diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c026ba86..000000000
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-require 'tmpdir'
-require 'digest/md5'
-require 'fileutils'
-
-# Abstract
-class Puppet::Provider::Vcsrepo < Puppet::Provider
-
-  private
-
-  def set_ownership
-    owner = @resource.value(:owner) || nil
-    group = @resource.value(:group) || nil
-    FileUtils.chown_R(owner, group, @resource.value(:path))
-  end
-
-  def path_exists?
-    File.directory?(@resource.value(:path))
-  end
-
-  # Note: We don't rely on Dir.chdir's behavior of automatically returning the
-  # value of the last statement -- for easier stubbing.
-  def at_path(&block) #:nodoc:
-    value = nil
-    Dir.chdir(@resource.value(:path)) do
-      value = yield
-    end
-    value
-  end
-
-  def tempdir
-    @tempdir ||= File.join(Dir.tmpdir, 'vcsrepo-' + Digest::MD5.hexdigest(@resource.value(:path)))
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/bzr.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/bzr.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a0605624b..000000000
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/bzr.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'vcsrepo')
-
-Puppet::Type.type(:vcsrepo).provide(:bzr, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Vcsrepo) do
-  desc "Supports Bazaar repositories"
-
-  commands   :bzr => 'bzr'
-  defaultfor :bzr => :exists
-  has_features :reference_tracking
-
-  def create
-    if !@resource.value(:source)
-      create_repository(@resource.value(:path))
-    else
-      clone_repository(@resource.value(:revision))
-    end
-  end
-
-  def exists?
-    File.directory?(File.join(@resource.value(:path), '.bzr'))
-  end
-
-  def destroy
-    FileUtils.rm_rf(@resource.value(:path))
-  end
-  
-  def revision
-    at_path do
-      current_revid = bzr('version-info')[/^revision-id:\s+(\S+)/, 1]
-      desired = @resource.value(:revision)
-      begin
-        desired_revid = bzr('revision-info', desired).strip.split(/\s+/).last
-      rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure
-        # Possible revid available during update (but definitely not current)
-        desired_revid = nil
-      end
-      if current_revid == desired_revid
-        desired
-      else
-        current_revid
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def revision=(desired)
-    bzr('update', '-r', desired, @resource.value(:path))
-  end
-
-  private
-
-  def create_repository(path)
-    bzr('init', path)
-  end
-
-  def clone_repository(revision)
-    args = ['branch']
-    if revision
-      args.push('-r', revision)
-    end
-    args.push(@resource.value(:source),
-              @resource.value(:path))
-    bzr(*args)
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/cvs.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/cvs.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e82c23afe..000000000
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/cvs.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'vcsrepo')
-
-Puppet::Type.type(:vcsrepo).provide(:cvs, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Vcsrepo) do
-  desc "Supports CVS repositories/workspaces"
-
-  commands   :cvs => 'cvs'
-  defaultfor :cvs => :exists
-  has_features :gzip_compression, :reference_tracking
-  
-  def create
-    if !@resource.value(:source)
-      create_repository(@resource.value(:path))
-    else
-      checkout_repository
-    end
-  end
-
-  def exists?
-    if @resource.value(:source)
-      directory = File.join(@resource.value(:path), 'CVS')
-    else
-      directory = File.join(@resource.value(:path), 'CVSROOT')
-    end
-    File.directory?(directory)
-  end
-
-  def destroy
-    FileUtils.rm_rf(@resource.value(:path))
-  end
-
-  def revision
-    if File.exist?(tag_file)
-      contents = File.read(tag_file)
-      # Note: Doesn't differentiate between N and T entries
-      contents[1..-1]
-    else
-      'MAIN'
-    end
-  end
-
-  def revision=(desired)
-    at_path do
-      cvs('update', '-r', desired, '.')
