diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 379f4747c..0e9aaa5a7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 # User-specific stuff:
 .idea/workspace.xml
 .idea/tasks.xml
-.idea/shelf
 
 # Sensitive or high-churn files:
 .idea/dataSources/
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 94a25f7f4..000000000
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e1b477d9b..93972d15e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-plugins {
-	id 'net.researchgate.release' version '2.4.0'
-}
-
 apply plugin: 'antlr'
 apply plugin: 'application'
 apply plugin: 'checkstyle'
@@ -66,10 +62,4 @@ task bundledJar(type: Jar) {
 	archiveName = "${project.name}-bundled.jar"
 
 	with jar
-}
-
-release {
-	preTagCommitMessage = ""
-	tagCommitMessage = ""
-	newVersionCommitMessage = ""
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 3851e87e9..000000000
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-group=at.ac.tuwien.kr
-name=alpha
-version=0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
-