diff --git a/build/scripts/layouts.gant b/build/scripts/layouts.gant
index c84e59a3a80b..77d3a4fdc7c2 100644
--- a/build/scripts/layouts.gant
+++ b/build/scripts/layouts.gant
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ def layout_core(String home, String target) {
       include(name: "asm.jar")
       include(name: "asm-commons.jar")
       include(name: "cli-10.jar")
-      include(name: "gson-2.0.jar")
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/required_for_dist.txt b/lib/required_for_dist.txt
index 58566b89efda..aa5bb2b41631 100644
--- a/lib/required_for_dist.txt
+++ b/lib/required_for_dist.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
 commons-net-2.0-patched.jar
 dtdparser113.jar
 groovy-all-1.7.3.jar
-gson-2.0.jar
 guava-r09.jar
 jaxen-1.1.3.jar
 jcip-annotations.jar