diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7762f76ff2..d9c0f8b180 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ genfiles.properties
 /Testing/script/output/
 /Testing/script/gold/
 *~
+/netbeans-plat
+
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 185bf6d02f..df5ecb3218 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@
 <!-- If you delete this file and reopen the project it will be recreated. -->
 <project name="Autopsy3" basedir=".">
     <description>Builds the module suite Autopsy3.</description>
-
-    <!-- Netbeans RCP platform -->
-    <property name="netbeans-plat.version" value="7.0.1"/>
-    <property name="nbplatform.active.dir" value="${basedir}/thirdparty/netbeans-plat/${netbeans-plat.version}"/>
-    <!-- harness for bootstrapping -->
-    <property name="harness.dir" value="${basedir}/thirdparty/netbeans-plat/harness"/>
 	
     <import file="nbproject/build-impl.xml"/>
 
@@ -33,23 +27,6 @@
     </taskdef>
 
 
-    <!-- Netbeans RCP platform download helper -->
-    <property name="netbeans-plat.dir"
-          value="${thirdparty.dir}/netbeans-plat/${netbeans-plat.version}"/>
-    <property name="bootstrap.url"
-          value="http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/nbms-and-javadoc/lastStableBuild/artifact/nbbuild/netbeans/harness/tasks.jar"/>
-    <property name="netbeans.updatecenter.url"
-          value="http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/${netbeans-plat.version}/uc/final/distribution/catalog.xml.gz"/>
-    <target name="download-netbeans-rcp" description="helper target to downloads netbeans platform">
-        <mkdir dir="${netbeans-plat.dir}/harness"/>
-        <get src="${bootstrap.url}" dest="${netbeans-plat.dir}/harness/tasks.jar" usetimestamp="true" verbose="true"/>
-        <taskdef name="autoupdate" classname="org.netbeans.nbbuild.AutoUpdate" classpath="${netbeans-plat.dir}/harness/tasks.jar"/>
-        <autoupdate installdir="${netbeans-plat.dir}" updatecenter="${netbeans.updatecenter.url}">
-            <modules includes=".*" clusters="harness[0-9]*"/>
-            <modules includes=".*" clusters="platform[0-9]*"/>
-        </autoupdate>
-    </target>
-
     <!-- This seems really bad to be hard coded, but I couldn't find a better solution -->
     <path id="jni-path">
         <pathelement location="${basedir}/build/cluster/modules/org-sleuthkit-datamodel.jar"/>
diff --git a/nbproject/platform.properties b/nbproject/platform.properties
index 95295edd72..e48c78a74c 100644
--- a/nbproject/platform.properties
+++ b/nbproject/platform.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+netbeans-plat-version=7.0.1
+suite.dir=${basedir}
+nbplatform.active.dir=${suite.dir}/netbeans-plat/${netbeans-plat-version}
+harness.dir=${nbplatform.active.dir}/harness
+bootstrap.url=http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/nbms-and-javadoc/lastStableBuild/artifact/nbbuild/netbeans/harness/tasks.jar
+autoupdate.catalog.url=http://updates.netbeans.org/netbeans/updates/${netbeans-plat-version}/uc/final/distribution/catalog.xml.gz
 cluster.path=\
     ${nbplatform.active.dir}/harness:\
     ${nbplatform.active.dir}/java:\
@@ -97,4 +103,3 @@ disabled.modules=\
     org.netbeans.modules.xml.tools.java,\
     org.openide.compat,\
     org.openide.util.enumerations
-nbplatform.active=default