diff --git a/README b/README
index 738b4a17..d80bc2bb 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ following principles:
 Building
 --------
 
-The library is built using ant. If you aren't already using ant for other
-projects, it can be found here:
+The library is built using Ant or Maven, pick your poison. If you use ant, you
+will need to obtain the jar files enumerated in etc/libs-incl.xml and place
+them in the lib/ directory. If you use Maven, the dependencies will be
+automatically fetched.
 
-  http://ant.apache.org/
-
-Invoke ant with any of the following targets:
+Invoke Ant with any of the following targets:
 
   all: builds the class files and javadoc documentation
   compile: builds only the class files (dist/classes)
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ Invoke ant with any of the following targets:
   tests: builds and runs the unit tests
   dist: builds the distribution jar file (dist/samskivert.jar)
 
-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. For example, to build everything invoke:
+Invoke Maven with the following targets:
 
- % ant -f build-ivy.xml all
+  mvn test: builds the code and runs the tests
+  mvn package: builds the code and creates target/samskivert-X.X.jar
+  mvn install: builds and installs samskivert into your local Maven repository
 
 Distribution
 ------------
diff --git a/build-ivy.xml b/build-ivy.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index fac9a332..00000000
--- a/build-ivy.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,204 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" name="samskivert" default="compile" basedir=".">
-  <!-- things you may want to change -->
-  <property name="lib.name"         value="samskivert"/>
-  <property name="doc.packages"     value="com.samskivert.*"/>
-  <property name="doc.overview"     value="com/samskivert/overview.html"/>
-  <property name="copyright.holder" value="Michael Bayne, et al."/>
-
-  <!-- the next release version -->
-  <property name="revision" value="1.0"/>
-
-  <!-- things you probably don't want to change -->
-  <property name="src.dir"     value="src/main/java"/>
-  <property name="test.dir"    value="src/test/java"/>
-  <property name="deploy.dir"  value="dist"/>
-  <property name="classes.dir" value="${deploy.dir}/classes"/>
-  <property name="tclasses.dir" value="${deploy.dir}/test-classes"/>
-  <property name="javadoc.dir" value="${deploy.dir}/docs"/>
-  <property name="libs.dir"    value="lib"/>
-  <property name="gwtjar.dir"  value="${deploy.dir}/gwt-jar"/>
-
-  <!-- downloads ivy if necessary and sets everything up -->
-  <property name="ivy.vers" value="2.1.0-rc2" />
-  <property name="ivy.jar.dir" value="${user.home}/.ant/lib" />
-  <condition property="ivy.exists"><available file="${ivy.jar.dir}/ivy.jar"/></condition>
-  <target name="-download-ivy" unless="ivy.exists">
-    <mkdir dir="${ivy.jar.dir}"/>
-    <get src="http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/${ivy.vers}/ivy-${ivy.vers}.jar" 
-         dest="${ivy.jar.dir}/ivy.jar" usetimestamp="true"/>
-  </target>
-  <target name="-init-ivy" depends="-download-ivy">
-    <path id="ivy.lib.path"><fileset dir="${ivy.jar.dir}" includes="*.jar"/></path>
-    <taskdef resource="org/apache/ivy/ant/antlib.xml"
-             uri="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" classpathref="ivy.lib.path"/>
-    <ivy:cachepath pathid="compile.classpath" conf="compile" log="download-only"/>
-    <ivy:cachepath pathid="test.classpath" conf="test" log="download-only"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="-prepare" depends="-init-ivy">
-    <tstamp><format property="year" pattern="yyyy" /></tstamp>
-    <mkdir dir="${deploy.dir}"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${deploy.dir}/jar"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${deploy.dir}/source"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${deploy.dir}/javadoc"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${tclasses.dir}"/>
-    <mkdir dir="${javadoc.dir}"/>
-    <copy todir="${classes.dir}"><fileset dir="src/main/resources" includes="**"/></copy>
-    <copy todir="${tclasses.dir}"><fileset dir="src/test/resources" includes="**"/></copy>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="check-ivy" depends="-init-ivy" description="Computes and prints Ivy classpath.">
