diff --git a/core-tiger/.cvsignore b/core-tiger/.cvsignore
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index e6165555be..0000000000
--- a/core-tiger/.cvsignore
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-target
-.settings
-.classpath
-.project
-.wtpmodules
diff --git a/core-tiger/pom.xml b/core-tiger/pom.xml
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index 97e7206550..0000000000
--- a/core-tiger/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-security-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-    <packaging>bundle</packaging>    
-    <artifactId>spring-security-core-tiger</artifactId>
-    <name>Spring Security - Java 5 (Tiger)</name>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <classifier>tests</classifier>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-remoting</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency> 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
-            <artifactId>annotations-api</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0.14</version>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.5</source>
-                    <target>1.5</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-    <reporting>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <targetJdk>1.5</targetJdk>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </reporting>
-
-    <properties>
-      	<spring.osgi.export>
-      	    org.springframework.security.*;version=${pom.version}
-      	</spring.osgi.export>
-            
-    	<spring.osgi.import>
-    	    javax.annotation.*;version="[1.0.0, 2.0.0)",
-    	    org.springframework.security.*;version="[${pom.version.osgi},${pom.version.osgi}]",
-    	    org.springframework.core.*;version="${spring.version.osgi}"
-    	</spring.osgi.import>
-
-    	<spring.osgi.private.pkg>
-    	    !org.springframework.security.*
-    	</spring.osgi.private.pkg>
-    	
-    	<spring.osgi.include.res>
-    	    src/main/resources
-    	</spring.osgi.include.res>
-
-    	<spring.osgi.symbolic.name>org.springframework.security.annotation</spring.osgi.symbolic.name>        
-    </properties>    
-</project>
diff --git a/core-tiger/src/main/resources/core-tiger.src.main.resources.placeholder b/core-tiger/src/main/resources/core-tiger.src.main.resources.placeholder
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index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/core-tiger/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/core-tiger/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
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index 2c1eb7cf30..0000000000
--- a/core-tiger/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Logging
-#
-# $Id: log4j.properties 2385 2007-12-20 20:53:26Z luke_t $
-
-log4j.rootCategory=DEBUG, stdout
-
-log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p %c - %m%n
-
-log4j.category.org.springframework.security=DEBUG
-