diff --git a/python/build/release.xml b/python/build/release.xml
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index 94707a02d8af..000000000000
--- a/python/build/release.xml
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@@ -1,219 +0,0 @@
-<project name="Python IDE Release Build" default="release">
-  <property name="idea.home" value="${basedir}/../.."/>
-  <property name="out.dir" value="${idea.home}/out/python"/>
-  <property name="classes.dir" value="${out.dir}/classes"/>
-  <property name="platform.dir" value="${out.dir}/platform/platform15"/>
-  <property name="idea.dir" value="${out.dir}/idea"/>
-
-  <property name="idea.system.path" value="${out.dir}/system"/>
-  <property name="idea.config.path" value="${out.dir}/config"/>
-  
-  <target name="release" depends="compile,jar,zip"/>
-
-  <target name="init">
-    <tstamp/>
-  </target>
-
-  <taskdef name="javac2" classname="com.intellij.ant.Javac2">
-    <classpath path="${idea.dir}/jdk15/lib/javac2.jar"/>
-    <classpath path="${idea.dir}/jdk15/lib/asm.jar"/>
-    <classpath path="${idea.dir}/jdk15/lib/asm-commons.jar"/>
-    <classpath path="${idea.dir}/jdk15/lib/jdom.jar"/>
-  </taskdef>
-
-  <fileset id="idea.libraries" dir="${idea.dir}/jdk15/lib">
-    <include name="annotations.jar"/>
-    <include name="util.jar"/>
-    <include name="extensions.jar"/>
-    <include name="boot.jar"/>
-    <include name="bootstrap.jar"/>
-    <include name="commons-codec-1.3.jar"/>
-    <include name="commons-collections.jar"/>
-    <include name="xstream.jar"/>
-    <include name="jdom.jar"/>
-    <include name="picocontainer.jar"/>
-    <include name="jgoodies-forms.jar"/>
-    <include name="ui.jar"/>
-    <include name="jh.jar"/>
-    <include name="jna.jar"/>
-    <include name="jna-utils.jar"/>
-    <include name="yjp-controller-api-redist.jar"/>
-    <include name="log4j.jar"/>
-    <include name="trove4j*"/>
-    <include name="nanoxml-2.2.3.jar"/>
-    <include name="microba.jar"/>
-    <include name="alloy.jar"/>
-    <include name="icons.jar"/>
-    <include name="forms_rt.jar"/>
-    <include name="oromatcher.jar"/>
-    <include name="cglib-nodep-2.1_3.jar"/>
-    <include name="velocity.jar"/>
-    <include name="xmlrpc-2.0.jar"/>
-    <include name="serviceMessages.jar"/>
-  </fileset>
-
-  <path id="classpath.lib">
-      <fileset dir="${platform.dir}">
-          <include name = "?*.jar"/>
-      </fileset>
-    <fileset  refid="idea.libraries"/>
-    <fileset dir="${basedir}/../lib"/>
-  </path>
-
-  <path id="sourcepath">
-      <dirset dir="${basedir}/..">
-        <include name="resources"/>
-        <include name="src"/>
-        <include name="ideSrc"/>
-      </dirset>
-  </path>
-
-  <!-- Compiler options -->
-  <property name="compiler.debug" value="on"/>
-  <property name="compiler.generate.no.warnings" value="off"/>
-  <property name="compiler.args" value=""/>
-  <property name="compiler.max.memory" value="256m"/>
-
-  <patternset id="sources.pt">
-      <exclude name="**/CVS/**"/>
-      <exclude name="**/SCCS/**"/>
-      <exclude name="**/RCS/**"/>
-      <exclude name="**/rcs/**"/>
-      <exclude name="**/.DS_Store/**"/>
-      <exclude name="**/.svn/**"/>
-      <exclude name="*/rb/*"/>
-  </patternset>
-  <patternset id="resources.pt">
-      <include name="**/?*.properties"/>
-      <include name="**/?*.template"/>
-      <include name="**/?*.xml"/>
-      <include name="**/?*.gif"/>
-      <include name="**/?*.png"/>
-      <include name="**/?*.txt"/>
-      <include name="**/?*.jpeg"/>
-      <include name="**/?*.jpg"/>
-      <include name="**/?*.html"/>
-      <include name="**/?*.dtd"/>
-      <include name="**/?*.tld"/>
-      <include name="**/?*.py"/>
-  </patternset>
-
-  <target name="compile" depends="init">
-    <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}"/>
-    <javac2 destdir="${classes.dir}"
-            debug="${compiler.debug}"
-            nowarn="${compiler.generate.no.warnings}"
-            memorymaximumsize="${compiler.max.memory}"
-            executable="${jdk15.home}/bin/javac">
-      <compilerarg line="${compiler.args}"/>
-      <classpath refid="classpath.lib"/>
-      <src refid="sourcepath"/>
-      <patternset refid="sources.pt"/>
-    </javac2>
-
-    <!-- copy resources -->
-    <copy todir="${classes.dir}">
-      <fileset dir="${basedir}/../resources">
-          <patternset refid="resources.pt"/>
-          <type type="file"/>
-      </fileset>
-      <fileset dir="${basedir}/../pluginResources">
-          <patternset refid="resources.pt"/>
-          <type type="file"/>
-      </fileset>
-      <fileset dir="${basedir}/../pySrc">
-          <patternset refid="resources.pt"/>
-          <type type="file"/>
-      </fileset>
-      <fileset dir="${basedir}/../src">
-          <patternset refid="resources.pt"/>
-          <type type="file"/>
-      </fileset>
-    </copy>
-
-    <replace file="${classes.dir}/idea/PythonApplicationInfo.xml" token="__BUILD_NUMBER__" value="${build.number}"/>
