diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c74545e7b..000000000
--- a/README.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Apache OpenJPA Project
-======================
-
-For useful information, navigate to http://openjpa.apache.org
diff --git a/openjpa-project/README.txt b/openjpa-project/README.txt
index b4c38bfec..1a61914e7 100644
--- a/openjpa-project/README.txt
+++ b/openjpa-project/README.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+Apache OpenJPA Project
+======================
Thank you for downloading this release of OpenJPA. For
documentation and project information, please see:
- http://openjpa.apache.org
-
+For useful information, navigate to http://openjpa.apache.org
diff --git a/openjpa-project/assembly.xml b/openjpa-project/assembly.xml
index 5c4975432..2462fc63f 100644
--- a/openjpa-project/assembly.xml
+++ b/openjpa-project/assembly.xml
@@ -64,14 +64,6 @@
target/manual
docs/manual
-
- src/doc/manual/img
- docs/manual/img
-
-
- src/doc/manual/css
- docs/manual/css
-
../target/site/apidocs
docs/javadoc