diff --git a/dev/core/build.xml b/dev/core/build.xml
index d95c206..0f13bfe 100755
--- a/dev/core/build.xml
+++ b/dev/core/build.xml
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@
 			<zipfileset src="${gwt.tools.lib}/tomcat/tomcat-http11-1.0.jar" />
 			<zipfileset src="${gwt.tools.lib}/tomcat/tomcat-jk2-2.1.jar" />
 			<zipfileset src="${gwt.tools.lib}/tomcat/tomcat-util-5.1.jar" />
-			<zipfileset src="${gwt.tools.lib}/xerces/xerces-2_9_1/xercesImpl.jar" />
-			<zipfileset src="${gwt.tools.lib}/xerces/xerces-2_9_1/xml-apis.jar" />
-			<zipfileset src="${gwt.tools.lib}/xerces/xerces-2_9_1/serializer.jar" />
 		</gwt.jar>
 	</target>
 
diff --git a/distro-source/core/src/about.html b/distro-source/core/src/about.html
index 1e1a63d..9b19fc3 100644
--- a/distro-source/core/src/about.html
+++ b/distro-source/core/src/about.html
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       <hr/>
 
       <div id="intro">
-         Copyright &copy; 2007 <a href="http://www.google.com/">Google Inc.</a>
+         Copyright &copy; 2008 <a href="http://www.google.com/">Google Inc.</a>
          All rights reserved.  
          All other product, service names, brands, or trademarks, are the property of their respective owners.
       </div>
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
                 The <a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache Software Foundation</a>
                 <ul>
                     <li><a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/">Tomcat</a> (with modifications)</li>
-                    <li><a href="http://xerces.apache.org/">Xerces</a></li>
                     <li><a href="http://tapestry.apache.org/">Tapestry</a></li>
                 </ul
             </li>
@@ -81,9 +80,7 @@
                     <li><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/">Rhino</a> (with modifications)</li>
                 </ul
             </li>
-            <li>The <a href="http://www.saxproject.org/">SAX project</a></li>
             <li>The <a href="http://www.webkit.org/">WebKit Open Source Project</a></li>
-            <li>The <a href="http://www.w3.org/">W3C consortium</a></li>
          </ul>
          For source availability and license information see COPYING.html.
 
diff --git a/distro-source/core/src/about.txt b/distro-source/core/src/about.txt
index a7e8b20..8fbf43e 100644
--- a/distro-source/core/src/about.txt
+++ b/distro-source/core/src/about.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 Google Web Toolkit @GWT_VERSION@
-Copyright (c) Google, Inc. 2007.  All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) Google, Inc. 2008.  All rights reserved.
 Visit Google Code (http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/).
 
 This product includes software developed by:
  - The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
    - Tomcat (http://tomcat.apache.org/) with modifications
-   - Xerces (http://xerces.apache.org/)
    - Tapestry (http://tapestry.apache.org/)
  - The Eclipse Foundation (http://www.eclipse.org/).
    - Java Development Tools (http://www.eclipse.org/jdt/)
@@ -14,8 +13,6 @@
  - The Mozilla Foundation (http://www.mozilla.org/).
    - Mozilla 1.7.12 (http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.7.12/)
    - Rhino (http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/) with modifications
- - The SAX project (http://www.saxproject.org/)
  - The WebKit Open Source Project (http://www.webkit.org)
- - The W3C consortium (http://www.w3.org/)
 
 For source availability and license information see COPYING.
diff --git a/eclipse/dev/linux/.classpath b/eclipse/dev/linux/.classpath
index ab22cb4..cf2dcd4 100644
--- a/eclipse/dev/linux/.classpath
+++ b/eclipse/dev/linux/.classpath
@@ -37,8 +37,5 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/tomcat/tomcat-http11-1.0.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/tomcat/tomcat-jk2-2.1.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/tomcat/tomcat-util-5.1.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/xerces/xerces-2_9_1/xercesImpl.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/xerces/xerces-2_9_1/xml-apis.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/xerces/xerces-2_9_1/serializer.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/eclipse/dev/mac/.classpath b/eclipse/dev/mac/.classpath
index 27a6e1e..bfa5b0a 100644
--- a/eclipse/dev/mac/.classpath
+++ b/eclipse/dev/mac/.classpath
@@ -37,8 +37,5 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/tomcat/tomcat-http11-1.0.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/tomcat/tomcat-jk2-2.1.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/tomcat/tomcat-util-5.1.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/xerces/xerces-2_9_1/xercesImpl.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/xerces/xerces-2_9_1/xml-apis.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/xerces/xerces-2_9_1/serializer.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/eclipse/dev/windows/.classpath b/eclipse/dev/windows/.classpath
index 35c95e8..62a0a18 100644
--- a/eclipse/dev/windows/.classpath
+++ b/eclipse/dev/windows/.classpath
@@ -37,8 +37,5 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/tomcat/tomcat-http11-1.0.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/tomcat/tomcat-jk2-2.1.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/tomcat/tomcat-util-5.1.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/xerces/xerces-2_9_1/xercesImpl.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/xerces/xerces-2_9_1/xml-apis.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="var" path="GWT_TOOLS/lib/xerces/xerces-2_9_1/serializer.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
 </classpath>