diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 62fc485729..1881802712 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,19 +4,25 @@
 */nbproject/private/*
 /nbproject/private/*
 
+/Core/release/
 /Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/coreutils/Version.properties
+/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/docs/QuickStart.html
+/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/docs/screenshot.png
+/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/ranges.csv
 /Core/build/
 /Core/dist/
 /Core/nbproject/*
 !/Core/nbproject/project.xml
 !/Core/nbproject/project.properties
 
+/CoreLibs/release/
 /CoreLibs/build/
 /CoreLibs/dist/
 /CoreLibs/nbproject/*
 !/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.xml
 !/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
 
+/KeywordSearch/release/
 /KeywordSearch/build/
 /KeywordSearch/dist/
 /KeywordSearch/nbproject/*
@@ -25,6 +31,7 @@
 
 */genfiles.properties
 genfiles.properties
+
 /branding/core/core.jar/org/netbeans/core/startup/Bundle.properties
 /branding/modules/org-netbeans-core-windows.jar/org/netbeans/core/windows/view/ui/Bundle.properties
 /branding/build/
@@ -32,6 +39,7 @@ genfiles.properties
 /branding/nbproject/*
 !/branding/nbproject/project.xml
 !/branding/nbproject/project.properties
+
 /test/input/*
 !/test/input/notablehashes.txt-md5.idx
 !/test/input/notablekeywords.xml
@@ -46,6 +54,8 @@ genfiles.properties
 /test/script/DBDump.txt
 /test/script/SortedData-Diff.txt
 /test/script/SortedData.txt
+/test/script/myconfig.xml
+/test/script/*/*.xml
 /test/build/
 /test/dist/
 /test/nbproject/*
@@ -59,19 +69,10 @@ genfiles.properties
 /jdiff-logs/*
 /gen_version.txt
 hs_err_pid*.log
-Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/docs/QuickStart.html
-Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/docs/screenshot.png
-Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/datamodel/ranges.csv
-/test/script/myconfig.xml
-/test/script/*/*.xml
 .DS_Store
 .*.swp
 
