diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 92fb0efd..8303370a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -61,9 +61,3 @@ task clean(type: Delete) {
 	description 'Deletes the local repositories'
 	delete 'build'
 }
-
-// Generate an IDE with Xtend support
-task ide(type: GradleBuild) {
-	buildFile = 'ide/build.gradle'
-	tasks = ['ide']
-}
diff --git a/ide/build.gradle b/ide/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index c219bd74..00000000
--- a/ide/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2017 TypeFox and others.
- * 
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
- * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0,
- * or the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
- * 
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
- ******************************************************************************/
-
-plugins {
-	id 'com.diffplug.gradle.oomph.ide' version '3.1.0'
-}
-
-oomphIde {
-	splash 'typefox.png'
-
-	// JDT neon
-	repoEclipse '4.6.0'
-	jdt {}
-
-	// add buildship support
-	repo    'http://download.eclipse.org/buildship/updates/e45/milestones/2.x/'
-	feature 'org.eclipse.buildship'
-
-	// add xtend support
-	repo 'http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/tmf/xtext/updates/composite/releases/'
-	feature 'org.eclipse.xtend.sdk'
-
-	// setup the workspace
-	eclipseIni {
-		vmargs('-Xmx2g')
-	}
-	// normally we could just call `addAllProjects()`
-	// but something in the xtend plugin is messing up
-	// goomph (org.eclipse bundles with different signing
-	// info).  Putting the ide in a separate build and
-	// explicitly adding the folders is an easy workaround.
-	addProjectFolder('../')
-	addProjectFolder('../org.eclipse.lsp4j')
-	addProjectFolder('../org.eclipse.lsp4j.debug')
-	addProjectFolder('../org.eclipse.lsp4j.generator')
-	addProjectFolder('../org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc')
-	addProjectFolder('../org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.debug')
-
-	// setup theming
-	style {
-		classicTheme()	// oldschool cool
-		niceText()		// nice fonts and visible whitespace
-	}
-}
diff --git a/ide/typefox.png b/ide/typefox.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d751d9f..00000000
Binary files a/ide/typefox.png and /dev/null differ