-    <pathconvert pathsep="${line.separator}  " property="compile.str" refid="compile.classpath"/>
-    <echo>Compile classpath:</echo>
-    <echo>  ${compile.str}</echo>
-    <echo>Test classpath:</echo>
-    <pathconvert pathsep="${line.separator}  " property="test.str" refid="test.classpath"/>
-    <echo>  ${test.str}</echo>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="clean" description="Cleans out most build results.">
-    <delete dir="${classes.dir}"/>
-    <delete dir="${tclasses.dir}"/>
-    <delete dir="${deploy.dir}/docs"/>
-    <delete dir="${gwtjar.dir}"/>
-    <delete failonerror="false"><fileset dir="${deploy.dir}" includes="*.jar"/></delete>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="distclean" description="Completely cleans out build results.">
-    <delete dir="${deploy.dir}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="compile" depends="-prepare" description="Compiles main classes.">
-    <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${classes.dir}" includeAntRuntime="false"
-           debug="on" optimize="${build.optimize}" source="1.5" target="1.5" encoding="utf-8">
-      <classpath refid="compile.classpath"/>
-      <exclude name="com/samskivert/velocity/**"/>
-      <exclude name="com/samskivert/xml/**"/>
-      <compilerarg value="-Xlint"/>
-      <compilerarg value="-Xlint:-serial"/>
-    </javac>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="test-compile" depends="compile" description="Compiles test classes.">
-    <javac srcdir="${test.dir}" destdir="${tclasses.dir}" includeAntRuntime="false"
-           debug="on" optimize="${build.optimize}" source="1.5" target="1.5" encoding="utf-8">
-      <classpath>
-        <pathelement location="${classes.dir}"/>
-        <path refid="test.classpath"/>
-      </classpath>
-      <exclude name="com/samskivert/velocity/**"/>
-      <exclude name="com/samskivert/xml/**"/>
-      <compilerarg value="-Xlint"/>
-      <compilerarg value="-Xlint:-serial"/>
-    </javac>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="javadoc" depends="-prepare" description="Builds javadocs.">
-    <javadoc windowtitle="${lib.name} API"
-             doctitle="${lib.name} API"
-             overview="${src.dir}/${doc.overview}"
-             destdir="${javadoc.dir}"
-             additionalparam="-breakiterator"
-             link="http://samskivert.com/code/samskivert/samskivert/docs/api/">
-      <classpath refid="compile.classpath"/>
-      <packageset dir="${src.dir}">
-        <exclude name="com/samskivert/velocity/**"/>
-        <exclude name="com/samskivert/xml/**"/>
-      </packageset>
-      <bottom>Copyright &#169; 2000-${year} ${copyright.holder}. All Rights Reserved.</bottom>
-      <link href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/"/>
-    </javadoc>
-    <jar destfile="${deploy.dir}/javadoc/${lib.name}.jar" basedir="${javadoc.dir}"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="all" depends="clean,compile,javadoc,dist" description="Rebuilds everything."/>
-
-  <property name="test" value=""/>
-  <target name="tests" depends="test-compile" 
-          description="Runs unit tests. Use -Dtest=Foo to run only FooTest.">
-    <taskdef name="unit" classpathref="test.classpath"
-      classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTask"/>
-    <unit printsummary="off" haltonfailure="yes" fork="${junit.fork}">
-      <classpath>
-        <pathelement location="${classes.dir}"/>
-        <pathelement location="${tclasses.dir}"/>
-        <path refid="test.classpath"/>
-        <fileset dir="lib/test" includes="*.jar"/>
-      </classpath>
-      <sysproperty key="test_dir" value="${tclasses.dir}"/>
-      <formatter type="brief" usefile="false"/>
-      <batchtest>
-        <fileset dir="${test.dir}">
-          <include name="**/*${test}*Test.java"/>
-          <exclude name="com/samskivert/velocity/**"/>
-          <exclude name="com/samskivert/xml/**"/>
-        </fileset>
-      </batchtest>
-    </unit>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="dist" depends="compile" description="Builds jar files.">
-    <jar destfile="${deploy.dir}/jar/${lib.name}.jar" basedir="${classes.dir}"/>
