diff --git a/main/pom.xml b/main/pom.xml
index 109e75a..74ecfd2 100644
--- a/main/pom.xml
+++ b/main/pom.xml
@@ -92,11 +92,6 @@
       <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
       <version>4.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.metaweb</groupId>
-      <artifactId>lessen</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/main/src/edu/mit/simile/butterfly/ButterflyModuleImpl.java b/main/src/edu/mit/simile/butterfly/ButterflyModuleImpl.java
index ed8e8f6..65756f5 100644
--- a/main/src/edu/mit/simile/butterfly/ButterflyModuleImpl.java
+++ b/main/src/edu/mit/simile/butterfly/ButterflyModuleImpl.java
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import com.metaweb.lessen.Utilities;
-import com.metaweb.lessen.tokenizers.CondensingTokenizer;
-import com.metaweb.lessen.tokenizers.IndentingTokenizer;
-import com.metaweb.lessen.tokenizers.Tokenizer;
-
 
 /**
  * This class is the base implementation of ButterflyModule and 
@@ -447,10 +442,6 @@ public boolean process(String path, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletRespo
             return sendText(request, response, path, encoding, "text/css",false);
         }
 
-        if (path.endsWith(".less")) {
-            return sendLessen(request, response, path, encoding, "text/css",false);
-        }
-
         if (path.endsWith(".html")) {
             return sendText(request, response, path, encoding, "text/html",false);
         }
@@ -523,29 +514,6 @@ public boolean sendTextFromTemplate(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletRespo
         _logger.trace("< template {} [{}|{}]", new String[] { template, encoding, mimeType });
         return true; 
     }
-    
-    public boolean sendLessen(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, String path, String encoding, String mimeType, boolean absolute) throws Exception {
-        URL url = getResource(path);
-        
-        Map<String, String> variables = new HashMap<String, String>();
-        variables.put("module", _name);
-        
-        Tokenizer tokenizer = Utilities.openLess(url, variables);
-        tokenizer = new CondensingTokenizer(tokenizer, false);
-        tokenizer = new IndentingTokenizer(tokenizer);
-        
-        return sendLessenTokenStream(request, response, tokenizer, encoding, "text/css",false);
-    }
-    
-    public boolean sendLessenTokenStream(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Tokenizer tokenizer, String encoding, String mimeType, boolean absolute) throws Exception {
-        try {
-            response.setContentType(mimeType);
-            Utilities.write(tokenizer, getFilteringWriter(request, response, absolute));
-        } catch (ResourceNotFoundException e) {
-            response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
-        }
-        return true; 
-    }
 
     public boolean sendString(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, String str, String encoding, String mimeType) throws Exception {
         _logger.trace("> string: '{}'", str);
diff --git a/modules.properties b/modules.properties
index 210bf70..d3b0755 100644
--- a/modules.properties
+++ b/modules.properties
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ examples.skin = modern
 extended-examples = /examples/
 extended-examples.skin = modern
 
-less-examples = /less/
-less-examples.skin = modern
-
 modern = /skin/
 
 jquery = /lib/jquery/
diff --git a/modules/samples/examples/index.vt b/modules/samples/examples/index.vt
index cfa678a..ea61094 100644
--- a/modules/samples/examples/index.vt
+++ b/modules/samples/examples/index.vt
@@ -7,8 +7,3 @@
 <ul>
  <li><a href="simple">Simple Templating</a></li>
 </ul>
-
-<ul>
- <li><a href="../less/">LESS Example</a></li>
-</ul>
-
diff --git a/modules/samples/less-examples/MOD-INF/module.properties b/modules/samples/less-examples/MOD-INF/module.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 00c793f..0000000
--- a/modules/samples/less-examples/MOD-INF/module.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-description = Butterfly Examples Module
-
-implements = samples
-requires = skin
-templating = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/samples/less-examples/index.html b/modules/samples/less-examples/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 3da5ad7..0000000
--- a/modules/samples/less-examples/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<html>
-  <head>
-    <title>LESS Example</title>
-    <link href="styles/common.less" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
-    <link href="styles/panels/panel-one/panel.less" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
-    <link href="styles/panels/panel-two/panel.less" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    <h1>LESS Example</h1>
-    
-    <div id="less-examples-panel-one" class="less-examples-panel">
-      <h2>Panel One</h2>
-      <p>
-        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do 
-        eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 
-        Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris 
-        nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in 
-        reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat 
-        nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, 
-        sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
-      </p>
-    </div>
-    
-    <div id="less-examples-panel-two" class="less-examples-panel">
-      <h2>Panel Two</h2>
-      <p>
-        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do 
-        eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 
-        Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris 
-        nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in 
-        reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat 
-        nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, 
-        sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
-      </p>
-    </div>
-  </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/samples/less-examples/styles/common.less b/modules/samples/less-examples/styles/common.less
deleted file mode 100644
index 7948571..0000000
--- a/modules/samples/less-examples/styles/common.less
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Root definitions
-
-@text-color: #003366;
-@link-color: #3300aa;
-
-.round-corners(@radius: 10px, @thickness: 2px, @color: gray) {
-  -moz-border-radius: @radius;
-  -webkit-border-radius: @radius;
-  border-radius: @radius;
-  border: @thickness solid @color;
-}
-
-body {
-  color: @text-color;
-}
-
diff --git a/modules/samples/less-examples/styles/panels/panel-one/panel.less b/modules/samples/less-examples/styles/panels/panel-one/panel.less
deleted file mode 100644
index d0719b5..0000000
--- a/modules/samples/less-examples/styles/panels/panel-one/panel.less
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// Definitions for panel-one only
-
-@import url("../panels.less"); // this import statement will be kept in the output
-
-#$module-panel-two {
-  background: #eee;
-}
-
-#$module-panel-two h2 {
-  color: @text-color;
-  margin: 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/samples/less-examples/styles/panels/panel-two/panel.less b/modules/samples/less-examples/styles/panels/panel-two/panel.less
deleted file mode 100644
index de1ad57..0000000
--- a/modules/samples/less-examples/styles/panels/panel-two/panel.less
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// Definitions for panel-one only
-
-@import url("../panels.less"); // this import statement will be kept in the output
-
-#$module-panel-one {
-  background: #fffee0;
-}
-
-#$module-panel-one h2 {
-  color: @text-color;
-  margin: 0;
-}
diff --git a/modules/samples/less-examples/styles/panels/panels.less b/modules/samples/less-examples/styles/panels/panels.less
deleted file mode 100644
index b422232..0000000
--- a/modules/samples/less-examples/styles/panels/panels.less
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// Definitions shared among panels
-
-@import-less url("../common.less"); // this import statement will NOT be kept in the output
-
-@text-size: 12pt;
-@text-color: #663300; // overrides same definition in common.less
-
-.$module-panel {
-  @padding: 20px;
-  @radius: @padding * 0.75;
-  
-  padding: @padding;
-  margin: @padding / 2 0;
-  
-  .round-corners (@radius, 3px, lightgray);
-}
-