diff --git a/api-ref/.gitignore b/api-ref/.gitignore
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--- a/api-ref/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.bak
-*.DS_Store
-target/
diff --git a/api-ref/.htaccess b/api-ref/.htaccess
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index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/api-ref/pom.xml b/api-ref/pom.xml
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@@ -1,178 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-  <!-- POM Build file for api.openstack.org/api-ref.html -->
-  <!-- ################################################ -->
-  <!-- USE "mvn clean generate-sources" to run this POM -->
-  <!-- ################################################ -->
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.openstack.docs</groupId>
-    <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
-  </parent>
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <artifactId>openstack-api-ref</artifactId>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>OpenStack API Complete Reference</name>
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-  </properties>
-  <build>
-    <!--
-    Setting the source and resource directories is not required for building the
-    project, but it provides certain IDEs with information necessary to show the
-    proper folder structure when the pom.xml is opened as a project.
-    -->
-    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
-    <resources>
-      <resource>
-        <directory>locale</directory>
-      </resource>
-    </resources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.rackspace.cloud.api</groupId>
-        <artifactId>clouddocs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <!-- version is set in ../pom.xml file -->
-        <executions>
-           <execution>
-            <id>os-api-ref</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>generate-html</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <includes>api-ref.xml</includes>
-              <pdfFilename>bk-api-ref</pdfFilename>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>os-api-ref-baremetal-v1</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>generate-html</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <includes> api-ref-baremetal-v1.xml</includes>
-              <pdfFilename>bk-api-ref-baremetal-v1</pdfFilename>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>os-api-ref-blockstorage-v2</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>generate-html</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <includes> api-ref-blockstorage-v2.xml</includes>
-              <pdfFilename>bk-api-ref-blockstorage-v2</pdfFilename>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>os-api-ref-blockstorage-v1</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>generate-html</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <includes> api-ref-blockstorage-v1.xml</includes>
-              <pdfFilename>bk-api-ref-blockstorage-v1</pdfFilename>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>os-api-ref-clustering-v1</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>generate-html</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <includes> api-ref-clustering-v1.xml</includes>
-              <pdfFilename>bk-api-ref-clustering-v1</pdfFilename>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>os-api-ref-data-processing-v1.1</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>generate-html</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <includes> api-ref-data-processing-v1.1.xml</includes>
-              <pdfFilename>bk-api-ref-data-processing-v1.1</pdfFilename>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>os-api-ref-database-v1</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>generate-html</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <includes> api-ref-database-v1.xml </includes>
-              <pdfFilename>bk-api-ref-database-v1</pdfFilename>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>os-api-ref-share-v2</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>generate-html</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <includes>api-ref-share-v2.xml</includes>
-              <pdfFilename>bk-api-ref-share-v2</pdfFilename>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>os-api-ref-share-v1</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>generate-html</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <includes>api-ref-share-v1.xml</includes>
-              <pdfFilename>bk-api-ref-share-v1</pdfFilename>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>os-api-ref-telemetry-v2</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>generate-html</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <includes>api-ref-telemetry-v2.xml</includes>
-              <pdfFilename>bk-api-ref-telemetry-v2</pdfFilename>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <!-- Configuration for OpenStack API References (pdf) -->
-          <!-- see ../api-ref-guides/pom.xml -->
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <!-- These parameters apply to pdf and webhelp -->
-          <generateToc> appendix toc,title
-            article/appendix nop
-            article toc,title
-            book toc,title
-            chapter toc,title
-            section toc,title
-            part toc,title
-            qandadiv toc
-            qandaset toc
-            reference toc,title
-            set toc,title</generateToc>
-          <xincludeSupported>true</xincludeSupported>
-          <sourceDirectory>src/docbkx</sourceDirectory>
-          <branding>openstack</branding>
-          <trimWadlUriCount>1</trimWadlUriCount>
-          <showXslMessages>true</showXslMessages>
-          <profileSecurity>reviewer</profileSecurity>
-          <highlightSource>false</highlightSource>
-          <enableGoogleAnalytics>1</enableGoogleAnalytics>
-          <googleAnalyticsId>UA-17511903-1</googleAnalyticsId>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-</project>