diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b701b8..b255390 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
 # Hello Google App Engine for Java™
 
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/GoogleCloudPlatform/appengine-try-java.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/GoogleCloudPlatform/appengine-try-java)
+[![Build
+Status](https://travis-ci.org/GoogleCloudPlatform/appengine-try-java.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/GoogleCloudPlatform/appengine-try-java)
 
 This sample shows you how to deploy a simple "Hello World" application to
 [Google App Engine](https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/java/).
 
 ## Before you begin
 
-1.  Download and install the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/).
+1.  Download and install the [Google Cloud
+    SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/).
 1.  [Install and configure Apache Maven](http://maven.apache.org/index.html).
 1.  [Create a new Google Cloud Platform project, or use an existing
 		one](https://console.cloud.google.com/project).
 1.  Initialize the Cloud SDK.
 
-			 gcloud init
+        gcloud init
+
+1.  Install the Cloud SDK `app-engine-java` component.
+
+        gcloud components install app-engine-java
 
 ## Deploying to App Engine
 
@@ -35,8 +41,11 @@ the Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/appengine/versions).
 
 ## Next steps
 
-1.  Read the [App Engine documentation](https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/java/).
-1.  Explore the other [Google Cloud Platform sample applications](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-sample://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples) for Java™.
+1.  Read the [App Engine
+    documentation](https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/java/).
+1.  Explore the other [Google Cloud Platform sample
+    applications](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-sample) for
+    Java™.
 
 ## Contributing changes
 
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e9511cc..0000000
--- a/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-<project name="Guestbook Highrep" default="compile">
-  <property environment="env" />
-  <property name="appengine.sdk" location="${env.HOME}/google-cloud-sdk/platform/appengine-java-sdk" />
-
-  <import file="${appengine.sdk}/config/user/ant-macros.xml" />
-
-  <path id="project.classpath">
-    <pathelement path="war/WEB-INF/classes" />
-    <fileset dir="war/WEB-INF/lib">
-      <include name="**/*.jar" />
-    </fileset>
-    <fileset dir="${appengine.sdk}/lib">
-      <include name="shared/**/*.jar" />
-    </fileset>
-  </path>
-
-  <target name="copyjars"
-      description="Copies the App Engine JARs to the WAR.">
-    <copy
-        todir="war/WEB-INF/lib"
-        flatten="true">
-      <fileset dir="${appengine.sdk}/lib/user">
-        <include name="**/*.jar" />
-      </fileset>
-    </copy>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="compile" depends="copyjars"
-      description="Compiles Java source and copies other source files to the WAR.">
-    <mkdir dir="war/WEB-INF/classes" />
-    <copy todir="war/WEB-INF/classes">
-      <fileset dir="src">
-        <exclude name="**/*.java" />
-      </fileset>
-    </copy>
-    <javac
-        srcdir="src"
-        destdir="war/WEB-INF/classes"
-        classpathref="project.classpath"
-        debug="on" />
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="runserver" depends="compile"
-      description="Starts the development server.">
-    <dev_appserver war="war" />
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="update" depends="compile"
-      description="Uploads the application to App Engine.">
-    <appcfg action="update" war="war" />
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="update_indexes" depends="compile"
-      description="Uploads just the datastore index configuration to App Engine.">
-    <appcfg action="update_indexes" war="war" />
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="rollback" depends="compile"
-      description="Rolls back an interrupted application update.">
-    <appcfg action="rollback" war="war" />
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="request_logs"
-      description="Downloads log data from App Engine for the application.">
-    <appcfg action="request_logs" war="war">
-      <options>
-        <arg value="--num_days=5"/>
-      </options>
-      <args>
-        <arg value="logs.txt"/>
-      </args>
-    </appcfg>
-  </target>
-
-</project>