-    end
-  end
-
-  private
-
-  def tag_file
-    File.join(@resource.value(:path), 'CVS', 'Tag')
-  end
-
-  def checkout_repository
-    dirname, basename = File.split(@resource.value(:path))
-    Dir.chdir(dirname) do
-      args = ['-d', @resource.value(:source)]
-      if @resource.value(:compression)
-        args.push('-z', @resource.value(:compression))
-      end
-      args.push('checkout', '-d', basename, module_name)
-      cvs(*args)
-    end
-    if @resource.value(:revision)
-      self.revision = @resource.value(:revision)
-    end
-  end
-
-  # When the source:
-  # * Starts with ':' (eg, :pserver:...)
-  def module_name
-    if (source = @resource.value(:source))
-      source[0, 1] == ':' ? File.basename(source) : '.'
-    end
-  end
-
-  def create_repository(path)
-    cvs('-d', path, 'init')
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/git.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/git.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index fa7e492cf..000000000
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/git.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,264 +0,0 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'vcsrepo')
-
-Puppet::Type.type(:vcsrepo).provide(:git, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Vcsrepo) do
-  desc "Supports Git repositories"
-
-  ##TODO modify the commands below so that the su - is included
-  commands :git => 'git'
-  defaultfor :git => :exists
-  has_features :bare_repositories, :reference_tracking
-
-  def create
-    if !@resource.value(:source)
-      init_repository(@resource.value(:path))
-    else
-      clone_repository(@resource.value(:source), @resource.value(:path))
-      if @resource.value(:revision)
-        if @resource.value(:ensure) == :bare
-          notice "Ignoring revision for bare repository"
-        else
-          checkout_or_reset
-        end
-      end
-      if @resource.value(:ensure) != :bare
-        update_submodules
-      end
-    end
-    update_owner_and_excludes
-  end
-
-  def destroy
-    FileUtils.rm_rf(@resource.value(:path))
-  end
-
-  def latest?
-    at_path do
-      return self.revision == self.latest
-    end
-  end
-
-  def latest
-    branch = on_branch?
-    if branch == 'master'
-      return get_revision('origin/HEAD')
-    else
-        return get_revision('origin/%s' % branch)
-    end
-  end
-
-  def revision
-    update_references
-    current   = at_path { git('rev-parse', 'HEAD') }
-    canonical = at_path { git('rev-parse', @resource.value(:revision)) }
-    if current == canonical
-      @resource.value(:revision)
-    else
-      current
-    end
-  end
-
-  def revision=(desired)
-    checkout_or_reset(desired)
-    if local_branch_revision?(desired)
-      # reset instead of pull to avoid merge conflicts. assuming remote is
-      # authoritative.
-      # might be worthwhile to have an allow_local_changes param to decide
-      # whether to reset or pull when we're ensuring latest.
-      at_path { git('reset', '--hard', "origin/#{desired}") }
-    end
-    if @resource.value(:ensure) != :bare
-      update_submodules
-    end
-    update_owner_and_excludes
-  end
-
-  def bare_exists?
-    bare_git_config_exists? && !working_copy_exists?
-  end
-
-  def working_copy_exists?
-    File.directory?(File.join(@resource.value(:path), '.git'))
-  end
-
-  def exists?
-    working_copy_exists? || bare_exists?
-  end
-
-  def update_references
-    at_path do
-      git('fetch', '--tags', 'origin')
-    end
-  end
-
-  private
-
-  def bare_git_config_exists?
-    File.exist?(File.join(@resource.value(:path), 'config'))
-  end
-
-  def clone_repository(source, path)
-    check_force
-    args = ['clone']
-    if @resource.value(:ensure) == :bare
-      args << '--bare'
-    end
-    if !File.exist?(File.join(@resource.value(:path), '.git'))
-      args.push(source, path)
-      git(*args)
-    else
-      notice "Repo has already been cloned"
-    end
-  end
-
-  def check_force
-    if path_exists?