-    <replace file="${classes.dir}/idea/PythonApplicationInfo.xml" token="__BUILD_DATE__" value="${DSTAMP}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="build_searchable_options">
-    <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}/search"/>
-    <copy file="${idea.home}/build/idea.license"
-          todir="${idea.system.path}"/>
-    <java classname="com.intellij.idea.Main"
-          fork="true"
-          args="traverseUI ${classes.dir}/search/searchableOptions.xml">
-      <jvmarg line="-ea -Didea.home.path=${idea.home} -Didea.system.path=${idea.system.path} -Didea.config.path=${idea.config.path} -Didea.platform.prefix=Python -Didea.load.plugins=Pythonid -Didea.no.jre.check=true"  />
-      <jvmarg value="-Xbootclasspath/a:${idea.dir}/jdk15/lib/boot.jar"/>
-
-       <classpath>
-         <path refid="classpath.lib"/>
-         <pathelement location="${classes.dir}"/>
-         <pathelement location="${idea.home}/lib/junit.jar"/>
-       </classpath>
-     </java>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="jar" depends="compile,build_searchable_options">
-    <mkdir dir="${out.dir}/jar"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${out.dir}/deploy"/>
-    <unzip src="${platform.dir}/platform.jar" dest="${out.dir}/jar"/>
-    <jar jarfile="${out.dir}/deploy/pycharm.jar" compress="false">
-      <fileset dir="${out.dir}/classes"/>
-      <fileset dir="${out.dir}/jar"/>
-    </jar>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="layout" depends="jar">
-    <layout todir="${out.dir}/dist" xmlns="antlib:jetbrains.antlayout">
-      <dir name="bin">
-        <fileset dir="${idea.dir}/jdk15/bin">
-          <include name="fsnotifier.exe"/>
-          <include name="focuskiller*.dll"/>
-          <include name="yjpagent.dll"/>
-          <include name="append.bat"/>
-          <include name="log.xml"/>
-          <include name="log4j.dtd"/>
-        </fileset>
-        <fileset dir="${basedir}">
-          <include name="pycharm.bat"/>
-          <include name="idea.properties"/>
-          <include name="pycharm.exe.vmoptions"/>
-        </fileset>
-      </dir>
-      <dir name="lib">
-        <fileset dir="${platform.dir}">
-          <include name="platform-api.jar"/>
-          <include name="resources.jar"/>
-          <include name="resources_en.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-        <fileset dir="${out.dir}/deploy"/>
-        <fileset dir="${basedir}/../lib" includes="*.jar"/>
-        <fileset refid="idea.libraries"/>
-      </dir>
-      <dir name="plugins">
-        <dir name="cvsIntegration">
-          <fileset dir="${idea.dir}/jdk15/plugins/cvsIntegration"/>
-        </dir>
-        <dir name="images">
-          <fileset dir="${idea.dir}/jdk15/plugins/images"/>
-        </dir>
-        <dir name="PerforceIntegration">
-          <fileset dir="${idea.dir}/jdk15/plugins/PerforceIntegration"/>
-        </dir>
-        <dir name="svn4idea">
-          <fileset dir="${idea.dir}/jdk15/plugins/svn4idea"/>
-        </dir>
-      </dir>
-      <dir name="helpers">
-        <fileset dir="${basedir}/../helpers"/>
-      </dir>
-    </layout>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="zip" depends="layout">
-    <mkdir dir="${out.dir}/artifacts"/>
-    <zip destfile="${out.dir}/artifacts/pycharm-${build.number}.zip">
-      <fileset dir="${out.dir}/dist"/>
-    </zip>
-  </target>
-</project>
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diff --git a/python/build/release_bootstrap.xml b/python/build/release_bootstrap.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ea5e66e4d946..000000000000
--- a/python/build/release_bootstrap.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-<project name="Python IDE Release Build Bootstrap" default="main">
-  <property name="project.home" value="${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}/jdk15" failonerror="false"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="unzip">
-    <mkdir dir="${idea.dir}"/>
-    <unzip dest="${idea.dir}/jdk15">
-      <fileset dir="${idea.dir}" includes="idea*-jdk15.zip"/>
-    </unzip>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="main" depends="clean,unzip">
-    <java failonerror="true" classname="org.apache.tools.ant.Main" fork="true">
-
-      <jvmarg line="-Xms64m -Xmx512m"/>
-      <jvmarg line="-Dbuild.number=${build.number}"/>
-      <jvmarg line="-Djdk15.home=${jdk15.home}"/>
-
-      <classpath>
-        <fileset dir="${project.home}/build/lib">
-          <include name="antlayout.jar"/>
-          <include name="commons-net-1.4.1.jar"/>
-          <include name="jsch-0.1.28.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-        <fileset dir="${project.home}/community/lib/ant/lib">
-          <include name="*.jar"/>
-        </fileset>
-      </classpath>
-
-      <arg value="-f"/>
-      <arg value="release.xml"/>
-      <arg value="-verbose"/>
-    </java>
-  </target>
-</project>