+/Experimental/release/
+/ImageGallery/release/
+/thunderbirdparser/release/
 
-
-Core/release/
-CoreLibs/release/
-Experimental/release/
-ImageGallery/release/
-KeywordSearch/release/
-thunderbirdparser/release/
diff --git a/Experimental/build.xml b/Experimental/build.xml
index b13b9ca777..0ea23765f0 100644
--- a/Experimental/build.xml
+++ b/Experimental/build.xml
@@ -6,17 +6,19 @@
     <description>Builds, tests, and runs the project org.sleuthkit.autopsy.experimental.</description>
     <import file="nbproject/build-impl.xml"/>
     <import file="../BootstrapIvy.xml"/>
-    <target name="init" depends="basic-init,files-init,build-init,-javac-init,init-ivy">
+   
+    <target name="get-deps" depends="init-ivy">
         <ivy:settings file="ivysettings.xml" />
         <ivy:resolve/>
-        <ivy:retrieve  sync="false" pattern="${basedir}/release/modules/ext/[artifact]-[revision](-[classifier]).[ext]" />    
+        <ivy:retrieve conf="experimental"  pattern="${basedir}/release/modules/ext/[artifact]-[revision](-[classifier]).[ext]" />   
     </target>
-
+    
+    <target name="init" depends="get-deps, harness.init" />
+      
     <target name="clean" depends="projectized-common.clean">
         <!--Override clean to delete jars, etc downloaded with Ivy  
         or copied in from thirdparty folder.  This way we don't end up with 
         out-of-date/unneeded stuff in the installer-->
-        <mkdir dir="${basedir}/release"/>
         <delete dir="${basedir}/release"/>
     </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/Experimental/ivy.xml b/Experimental/ivy.xml
index ebd7bade53..5934399ba3 100644
--- a/Experimental/ivy.xml
+++ b/Experimental/ivy.xml
@@ -7,16 +7,10 @@
     </configurations>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="com.github.lgooddatepicker" name="LGoodDatePicker" rev="4.3.1"/>
-        <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="org.apache.solr" name="solr-solrj" rev="4.9.1"/>
         <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="org.apache.tika" name="tika-core" rev="1.5"/>
         <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="org.postgresql" name="postgresql" rev="9.4-1201-jdbc41"/>
         <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="com.mchange" name="c3p0" rev="0.9.5"/>
         <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="com.fasterxml.jackson.core" name="jackson-core" rev="2.7.0"/>
         <dependency conf="experimental->default" org="org.swinglabs.swingx" name="swingx-all" rev="1.6.4"/>
-        <exclude artifact="commons-io"/>
-        <exclude artifact="slf4j-api"/>
-        <exclude artifact="wstx-asl"/>
-        <exclude artifact="zookeeper"/>
-
     </dependencies>
 </ivy-module>
diff --git a/Experimental/nbproject/project.properties b/Experimental/nbproject/project.properties
index 49be6268a5..34d831c12a 100644
--- a/Experimental/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/Experimental/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ file.reference.c3p0-0.9.5.jar=release/modules/ext/c3p0-0.9.5.jar
 file.reference.jackson-core-2.7.0.jar=release/modules/ext/jackson-core-2.7.0.jar
 file.reference.LGoodDatePicker-4.3.1.jar=release/modules/ext/LGoodDatePicker-4.3.1.jar
 file.reference.mchange-commons-java-0.2.9.jar=release/modules/ext/mchange-commons-java-0.2.9.jar
-file.reference.solr-solrj-4.9.1.jar=release/modules/ext/solr-solrj-4.9.1.jar
+file.reference.postgresql-9.4-1201-jdbc41.jar=release/modules/ext/postgresql-9.4-1201-jdbc41.jar
 file.reference.tika-core-1.5.jar=release/modules/ext/tika-core-1.5.jar
 javac.source=1.8
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint -Xlint:-serial
 javadoc.reference.LGoodDatePicker-4.3.1.jar=release/modules/ext/LGoodDatePicker-4.3.1-javadoc.jar
-javadoc.reference.solr-solrj-4.9.1.jar=release/modules/ext/solr-solrj-4.9.1-javadoc.jar
 source.reference.LGoodDatePicker-4.3.1.jar=release/modules/ext/LGoodDatePicker-4.3.1-sources.jar
-source.reference.solr-solrj-4.9.1.jar=release/modules/ext/solr-solrj-4.9.1-sources.jar
diff --git a/Experimental/nbproject/project.xml b/Experimental/nbproject/project.xml
index 63cedca0de..714d6e4028 100644
--- a/Experimental/nbproject/project.xml
+++ b/Experimental/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@
                 <package>org.sleuthkit.autopsy.experimental.autoingest</package>
                 <package>org.sleuthkit.autopsy.experimental.configuration</package>
             </public-packages>
+            <class-path-extension>
+                <runtime-relative-path>ext/postgresql-9.4-1201-jdbc41.jar</runtime-relative-path>
+                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/postgresql-9.4-1201-jdbc41.jar</binary-origin>
+            </class-path-extension>
             <class-path-extension>
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/mchange-commons-java-0.2.9.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/mchange-commons-java-0.2.9.jar</binary-origin>
@@ -139,30 +143,6 @@
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/c3p0-0.9.5.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/c3p0-0.9.5.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/solr-solrj-4.9.1.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/solr-solrj-4.9.1.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/httpclient-4.3.1.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/httpclient-4.3.1.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/httpmime-4.3.1.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/httpmime-4.3.1.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/httpcore-4.3.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/httpcore-4.3.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/noggit-0.5.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/noggit-0.5.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/postgresql-9.4-1201-jdbc41.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/postgresql-9.4-1201-jdbc41.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
         </data>
     </configuration>
 </project>
diff --git a/Experimental/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/experimental/autoingest/AutoIngestManager.java b/Experimental/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/experimental/autoingest/AutoIngestManager.java
index dd370b0534..f9c4011a62 100644
--- a/Experimental/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/experimental/autoingest/AutoIngestManager.java
+++ b/Experimental/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/experimental/autoingest/AutoIngestManager.java
@@ -32,10 +32,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
-import java.sql.Connection;
-import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
-import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -64,7 +61,6 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.GuardedBy;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
-import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrServer;
 import org.openide.util.Lookup;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.Case;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.Case.CaseType;
@@ -77,7 +73,6 @@ import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coordinationservice.CoordinationService.Lock;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.core.RuntimeProperties;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.core.ServicesMonitor;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.core.ServicesMonitor.ServicesMonitorException;
-import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.core.UserPreferences;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.core.UserPreferencesException;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.corecomponentinterfaces.DataSourceProcessorCallback;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.corecomponentinterfaces.DataSourceProcessorCallback.DataSourceProcessorResult;
@@ -106,7 +101,6 @@ import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestJobSettings;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestJobStartResult;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestManager;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest.IngestModuleError;
-import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.CaseDbConnectionInfo;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.Content;
 
 /**
@@ -781,44 +775,7 @@ public final class AutoIngestManager extends Observable implements PropertyChang
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Tries to unload the Solr core for a case.
-     *
-     * @param caseName The case name.
-     * @param coreName The name of the core to unload.
-     *
-     * @throws Exception if there is a problem unloading the core or it has
-     *                   already been unloaded (e.g., by the server due to
-     *                   resource constraints), or there is a problem deleting
-     *                   files associated with the core
-     */
-    private void unloadSolrCore(String coreName) throws Exception {
-        /*
-         * Send a core unload request to the Solr server, with the parameters
-         * that request deleting the index and the instance directory
-         * (deleteInstanceDir removes everything related to the core, the index
-         * directory, the configuration files, etc.) set to true.
-         */
-        String url = "http://" + UserPreferences.getIndexingServerHost() + ":" + UserPreferences.getIndexingServerPort() + "/solr";
-        HttpSolrServer solrServer = new HttpSolrServer(url);
-        org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.CoreAdminRequest.unloadCore(coreName, true, true, solrServer);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Tries to delete the case database for a case.
-     *
-     * @param caseFolderPath  The case name.
-     * @param caseDatbaseName The case database name.
-     */
-    private void deleteCaseDatabase(String caseDatbaseName) throws UserPreferencesException, ClassNotFoundException, SQLException {
-        CaseDbConnectionInfo db = UserPreferences.getDatabaseConnectionInfo();
-        Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver"); //NON-NLS
-        try (Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql://" + db.getHost() + ":" + db.getPort() + "/postgres", db.getUserName(), db.getPassword()); //NON-NLS
-                Statement statement = connection.createStatement();) {
-            String deleteCommand = "DROP DATABASE \"" + caseDatbaseName + "\""; //NON-NLS
-            statement.execute(deleteCommand);
-        }
-    }
+    
 
     /**
      * Removes a set of auto ingest jobs from a collection of jobs.