-    <jar destfile="${deploy.dir}/source/${lib.name}.jar" basedir="${src.dir}"/>
-    <!-- we export a small selection of classes for use by GWT -->
-<!-- TODO: what to do about this -gwt jar? Is there a way to publish it via Ivy
-     that won't take six hours of my life to determine?
-    <mkdir dir="${gwtjar.dir}"/>
-    <copy todir="${gwtjar.dir}">
-      <fileset dir="${src.dir}" includes="com/samskivert/Utils.gwt.xml"/>
-      <fileset dir="${src.dir}" includes="com/samskivert/text/MessageUtil.java"/>
-      <fileset dir="${src.dir}" includes="com/samskivert/util/ByteEnum.java"/>
-      <fileset dir="${src.dir}" includes="com/samskivert/util/ByteEnumUtil.java"/>
-    </copy>
-    <jar basedir="${gwtjar.dir}" destfile="${deploy.dir}/${lib.name}-gwt.jar"/>
-    <delete dir="${gwtjar.dir}"/>
--->
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="gen-pom" depends="-prepare" description="Generates a POM file.">
-    <ivy:makepom ivyfile="ivy.xml" pomfile="${deploy.dir}/${lib.name}.pom">
-      <!-- this is kind of a hack, but we use 'compile' to indicate dependencies that -->
-      <!-- will be "provided" and "runtime" to indicate our transitive dependencies -->
-      <mapping conf="compile" scope="provided"/>
-      <mapping conf="runtime" scope="compile"/>
-      <mapping conf="test" scope="test"/>
-    </ivy:makepom>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="publish" depends="dist,javadoc" description="Publishes jar to local repository.">
-    <ivy:publish resolver="local" pubrevision="${revision}" forcedeliver="true">
-      <artifacts pattern="${deploy.dir}/[type]/[artifact].[ext]"/>
-    </ivy:publish>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="publish-remote" depends="publish" description="Publishes a public release.">
-    <exec executable="svn">
-      <arg value="checkout"/>
-      <arg value="-N"/>
-      <arg value="https://${lib.name}.googlecode.com/svn/releases/com.samskivert/${lib.name}"/>
-      <arg value="temp"/>
-    </exec>
-    <mkdir dir="temp/${revision}"/>
-    <copy todir="temp/${revision}">
-      <fileset dir="${user.home}/.ivy2/local/com.samskivert/${lib.name}/${revision}">
-        <include name="ivys/ivy.jar"/>
-        <include name="jars/${lib.name}.jar"/>
-        <include name="sources/${lib.name}.jar"/>
-        <include name="javadocs/${lib.name}.jar"/>
-      </fileset>
-    </copy>
-    <exec executable="svn">
-      <arg value="add"/>
-      <arg value="temp/${revision}"/>
-    </exec>
-    <exec executable="svn">
-      <arg value="commit"/>
-      <arg value="-m"/>
-      <arg value="Published release ${revision}."/>
-      <arg value="temp"/>
-    </exec>
-    <delete dir="temp"/>
-  </target>
-</project>
diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ab1eae79..00000000
--- a/ivy.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<ivy-module version="2.0" xmlns:mvn="http://ant.apache.org/ivy/maven">
-  <info organisation="com.samskivert" module="samskivert" revision="${revision}">
-    <description homepage="http://code.google.com/p/samskivert"/>
-  </info>
-  <configurations>
-    <conf name="default" visibility="public" extends="runtime,master"/>
-    <conf name="master" visibility="public"/>
-    <conf name="provided" visibility="public"/>
-    <conf name="runtime" visibility="public"/>
-    <conf name="sources" visibility="public"/>
-    <conf name="javadoc" visibility="public"/>
-    <conf name="optional" visibility="public"/>
-    <conf name="compile" visibility="private" extends="runtime,provided,optional"/>
-    <conf name="test" visibility="private" extends="compile"/>
-  </configurations>
-  <publications>
-    <artifact type="jar"/>
-    <artifact type="source" ext="jar" mvn:classifier="sources"/>
-    <artifact type="javadoc" ext="jar" mvn:classifier="javadoc"/>
-  </publications>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency org="javax.servlet" name="servlet-api" rev="2.5" conf="provided->master(*)"/>
-    <dependency org="log4j" name="log4j" rev="1.2.15" conf="optional->master(*)"/>
-    <dependency org="javax.mail" name="mail" rev="1.4.1" conf="optional->master(*)"/>
-    <dependency org="junit" name="junit" rev="4.8.1" conf="test->master(*)"/>
-  </dependencies>
-</ivy-module>