-      if @resource.value(:force)
-        notice "Removing %s to replace with vcsrepo." % @resource.value(:path)
-        destroy
-      else
-        raise Puppet::Error, "Could not create repository (non-repository at path)"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def init_repository(path)
-    check_force
-    if @resource.value(:ensure) == :bare && working_copy_exists?
-      convert_working_copy_to_bare
-    elsif @resource.value(:ensure) == :present && bare_exists?
-      convert_bare_to_working_copy
-    else
-      # normal init
-      FileUtils.mkdir(@resource.value(:path))
-      args = ['init']
-      if @resource.value(:ensure) == :bare
-        args << '--bare'
-      end
-      at_path do
-        git(*args)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  # Convert working copy to bare
-  #
-  # Moves:
-  #   <path>/.git
-  # to:
-  #   <path>/
-  def convert_working_copy_to_bare
-    notice "Converting working copy repository to bare repository"
-    FileUtils.mv(File.join(@resource.value(:path), '.git'), tempdir)
-    FileUtils.rm_rf(@resource.value(:path))
-    FileUtils.mv(tempdir, @resource.value(:path))
-  end
-
-  # Convert bare to working copy
-  #
-  # Moves:
-  #   <path>/
-  # to:
-  #   <path>/.git
-  def convert_bare_to_working_copy
-    notice "Converting bare repository to working copy repository"
-    FileUtils.mv(@resource.value(:path), tempdir)
-    FileUtils.mkdir(@resource.value(:path))
-    FileUtils.mv(tempdir, File.join(@resource.value(:path), '.git'))
-    if commits_in?(File.join(@resource.value(:path), '.git'))
-      reset('HEAD')
-      git('checkout', '-f')
-      update_owner_and_excludes
-    end
-  end
-
-  def commits_in?(dot_git)
-    Dir.glob(File.join(dot_git, 'objects/info/*'), File::FNM_DOTMATCH) do |e|
-      return true unless %w(. ..).include?(File::basename(e))
-    end
-    false
-  end
-
-  def checkout_or_reset(revision = @resource.value(:revision))
-    if local_branch_revision? 
-      reset(revision)
-    elsif tag_revision?
-      at_path { git('checkout', '-b', revision) }
-    elsif remote_branch_revision?
-      at_path { git('checkout', '-b', revision, '--track', "origin/#{revision}") }
-    end
-  end
-
-  def reset(desired)
-    at_path do
-      git('reset', '--hard', desired)
-    end
-  end
-
-  def update_submodules
-    at_path do
-      git('submodule', 'init')
-      git('submodule', 'update')
-      git('submodule', 'foreach', 'git', 'submodule', 'init')
-      git('submodule', 'foreach', 'git', 'submodule', 'update')
-    end
-  end
-
-  def remote_branch_revision?(revision = @resource.value(:revision))
-    # git < 1.6 returns 'origin/#{revision}'
-    # git 1.6+ returns 'remotes/origin/#{revision}'
-    at_path { branches.grep /(remotes\/)?origin\/#{revision}/ }
-  end
-
-  def local_branch_revision?(revision = @resource.value(:revision))
-    at_path { branches.include?(revision) }
-  end
-
-  def tag_revision?(revision = @resource.value(:revision))
-    at_path { tags.include?(revision) }
-  end
-
-  def branches
-    at_path { git('branch', '-a') }.gsub('*', ' ').split(/\n/).map { |line| line.strip }
-  end
-
-  def on_branch?
-    at_path { git('branch', '-a') }.split(/\n/).grep(/\*/).to_s.gsub('*', '').strip
-  end
-
-  def tags
-    at_path { git('tag', '-l') }.split(/\n/).map { |line| line.strip }
-  end
-
-  def set_excludes
-    at_path { open('.git/info/exclude', 'w') { |f| @resource.value(:excludes).each { |ex| f.write(ex + "\n") }}}
-  end
-
-  def get_revision(rev)
-    if !working_copy_exists?
