diff --git a/slingshot/README.txt b/slingshot/README.txt
index f9caa92..596db44 100644
--- a/slingshot/README.txt
+++ b/slingshot/README.txt
@@ -12,30 +12,6 @@
 and go to http://localhost:8080/slingshot.html. Login with slingshot1/slingshot1
 or slingshot2/slingshot2.
 
-Getting Started
-===============
-
-This component uses a Maven 3 (http://maven.apache.org/) build
-environment. It requires a Java 7 JDK (or higher) and Maven (http://maven.apache.org/)
-3.0.5 or later. We recommend to use the latest Maven version.
-
-If you have Maven 3 installed, you can compile and
-package the jar using the following command:
-
-    mvn package
-
-See the Maven 3 documentation for other build features.
-
-Launching Sling
-===============
-
-The Sling Container can be launched by running the following command in the 
-launchpad/builder/target directory:
-  java -jar org.apache.sling.launchpad-<version>-standalone.jar
-so if the current version is 8, the command should be:
-  java -jar org.apache.sling.launchpad-8-standalone.jar
-  
-  
 Deploy the Demo
 ===============
 
@@ -47,13 +23,3 @@
 
 When deployed the application can be accessed from:
   http://localhost:8080/slingshot.html
-  
-
-The latest source code for this component is available in the
-Subversion (http://subversion.tigris.org/) source repository of
-the Apache Software Foundation. If you have Subversion installed,
-you can checkout the latest source using the following command:
-
-    svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/sling/trunk/samples/slingshot
-
-See the Subversion documentation for other source control features.