diff --git a/dev-tools/eclipse/dot.classpath b/dev-tools/eclipse/dot.classpath
index 6de80f0b85f..5589282b3ec 100644
--- a/dev-tools/eclipse/dot.classpath
+++ b/dev-tools/eclipse/dot.classpath
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="lucene/contrib/memory/src/java"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="lucene/contrib/memory/src/test"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="lucene/contrib/misc/src/java"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="bin.misc" path="lucene/contrib/misc/src/resources"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="lucene/contrib/misc/src/test"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="lucene/contrib/sandbox/src/java"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="lucene/contrib/sandbox/src/test"/>
diff --git a/lucene/contrib/misc/src/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.Codec b/lucene/contrib/misc/src/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.Codec
deleted file mode 100644
index c29837d9289..00000000000
--- a/lucene/contrib/misc/src/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.Codec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-#  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-#  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-#  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-#  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-#  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-#  limitations under the License.
-
-org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.appending.AppendingCodec
diff --git a/lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingCodec.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingCodec.java
similarity index 100%
rename from lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingCodec.java
rename to lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingCodec.java
diff --git a/lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingPostingsFormat.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingPostingsFormat.java
similarity index 100%
rename from lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingPostingsFormat.java
rename to lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingPostingsFormat.java
diff --git a/lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingSegmentInfosFormat.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingSegmentInfosFormat.java
similarity index 100%
rename from lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingSegmentInfosFormat.java
rename to lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingSegmentInfosFormat.java
diff --git a/lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingSegmentInfosWriter.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingSegmentInfosWriter.java
similarity index 100%
rename from lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingSegmentInfosWriter.java
rename to lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingSegmentInfosWriter.java
diff --git a/lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsDictReader.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsDictReader.java
similarity index 100%
rename from lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsDictReader.java
rename to lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsDictReader.java
diff --git a/lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsDictWriter.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsDictWriter.java
similarity index 100%
rename from lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsDictWriter.java
rename to lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsDictWriter.java
diff --git a/lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsIndexReader.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsIndexReader.java
similarity index 100%
rename from lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsIndexReader.java
rename to lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsIndexReader.java
diff --git a/lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsIndexWriter.java b/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsIndexWriter.java
similarity index 100%
rename from lucene/contrib/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsIndexWriter.java
rename to lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/AppendingTermsIndexWriter.java
diff --git a/lucene/src/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.Codec b/lucene/src/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.Codec
index de644791164..d87ffb46b06 100644
--- a/lucene/src/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.Codec
+++ b/lucene/src/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.Codec
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.lucene40.Lucene40Codec
 org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.lucene3x.Lucene3xCodec
 org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.simpletext.SimpleTextCodec
+org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.appending.AppendingCodec
diff --git a/lucene/src/test-framework/java/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java b/lucene/src/test-framework/java/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java
index 08c83c8f584..ca44d8d209b 100644
--- a/lucene/src/test-framework/java/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java
+++ b/lucene/src/test-framework/java/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.document.FieldType;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.*;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.Codec;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.PostingsFormat;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.appending.AppendingCodec;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.lucene40.Lucene40Codec;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.preflexrw.PreFlexRWCodec;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.codecs.simpletext.SimpleTextCodec;
@@ -286,6 +287,8 @@ public abstract class LuceneTestCase extends Assert {
       PREFLEX_IMPERSONATION_IS_ACTIVE = true;
     } else if ("SimpleText".equals(TEST_CODEC) || ("random".equals(TEST_CODEC) && randomVal == 9)) {
       codec = new SimpleTextCodec();
+    } else if ("Appending".equals(TEST_CODEC) || ("random".equals(TEST_CODEC) && randomVal == 8)) {
+      codec = new AppendingCodec();
     } else if (!"random".equals(TEST_CODEC)) {
       codec = Codec.forName(TEST_CODEC);
     } else if ("random".equals(TEST_POSTINGSFORMAT)) {
diff --git a/lucene/contrib/misc/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/TestAppendingCodec.java b/lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/TestAppendingCodec.java
similarity index 100%
rename from lucene/contrib/misc/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/TestAppendingCodec.java
rename to lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/codecs/appending/TestAppendingCodec.java