideaHome)
-}
-
-sourceSets {
-  main {
-    java {
-      srcDir '../src'
-      srcDir '../pluginSrc'
-      srcDir '../pydevSrc'
-      srcDir "$projectHome/ultimate/ultimate-verifier"
-    }
-    resources {
-      srcDir '../resources'
-      srcDir '../pluginResources'
-      srcDir "$projectHome/community/colorSchemes/src"
-    }
-    compileClasspath = fileTree(dir: "$ideaHome/lib", include: "*.jar") +
-                       files("$ideaHome/plugins/yaml/lib/yaml.jar")
-  }
-}
-
-jar {
-  archiveName = 'python.jar'
-}
-
-metaInf << fileTree(dir: "../pluginSrc/META-INF") + fileTree(dir: "../src/META-INF")
-
-compileJava.dependsOn unzipIdea
diff --git a/python/build/build-plugin.xml b/python/build/build-plugin.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ea6ee6f9f12..000000000000
--- a/python/build/build-plugin.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,180 +0,0 @@
-<project name="build Python plugin jar" default="dist">
-  <!--
-  You can set idea.home property here
-  <property name="idea.home" value="c:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 6951"/>
-  -->
-  <!--<property file="build-plugin.properties"/>-->
-
-  <property name="plugin.home" value="${basedir}/.."/>
-  <property name="plugin.revision" value="${build.number}"/>
-
-  <property name="idea.lib" value="${idea.home}/lib"/>
-  <property name="idea.plugins" value="${idea.home}/plugins"/>
-
-  <property name="build.number" value="snapshot"/>
-
-  <dirname property="basedir" file="${ant.file}"/>
-  <property name="output" value="${basedir}/../dist"/>
-
-  <property name="zipdir" value="${output}/zip"/>
-  <property name="plugindir" value="${zipdir}/python"/>
-  <property name="zipname" value="python-${plugin.revision}.zip"/>
-
-  <property name="src.dir" location="${plugin.home}/src"/>
-  <property name="resources.dir" location="${plugin.home}/resources"/>
-  <property name="plugin.resources.dir" location="${plugin.home}/pluginResources"/>
-  <property name="test.src.dir" location="${plugin.home}/testSrc"/>
-  <property name="artifacts.dir" location="${output}/artifacts"/>
-
-  <property name="classes.dir" value="${basedir}/dist/classes"/>
-  <property name="test.classes.dir" value="${basedir}/dist/test-classes"/>
-
-  <path id="classpath.lib">
-    <fileset dir="${idea.lib}">
-      <include name="?*.jar"/>
-    </fileset>
-    <fileset dir="${idea.plugins}/yaml/lib">
-      <include name="yaml.jar"/>
-    </fileset>
-  </path>
-
-  <path id="sourcepath">
-    <dirset dir="${plugin.home}">
-      <include name="resources"/>
-      <include name="src"/>
-      <include name="pluginSrc"/>
-      <include name="pydevSrc"/>
-    </dirset>
-    <dirset dir="${plugin.home}/../ultimate/ultimate-verifier">
-      <include name="src"/>
-    </dirset>
-  </path>
-
-  <!-- The task requires the following libraries from IntelliJ IDEA distribution: -->
-  <!--   javac2.jar; jdom.jar; asm.jar; asm-commons.jar -->
-  <taskdef name="javac2" classname="com.intellij.ant.Javac2">
-    <classpath refid="classpath.lib"/>
-  </taskdef>
-
-  <!-- Compiler options -->
-  <property name="compiler.debug" value="on"/>
-  <property name="compiler.generate.no.warnings" value="off"/>
-  <property name="compiler.args" value=""/>
-  <property name="compiler.max.memory" value="256m"/>
-
-  <patternset id="sources.pt">
-    <exclude name="**/.svn/**"/>
-  </patternset>
-  <patternset id="resources.pt">
-    <include name="**/?*.properties"/>
-    <include name="**/?*.template"/>
-    <include name="**/?*.xml"/>
-    <include name="**/?*.gif"/>
-    <include name="**/?*.png"/>
-    <include name="**/?*.txt"/>
-    <include name="**/?*.jpeg"/>
