diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d501fb01b2424d06d35114748b54e062a5afa56f..c3b7e91b1a32ed3db5170289cb249e73cdcd848e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,32 +1,3 @@
-/*
- * In order to build and run services locally,
- * one needs to include the following directorie(s) in the root project (they
- * are ignored by git):
- *
- *    models/
- *       ak/
- *          2007/
- *       wus/
- *          2008/
- *          2014/
- *          2014b/
- *          2018/
- *       ceus/
- *          2008/
- *          2014/
- *          2018/
- *
- * ...with each 'year' directory being an alias to the corresponding
- * git repository. One only needs to include the model they will run in the services.
- *
- * Then build the JAR file: ./gradlew assemble
- *
- * One can then specify the model to run in the services:
- *    java -jar build/libs/nshmp-haz.jar --models=/path/to/models
- *
- * Where <MODEL> is one of the model enums in nshmp.www.Model
- */
-
 plugins {
   id "application"
   id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "${spotlessVersion}"