diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 08b9a4b1..425a6cfb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 /build.properties
 /runtime.properties
 /ontology/public/catalog-v0001.xml
+settings.xml
 
 rdf/auth/firsttime/test-user-model.owl
 utilities/solrtester/.work
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@ utilities/rdbmigration/.work
 **/.idea
 **/*.iml
 **/target
-
 **/overlays
+*~
 
 # Eclipse artifacts
 **/.settings
diff --git a/installer/pom.xml b/installer/pom.xml
index 4650d6de..e51aa26e 100644
--- a/installer/pom.xml
+++ b/installer/pom.xml
@@ -105,18 +105,11 @@
 
     <modules>
         <module>home</module>
-        <module>solr</module>
         <module>webapp</module>
     </modules>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.vivoweb</groupId>
-                <artifactId>vitro-solr</artifactId>
-                <version>${vitro-version}</version>
-                <type>war</type>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.vivoweb</groupId>
                 <artifactId>vivo-home</artifactId>
diff --git a/installer/solr/pom.xml b/installer/solr/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 63fb2130..00000000
--- a/installer/solr/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-<project
-    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <groupId>org.vivoweb</groupId>
-    <artifactId>vivo-installer-solr</artifactId>
-    <version>1.11.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <packaging>war</packaging>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.vivoweb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>vivo-installer</artifactId>
-        <version>1.11.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-
-    <name>VIVO Install Solr App</name>
-
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>package</id>
-            <activation>
-                <property><name>app-name</name></property>
-            </activation>
-            <build>
-                <finalName>${app-name}solr</finalName>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <archive>
-                                <manifest>
-                                    <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
-                                </manifest>
-                            </archive>
-                            <archiveClasses>false</archiveClasses>
-                            <overlays>
-                                <overlay>
-                                    <groupId>org.vivoweb</groupId>
-                                    <artifactId>vitro-solr</artifactId>
-                                    <type>war</type>
-                                </overlay>
-                            </overlays>
-                            <webResources>
-                                <resource>
-                                    <directory>src/main/webResources</directory>
-                                    <filtering>true</filtering>
-                                </resource>
-                            </webResources>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
-        <profile>
-            <id>pinstall</id>
-            <activation>
-                <property><name>tomcat-dir</name></property>
-            </activation>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>remove-webapp</id>
-                                <phase>verify</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>run</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                                <configuration>
-                                    <target>
-                                        <delete dir="${tomcat-dir}/webapps/${project.build.finalName}" />
-                                    </target>
-                                </configuration>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>install</id>
-                                <phase>install</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>unpack</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                                <configuration>
-                                    <artifactItems>
-                                        <artifactItem>
-                                            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-                                            <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
-                                            <version>${project.version}</version>
-                                            <type>war</type>
-                                            <overWrite>true</overWrite>
-                                            <outputDirectory>${tomcat-dir}/webapps/${project.build.finalName}</outputDirectory>
-                                        </artifactItem>
-                                    </artifactItems>
-                                </configuration>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skip>true</skip>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <filesets>
-                        <fileset>
-                            <directory>overlays</directory>
-                        </fileset>
-                    </filesets>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.vivoweb</groupId>
-            <artifactId>vitro-solr</artifactId>
-            <type>war</type>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/installer/solr/src/main/webResources/META-INF/context.xml b/installer/solr/src/main/webResources/META-INF/context.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 51e4c1b8..00000000
--- a/installer/solr/src/main/webResources/META-INF/context.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<Context crossContext="true" override="true">
-   <Environment
-        type="java.lang.String" 
-        name="solr/home"  
-        value="${vivo-dir}/solr" override="true"/>
-
-   <!-- Disable persist sessions on shut down.-->
-   <Manager pathname="" />
-</Context>
diff --git a/installer/solr/src/main/webResources/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties b/installer/solr/src/main/webResources/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index b8307c2b..00000000
--- a/installer/solr/src/main/webResources/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-log4j.appender.AllAppender=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.AllAppender.File= ${catalina.base}/logs/${app-name}solr.log
-log4j.appender.AllAppender.MaxFileSize=10MB
-log4j.appender.AllAppender.MaxBackupIndex=10
-log4j.appender.AllAppender.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.AllAppender.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p [%c{1}] %m%n
-
-log4j.rootLogger=INFO, AllAppender
-
-# Make all of the Solr classes quieter...
-log4j.logger.org.apache.solr.level = WARNING
-# ...except for this one.
-log4j.logger.org.apache.solr.core.SolrResourceLoader.level = INFO