diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 1db2dca76..9aef78a13 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -297,124 +297,6 @@ clean:
 	find . -name 'a.exe' -exec rm -f '{}' ';'
 	find . -name 'core' -exec rm -f '{}' ';'
 
-################################
-#
-# Release
-# 
-# NOTE: In 64-bit systems it is not possible to build a dynamic library using static gmp.
-# So, EXTRA_LIBS="" in 64-bit systems.
-#     EXTRA_LIBS="$(BIN_DIR)/lib$(Z3)-gmp.so" in 32-bit systems.
-#
-# Remark: disable ocaml bindings in the release.
-# They will be re-enabled in the future. 
-# To re-enable them, I just have to include ocamlrelease in the list of dependencies.
-# I had to disable them because the stub generator uses non-portable scripts, and
-# were not included at z3.codeplex.com. Thus, this part is temporarily broken.  
-#
-# iZ3 is also temporarily removed from the release package. To re-enable it, we just have to include iz3release in the
-# list of dependencies.
-#
-# I also permanently removed test_user_theory example. Now, that the source code
-# is available, we don't need it anymore.
-#
-################################
-release: $(BIN_DIR)/$(Z3) $(BIN_DIR)/lib$(Z3).@SO_EXT@ @EXTRA_LIBS@ $(BIN_DIR)/lib$(Z3).a
-	@rm -f -r z3
-	@mkdir -p z3
-	@mkdir -p z3/bin
-	@mkdir -p z3/lib
-	@mkdir -p z3/include
-	@mkdir -p z3/examples
-	@mkdir -p z3/python
-	@mkdir -p z3/examples/c	
-	@mkdir -p z3/examples/c++	
-	@mkdir -p z3/examples/python
-	@mkdir -p z3/examples/maxsat	
-	@cp lib/z3.h z3/include
-	@cp lib/z3_v1.h z3/include
-	@cp lib/z3_api.h z3/include
-	@cp lib/z3_macros.h z3/include
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/include/*
-	@cp $(BIN_DIR)/$(Z3) z3/bin
-	@cp $(BIN_DIR)/lib$(Z3).@SO_EXT@ z3/lib
-	@cp $(BIN_DIR)/lib$(Z3).a z3/lib
-	@cp test_capi/test_capi.c z3/examples/c
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/c/test_capi.c
-	@cp test_capi/README-$(PLATFORM).txt z3/examples/c/README
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/c/README
-	@cp test_capi/build-external-$(PLATFORM).sh z3/examples/c/build.sh
-	@cp test_capi/build-static-$(PLATFORM).sh z3/examples/c/build-static.sh
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/c/build.sh
-	@chmod +rwx z3/examples/c/build.sh
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/c/build-static.sh
-	@chmod +rwx z3/examples/c/build-static.sh
-	@cp test_capi/exec-external-$(PLATFORM).sh z3/examples/c/exec.sh
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/c/exec.sh
-	@chmod +rwx z3/examples/c/exec.sh
-	@cp maxsat/maxsat.c z3/examples/maxsat
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/maxsat/maxsat.c
-	@cp maxsat/README-$(PLATFORM).txt z3/examples/maxsat/README
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/maxsat/README
-	@cp maxsat/build-external-$(PLATFORM).sh z3/examples/maxsat/build.sh
-	@cp maxsat/build-static-$(PLATFORM).sh z3/examples/maxsat/build-static.sh
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/maxsat/build.sh
-	@chmod +rwx z3/examples/maxsat/build.sh
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/maxsat/build-static.sh
-	@chmod +rwx z3/examples/maxsat/build-static.sh
-	@cp maxsat/exec-external-$(PLATFORM).sh z3/examples/maxsat/exec.sh
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/maxsat/exec.sh
-	@chmod +rwx z3/examples/maxsat/exec.sh
-	@cp c++/z3++.h z3/include
-	@cp c++/example.cpp z3/examples/c++
-	@cp c++/build-external-$(PLATFORM).sh z3/examples/c++/build.sh
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/c++/build.sh
-	@chmod +rwx z3/examples/c++/build.sh
-	@cp c++/exec-external-$(PLATFORM).sh z3/examples/c++/exec.sh
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/c++/exec.sh
-	@chmod +rwx z3/examples/c++/exec.sh
-	@cp python/z3.py z3/python
-	@cp python/z3core.py z3/python
-	@cp python/z3types.py z3/python
-	@cp python/z3consts.py z3/python
-	@cp python/z3tactics.py z3/python
-	@cp python/z3printer.py z3/python
-	@cp python/README-$(PLATFORM).txt z3/examples/python/README
-	@cp python/exec-$(PLATFORM).sh z3/examples/python/exec.sh
-	@cp python/example.py z3/examples/python
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/python/*.py
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/python/*.py
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/python/*.sh
-	@chmod +rwx z3/examples/python/*.sh
-	@tar -cvzf z3.tar.gz z3
-
-ocamlrelease:
-	@mkdir -p z3/ocaml
-	@mkdir -p z3/examples/ocaml
-	@cp ml/z3_stubs.c z3/ocaml
-	@cp ml/z3_theory_stubs.c z3/ocaml
-	@cp ml/z3.mli z3/ocaml
-	@cp ml/z3.ml z3/ocaml
-	@cp ml_release/build-lib.sh z3/ocaml
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/ocaml/build-lib.sh
-	@chmod +rwx z3/ocaml/build-lib.sh
-	@cp ml_release/README_$(PLATFORM) z3/ocaml/README
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/ocaml/README
-	@cp ml_release/build-test.sh z3/examples/ocaml
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/ocaml/build-test.sh
-	@chmod +rwx z3/examples/ocaml/build-test.sh
-	@cp ml_release/README_test_$(PLATFORM) z3/examples/ocaml/README
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/ocaml/README
-	@cp ml_release/exec-$(PLATFORM).sh z3/examples/ocaml/exec.sh
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/ocaml/exec.sh
-	@chmod +rwx z3/examples/ocaml/exec.sh
-	@cp ml/test_mlapi.ml z3/examples/ocaml
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) z3/examples/ocaml/test_mlapi.ml
-
-iz3release:
-	@$(DOS2UNIX) iZ3/pack-iz3-$(PLATFORM).sh
-	@chmod +rwx iZ3/pack-iz3-$(PLATFORM).sh
-	@iZ3/pack-iz3-$(PLATFORM).sh
-
 ################################
 #
 # Support
diff --git a/c++/README.txt b/c++/README.txt
index 05d1be082..e1350f503 100644
--- a/c++/README.txt
+++ b/c++/README.txt
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ example.exe can find z3.dll.
 
