diff --git a/README b/README
index e2f11205..6605f047 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -37,14 +37,8 @@ following principles:
 Building
 --------
 
-Building the library is very simple. First ensure that the necessary third
-party jar files are available either in the lib/ directory or in the
-system wide jar file location specified in build.xml. See lib/README for a
-list of the necessary third party jar files and how to get them.
-
-The library is built using ant, a modern build tool available from The
-Jakarta Project. If you aren't already using ant for other projects, it
-can be found here:
+Building the library is very simple. The library is built using ant. If you
+aren't already using ant for other projects, it can be found here:
 
   http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/
 
@@ -55,7 +49,11 @@ Invoke ant with any of the following targets:
   javadoc: builds only the javadoc documentation (dist/docs)
   dist: builds the distribution jar file (dist/samskivert.jar)
 
-Look at the build.xml file for configurable build parameters.
+It is highly recommended to use the Ivy-based build file, which will
+automatically download any dependencies. The build file will also download Ivy
+if needed. Simply invoke:
+
+ % ant -f build-ivy.xml all
 
 Distribution
 ------------
diff --git a/lib/README b/lib/README
deleted file mode 100644
index 735d5c56..00000000
--- a/lib/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Required external libraries
----------------------------
-
-The samskivert code requires external Java libraries (JAR files) to be placed
-here in the lib/ directory. The libraries are enumerated in the
-etc/libs-incl.xml file and must be named as specified in that file.
-
-Those libraries can be obtained at the following websites:
-
-- http://ant.apache.org/
-- http://ehcache.sourceforge.net/
-- http://jakarta.apache.org/commons
-- http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity
-- http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/
-- http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/
-- http://junit.org/
-
-The latest versions of the libraries should work, except where specific
-versions are specified in the libs-incl.xml file.