diff --git a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/.gitignore b/spring-boot-security-taglibs/.gitignore
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--- a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/.gitignore
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-*.class
-
-#folders#
-/target
-/neoDb*
-/data
-/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
-*/META-INF/*
-
-# Packaged files #
-*.jar
-*.war
-*.ear
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diff --git a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/pom.xml b/spring-boot-security-taglibs/pom.xml
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--- a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/pom.xml
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@@ -1,76 +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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <artifactId>spring-boot-security-taglibs</artifactId>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <name>spring-boot-security-taglibs</name>
-    <description>spring 5 security sample project</description>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-
-    <dependencies>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!-- security taglib -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-security-taglibs</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!-- JSTL -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
-            <artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!-- test -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <finalName>spring-5-security-taglibs</finalName>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
-    </build>
-
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-    </properties>
-
-</project>
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diff --git a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/ApplicationConfig.java b/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/ApplicationConfig.java
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index e8a95af5ce..0000000000
--- a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/ApplicationConfig.java
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@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung.security;
-
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
-import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
-import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
-import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
-import org.springframework.security.provisioning.InMemoryUserDetailsManager;
-
-@SpringBootApplication
-@Configuration
-@EnableWebSecurity
-public class ApplicationConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
-
-    // Using withDefaultPasswordEncoder and InMemoryUserDetailsManager for demonstration and testing purpose
-    @Bean
-    @Override
-    public UserDetailsService userDetailsService() {
-        UserDetails user = User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
-            .username("testUser")
-            .password("password")
-            .roles("ADMIN")
-            .build();
-
-        return new InMemoryUserDetailsManager(user);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
-        // @formatter:off
-        http.csrf()
-                .and()
-            .authorizeRequests()
-                .antMatchers("/userManagement").hasRole("ADMIN")
-                .anyRequest().permitAll().and().httpBasic();
-        // @formatter:on
-    }
-}
diff --git a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/HomeController.java b/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/HomeController.java
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index 7e70c269cb..0000000000
--- a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/HomeController.java
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@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung.security;
-
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
-
-@Controller
-@RequestMapping("/")
-public class HomeController {
-    
-    @RequestMapping
-    public String home() {
-        return "home";
-    }
-}
diff --git a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/main/resources/application.properties
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index 218868405f..0000000000
--- a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/main/resources/application.properties
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#jsp config
-spring.mvc.view.prefix: /WEB-INF/views/
-spring.mvc.view.suffix: .jsp
diff --git a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/home.jsp b/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/home.jsp
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index 80ecd61cb5..0000000000
--- a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/home.jsp
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@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8"
-    pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
-<%@ taglib prefix="sec"
-    uri="http://www.springframework.org/security/tags"%>
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
-<html>
-<head>
-<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
-<sec:csrfMetaTags />
-<title>Home Page</title>
-</head>
-<body>    
-    <sec:authorize access="!isAuthenticated()">
-        Login
-    </sec:authorize>
-    
-    <sec:authorize access="isAuthenticated()">
-        Logout
-    </sec:authorize>
-    
-    <sec:authorize access="isAuthenticated()">
-        <h2>
-            Welcome back, <sec:authentication property="name" />
-        </h2>         
-        <sec:authorize access="hasRole('ADMIN')">
-            Manage Users
-        </sec:authorize>
-        <form method="post">
-            <sec:csrfInput />
-            Text Field: <br /> <input type="text" name="textField" />
-            <input type="submit" value="Submit form with CSRF input">
-        </form>
-        <sec:authorize url="/userManagement">
-            <a href="/userManagement">Manage Users</a>
-        </sec:authorize>
-    </sec:authorize>
-</body>
-</html>
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diff --git a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/test/java/org/baeldung/security/HomeControllerTest.java b/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/test/java/org/baeldung/security/HomeControllerTest.java
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index e085fb4083..0000000000
--- a/spring-boot-security-taglibs/src/test/java/org/baeldung/security/HomeControllerTest.java
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@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung.security;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate;
-import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
-
-@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
-@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
-public class HomeControllerTest {
-
-    @Autowired
-    private TestRestTemplate restTemplate;
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenUserIsAuthenticatedThenAuthenticatedSectionsShowOnSite() throws Exception {
-        String body = this.restTemplate.withBasicAuth("testUser", "password")
-            .getForEntity("/", String.class)
-            .getBody();
-
-        // test <sec:authorize access="!isAuthenticated()">
-        assertFalse(body.contains("Login"));
-
-        // test <sec:authorize access="isAuthenticated()">
-        assertTrue(body.contains("Logout"));
-
-        // test <sec:authorize access="hasRole('ADMIN')">
-        assertTrue(body.contains("Manage Users"));
-
-        // test <sec:authentication property="principal.username" />
-        assertTrue(body.contains("testUser"));
-
-        // test <sec:authorize url="/adminOnlyURL">
-        assertTrue(body.contains("<a href=\"/userManagement\">"));
-        
-        // test <sec:csrfInput />
-        assertTrue(body.contains("<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_csrf\" value=\""));
-
-        // test <sec:csrfMetaTags />
-        assertTrue(body.contains("<meta name=\"_csrf_parameter\" content=\"_csrf\" />"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenUserIsNotAuthenticatedThenOnlyAnonymousSectionsShowOnSite() throws Exception {
-        String body = this.restTemplate.getForEntity("/", String.class)
-            .getBody();
-
-        // test <sec:authorize access="!isAuthenticated()">
-        assertTrue(body.contains("Login"));
-
-        // test <sec:authorize access="isAuthenticated()">
-        assertFalse(body.contains("Logout"));
-    }
-}