diff --git a/client/ruby/flare/lib/solr.rb b/client/ruby/flare/lib/solr.rb
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index 8ecd326bc23..00000000000
--- a/client/ruby/flare/lib/solr.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
-
-require 'solr/request'
-require 'solr/connection'
-require 'solr/response'
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diff --git a/client/ruby/flare/lib/solr/connection.rb b/client/ruby/flare/lib/solr/connection.rb
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index be5fa139a76..00000000000
--- a/client/ruby/flare/lib/solr/connection.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
-
-require 'net/http'
-
-module Solr
-  class Connection
-    attr_reader :url
-    
-    def initialize(url)
-      @url = URI.parse(url)
-    end
-
-    def send(request)
-      post = Net::HTTP::Post.new(request.url_path)
-      post.body = request.to_http_body
-      post.content_type = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8'
-      response = Net::HTTP.start(@url.host, @url.port) do |http|
-        http.request(post)
-      end
-      return request.response_format == :ruby ? RubyResponse.new(response.body) : XmlResponse.new(response.body)
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/client/ruby/flare/lib/solr/request.rb b/client/ruby/flare/lib/solr/request.rb
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index 9b34d484d40..00000000000
--- a/client/ruby/flare/lib/solr/request.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
-
-require "erb"
-include ERB::Util
-
-module Solr
-  class Request
-    attr_reader :url_path
-    attr_reader :response_format
-    
-    def initialize
-      @url_path = "/solr/select"
-    end
-  end
-  
-  class UpdateRequest < Request
-    # sent to /solr/update with XML body
-    def initialize(body)
-      @body = body.to_s
-      @url_path = "/solr/update"
-      @response_format = :xml
-    end
-    
-    def to_http_body
-      @body
-    end
-  end
-  
-  class AddDocumentRequest < UpdateRequest
-    def initialize(doc_hash)
-      xml = REXML::Element.new('add')
-      
-      doc = REXML::Element.new('doc')
-      
-      doc_hash.each do |key,value|
-        #TODO: add handling of array values
-        doc.add_element field(key.to_s, value)
-      end
-      
-      xml.add_element doc
-      super(xml.to_s)
-    end
-
-    private
-    def field(name, value)
-      field = REXML::Element.new("field")
-      field.add_attribute("name", name)
-      field.add_text(value)
-    
-      field
-    end
-  end
-  
-  class SelectRequest < Request
-    # sent to /solr/select, with url query string parameters in the body
-    
-    def initialize
-      @response_format = :ruby
-      super
-    end
-    
-    def to_http_body
-      raw_params = self.to_hash
-      
-      http_params = []
-      raw_params.each do |key,value|
-        #TODO: Add array value handling
-        http_params << "#{key}=#{url_encode(value)}" if value
-      end
-      
-      http_params.join("&")
-    end
-    
-    def to_hash
-      {:wt => "ruby"}
-    end
-  end
-  
-  class CommonRequestBase < SelectRequest
-    # supported by both standard and dismax request handlers
-    # start
-    # rows
-    # filter query (multiple)
-    # field list
-    attr_accessor :start
-    attr_accessor :rows
-    attr_accessor :filter_queries
-    attr_accessor :field_list
-    
-    # debug
-    # explainOther
-    
-    def to_hash
-      {:start => @start,
-        :rows => @rows,
-          :fq => @filter_queries,
-          :fl => @field_list}.merge(super)
-    end
-  end
-
-  class StandardRequest < CommonRequestBase
-    # sort
-    # default field
-    # query
-    # query operator (AND/OR)
-    attr_accessor :sort
-    attr_accessor :default_field
-    attr_accessor :query
-    attr_accessor :operator
-    
-    def to_hash
-      {:df => @default_field,
-        :q => @sort ? "#{@query};#{@sort}" : @query,
-       :op => @operator}.merge(super)
-    end
-  end
-  
-end
-
-#s = Solr::Request.new("http://localhost:8983")
-#s.add({:title => "foo"})
-
diff --git a/client/ruby/flare/lib/solr/response.rb b/client/ruby/flare/lib/solr/response.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index ac235a7525f..00000000000
--- a/client/ruby/flare/lib/solr/response.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
-
-module Solr
-  class Response
-    attr_reader :header, :raw_response, :data
-    def initialize(body)
-      @raw_response = body
-    end
-  end
-  
-  class RubyResponse < Response
-    def initialize(body)
-      super(body)
-      parsed_response = eval(body)
-      @header = parsed_response['responseHeader']
-      @data = parsed_response['response']
-    end
-  end
-  
-  class XmlResponse < Response
-    def initialize(body)
-      super(body)
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/client/ruby/flare/test/unit/connection_test.rb b/client/ruby/flare/test/unit/connection_test.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index 0b554e52d74..00000000000
--- a/client/ruby/flare/test/unit/connection_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
-
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
-
-class ConnectionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
-  def test_connection_initialize
-    request = Solr::UpdateRequest.new("<commit/>")
-    connection = Solr::Connection.new("http://localhost:8983")
-    assert_equal("localhost", connection.url.host)
-    assert_equal(8983, connection.url.port)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/client/ruby/flare/test/unit/request_test.rb b/client/ruby/flare/test/unit/request_test.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index 4661c921a4b..00000000000
--- a/client/ruby/flare/test/unit/request_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
-
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
-
-class RequestTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
-  def test_basic_params
-    request = Solr::StandardRequest.new
-    assert_equal("/solr/select", request.url_path)
-
-    request.query = "term"
-    assert_equal "term", request.to_hash[:q]
-  end
-  
-  def test_update_request
-    request = Solr::UpdateRequest.new("<commit/>")
-    assert_equal("/solr/update", request.url_path)
-  end
-  
-  def test_add_doc_request
-    request = Solr::AddDocumentRequest.new({:title => "title"})
-    assert_equal("<add><doc><field name='title'>title</field></doc></add>", request.to_http_body)
-  end
-end