 2) Using gcc
 
+You must install Z3 before running this example.
+To install Z3, execute the following command in the Z3 root directory.
+
+  sudo make install
+
 Use 'build.sh' to build the test application using g++. 
-The script 'exec.sh' adds the bin directory to the path. So, 
-example.exe can find z3.dll.
-
-Remark: the scripts 'build.sh' and 'exec.sh' assumes you are in a
-Cygwin or Mingw shell.
+It generates the executable 'example'.
 
diff --git a/c++/build-external-linux.sh b/c++/build-external-linux.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index d439d5995..000000000
--- a/c++/build-external-linux.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-g++ -fopenmp -o example -I ../../include example.cpp -L ../../lib -lz3 
diff --git a/c++/build-external-osx.sh b/c++/build-external-osx.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index d439d5995..000000000
--- a/c++/build-external-osx.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-g++ -fopenmp -o example -I ../../include example.cpp -L ../../lib -lz3 
diff --git a/c++/build-external.sh b/c++/build-external.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f338ca44b..000000000
--- a/c++/build-external.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-g++ -fopenmp -o example.exe -I ../../include ../../bin/z3.dll example.cpp
diff --git a/c++/exec-external-linux.sh b/c++/exec-external-linux.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f46e9ea89..000000000
--- a/c++/exec-external-linux.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../../lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-./example
diff --git a/c++/exec-external-osx.sh b/c++/exec-external-osx.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f9762b54..000000000
--- a/c++/exec-external-osx.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=../../lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
-./example
diff --git a/c++/exec-external.sh b/c++/exec-external.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 39e7eb58c..000000000
--- a/c++/exec-external.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-export PATH=../../bin:$PATH
-./example.exe