-    <include name="**/?*.jpg"/>
-    <include name="**/?*.html"/>
-    <include name="**/?*.dtd"/>
-    <include name="**/?*.tld"/>
-    <include name="**/?*.py"/>
-    <include name="**/?*.ft"/>
-  </patternset>
-
-
-  <target name="clean" description="Cleanup output">
-    <delete dir="${output}"/>
-    <delete dir="${classes.dir}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="compile" description="Compile module python">
-    <loadfile srcfile="${idea.home}/build.txt" property="idea.build.number">
-      <filterchain>
-        <deletecharacters chars="IU-"/>
-      </filterchain>
-    </loadfile>
-
-    <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}"/>
-    <!-- compile -->
-    <javac2 destdir="${classes.dir}"
-            debug="${compiler.debug}"
-            nowarn="${compiler.generate.no.warnings}"
-            memorymaximumsize="${compiler.max.memory}"
-            fork="true">
-      <compilerarg line="${compiler.args}"/>
-      <classpath refid="classpath.lib"/>
-      <src refid="sourcepath"/>
-      <patternset refid="sources.pt"/>
-    </javac2>
-
-    <!-- copy resources -->
-    <copy todir="${classes.dir}">
-      <fileset dir="${resources.dir}">
-        <patternset refid="resources.pt"/>
-        <type type="file"/>
-      </fileset>
-      <fileset dir="${plugin.resources.dir}">
-        <patternset refid="resources.pt"/>
-        <type type="file"/>
-      </fileset>
-      <fileset dir="${plugin.home}/src">
-        <patternset refid="resources.pt"/>
-        <type type="file"/>
-      </fileset>
-      <fileset dir="${plugin.home}/../community/colorSchemes/src"/>
-    </copy>
-
-    <!-- copy plugin.xml -->
-    <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}/META-INF"/>
-    <copy todir="${classes.dir}/META-INF">
-      <fileset dir="${plugin.home}/pluginSrc/META-INF"/>
-    </copy>
-
-    <replaceregexp file="${classes.dir}/META-INF/plugin.xml"
-                   match="since-build=&quot;\d+\.\d+&quot;"
-                   replace="since-build=&quot;${idea.build.number}&quot;"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="jar" description="Generate jar file" depends="compile">
-    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
-    <jar destfile="${output}/python.jar" basedir="${classes.dir}">
-      <manifest>
-        <attribute name="Revision" value="${plugin.revision}"/>
-        <!--<attribute name="Build" value="${plugin.version}"/>-->
-      </manifest>
-    </jar>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="zip" description="Generate zip plugin file" depends="jar">
-    <mkdir dir="${zipdir}"/>
-
-    <!--copy plugin jar-->
-    <mkdir dir="${plugindir}/lib"/>
-    <move todir="${plugindir}/lib" file="${output}/python.jar"/>
-
-    <mkdir dir="${plugindir}/helpers"/>
-    <copy todir="${plugindir}/helpers">
-      <fileset dir="${plugin.home}/helpers">
-        <include name="**/*.py"/>
-        <include name="**/*.xml"/>
-      </fileset>
-    </copy>
-
-    <mkdir dir="${plugindir}/help"/>
-    <copy file="${plugin.help}/pytonpluginhelp.jar" tofile="${plugindir}/help/pythonpluginhelp.jar"/>
-
-    <zip basedir="${zipdir}" destfile="${output}/${zipname}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="build" depends="clean, compile"/>
-
-  <target name="dist" depends="build, zip" description="main target"/>
-
-  <target name="artifacts" depends="dist">
-    <mkdir dir="${artifacts.dir}"/>
-    <move file="${output}/${zipname}" todir="${artifacts.dir}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="build.artifacts" depends="dist, artifacts"/>
-
-</project>
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