diff --git a/tools/uec/meta-data b/tools/uec/meta-data
deleted file mode 100644
index d06819545a..0000000000
--- a/tools/uec/meta-data
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#ami-id: ami-fd4aa494
-#ami-launch-index: '0'
-#ami-manifest-path: ubuntu-images-us/ubuntu-lucid-10.04-amd64-server-20100427.1.manifest.xml
-#block-device-mapping: {ami: sda1, ephemeral0: sdb, ephemeral1: sdc, root: /dev/sda1}
-hostname: smoser-sys
-#instance-action: none
-instance-id: i-87018aed
-instance-type: m1.large
-#kernel-id: aki-c8b258a1
-local-hostname: smoser-sys.mosers.us
-#local-ipv4: 10.223.26.178
-#placement: {availability-zone: us-east-1d}
-#public-hostname: ec2-184-72-174-120.compute-1.amazonaws.com
-#public-ipv4: 184.72.174.120
-#public-keys:
-#  ec2-keypair.us-east-1: [ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCD9dlT00vOUC8Ttq6YH8RzUCVqPQl6HaSfWSTKYnZiVCpTBj1CaRZPLRLmkSB9Nziy4aRJa/LZMbBHXytQKnB1psvNknqC2UNlrXXMk+Vx5S4vg21MXYYimK4uZEY0Qz29QUiTyNsx18jpAaF4ocUpTpRhxPEBCcSCDmMbc27MU2XuTbasM2NjW/w0bBF3ZFhdH68dZICXdTxS2jUrtrCnc1D/QXVZ5kQO3jsmSyJg8E0nE+6Onpx2YRoVRSwjpGzVZ+BlXPnN5xBREBG8XxzhNFHJbek+RgK5TfL+k4yD4XhnVZuZu53cBAFhj+xPKhtisSd+YmaEq+Jt9uS0Ekd5
-#      ec2-keypair.us-east-1, '']
-#reservation-id: r-e2225889
-#security-groups: default
diff --git a/tools/uec/user-data b/tools/uec/user-data
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--- a/tools/uec/user-data
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@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#cloud-config
-#apt_update: false
-#apt_upgrade: true
-#packages: [ bzr, pastebinit, ubuntu-dev-tools, ccache, bzr-builddeb, vim-nox, git-core, lftp ]
-
-apt_sources:
- - source: ppa:smoser/ppa
-
-disable_root: True
-
-mounts:
- - [ ephemeral0, None ]
- - [ swap, None ]
-
-ssh_import_id: [smoser ]
-
-sm_misc:
- - &user_setup |
-   set -x; exec > ~/user_setup.log 2>&1
-   echo "starting at $(date -R)"
-   echo "set -o vi" >> ~/.bashrc
-   cat >> ~/.profile <<EOF
-   export EDITOR=vi
-   EOF
-
-runcmd:
- - [ sudo, -Hu, ubuntu, sh, -c, 'grep "cloud-init.*running" /var/log/cloud-init.log > ~/runcmd.log' ]
- - [ sudo, -Hu, ubuntu, sh, -c, 'read up sleep < /proc/uptime; echo $(date): runcmd up at $up | tee -a ~/runcmd.log' ]
- - [ sudo, -Hu, ubuntu, sh, -c, *user_setup ]
-
-password: passw0rd
-chpasswd: { expire: False }