diff --git a/ant/pom.xml b/ant/pom.xml
index f588b4e..80f7c75 100644
--- a/ant/pom.xml
+++ b/ant/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.threerings.getdown</groupId>
-      <artifactId>getdown-tools</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>getdown-core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/Differ.java b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/Differ.java
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/Differ.java
rename to core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/Differ.java
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/Digester.java b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/Digester.java
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/Digester.java
rename to core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/Digester.java
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiff.java b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiff.java
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiff.java
rename to core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiff.java
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiffCodes.java b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiffCodes.java
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiffCodes.java
rename to core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiffCodes.java
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiffPatcher.java b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiffPatcher.java
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiffPatcher.java
rename to core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiffPatcher.java
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/Patcher.java b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/Patcher.java
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/Patcher.java
rename to core/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/Patcher.java
diff --git a/launcher/pom.xml b/launcher/pom.xml
index daf561d..9ea8e99 100644
--- a/launcher/pom.xml
+++ b/launcher/pom.xml
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@
       <artifactId>getdown-core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.threerings.getdown</groupId>
-      <artifactId>getdown-tools</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.samskivert</groupId>
       <artifactId>samskivert</artifactId>
@@ -74,10 +69,6 @@
                 <groupId>com.threerings.getdown</groupId>
                 <artifactId>getdown-core</artifactId>
               </inclusion>
-              <inclusion>
-                <groupId>com.threerings.getdown</groupId>
-                <artifactId>getdown-tools</artifactId>
-              </inclusion>
               <inclusion>
                 <groupId>com.samskivert</groupId>
                 <artifactId>samskivert</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4208d9c..f22024d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 
   <modules>
     <module>core</module>
-    <module>tools</module>
     <module>launcher</module>
     <module>ant</module>
   </modules>
diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0548472..0000000
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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>com.threerings.getdown</groupId>
-    <artifactId>getdown</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
-  <artifactId>getdown-tools</artifactId>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>Getdown App</name>
-  <description>Tools for creating digests and patch files</description>
-
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.threerings.getdown</groupId>
-      <artifactId>getdown-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/tools/src/test/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiffTest.java b/tools/src/test/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiffTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ae15ff3..0000000
--- a/tools/src/test/java/com/threerings/getdown/tools/JarDiffTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-//
-// Getdown - application installer, patcher and launcher
-// Copyright (C) 2004-2016 Getdown authors
-// https://github.com/threerings/getdown/blob/master/LICENSE
-
-package com.threerings.getdown.tools;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.StringWriter;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import static com.threerings.getdown.tools.JarDiff.writeEscapedString;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-/**
- * Tests {@link JarDiff}.
- */
-public class JarDiffTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void testWriteEscapedString () throws IOException
-    {
-        assertEquals("abc", writeEscapedString(new StringWriter(), "abc").toString());
-        assertEquals("abc\\ xyz", writeEscapedString(new StringWriter(), "abc xyz").toString());
-        assertEquals("\\ xyz", writeEscapedString(new StringWriter(), " xyz").toString());
-        assertEquals("abc\\ ", writeEscapedString(new StringWriter(), "abc ").toString());
-        assertEquals("\\ ", writeEscapedString(new StringWriter(), " ").toString());
-        assertEquals("", writeEscapedString(new StringWriter(), "").toString());
-    }
-
-}