-      create
-    end
-    at_path do
-      git('fetch', 'origin')
-      git('fetch', '--tags', 'origin')
-    end
-    current = at_path { git('rev-parse', rev).strip }
-    if @resource.value(:revision)
-      if local_branch_revision?
-        canonical = at_path { git('rev-parse', @resource.value(:revision)).strip }
-      elsif remote_branch_revision?
-        canonical = at_path { git('rev-parse', 'origin/' + @resource.value(:revision)).strip }
-      end
-        current = @resource.value(:revision) if current == canonical
-    end
-    return current
-  end
-
-  def update_owner_and_excludes
-    if @resource.value(:owner) or @resource.value(:group)
-      set_ownership
-    end
-    if @resource.value(:excludes)
-      set_excludes
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/hg.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/hg.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f96758612..000000000
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/hg.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'vcsrepo')
-
-Puppet::Type.type(:vcsrepo).provide(:hg, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Vcsrepo) do
-  desc "Supports Mercurial repositories"
-
-  commands   :hg => 'hg'
-  defaultfor :hg => :exists
-  has_features :reference_tracking
-
-  def create
-    if !@resource.value(:source)
-      create_repository(@resource.value(:path))
-    else
-      clone_repository(@resource.value(:revision))
-    end
-    update_owner
-  end
-
-  def working_copy_exists?
-    File.directory?(File.join(@resource.value(:path), '.hg'))
-  end
-
-  def exists?
-    working_copy_exists?
-  end
-
-  def destroy
-    FileUtils.rm_rf(@resource.value(:path))
-  end
-
-  def latest?
-    at_path do
-      return self.revision == self.latest
-    end
-  end
-
-  def latest
-    at_path do
-      begin
-        hg('incoming', '--branch', '.', '--newest-first', '--limit', '1')[/^changeset:\s+(?:-?\d+):(\S+)/m, 1]
-      rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure
-        # If there are no new changesets, return the current nodeid
-        self.revision
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def revision
-    at_path do
-      current = hg('parents')[/^changeset:\s+(?:-?\d+):(\S+)/m, 1]
-      desired = @resource.value(:revision)
-      if desired
-        # Return the tag name if it maps to the current nodeid
-        mapped = hg('tags')[/^#{Regexp.quote(desired)}\s+\d+:(\S+)/m, 1]
-        if current == mapped
-          desired
-        else
-          current
-        end
-      else
-        current
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def revision=(desired)
-    at_path do
-      hg('pull')
-      begin
-        hg('merge')
-      rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure
-        # If there's nothing to merge, just skip
-      end
-      hg('update', '--clean', '-r', desired)
-    end
-    update_owner
-  end
-
-  private
-
-  def create_repository(path)
-    hg('init', path)
-  end
-
-  def clone_repository(revision)
-    args = ['clone']
-    if revision
-      args.push('-u', revision)
-    end
-    args.push(@resource.value(:source),
-              @resource.value(:path))
-    hg(*args)
-  end
-
-  def update_owner
-    if @resource.value(:owner) or @resource.value(:group)
-      set_ownership
-    end
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/svn.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/svn.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 680188c1e..000000000
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/svn.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'vcsrepo')
-
-Puppet::Type.type(:vcsrepo).provide(:svn, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Vcsrepo) do
-  desc "Supports Subversion repositories"
-
-  commands :svn      => 'svn',
-           :svnadmin => 'svnadmin'
-
-  defaultfor :svn => :exists
-  has_features :filesystem_types, :reference_tracking
-
-  def create
-    if !@resource.value(:source)
-      create_repository(@resource.value(:path))
-    else
-      checkout_repository(@resource.value(:source),
-                          @resource.value(:path),
-                          @resource.value(:revision))
-    end
-  end
-
-  def working_copy_exists?
-    File.directory?(File.join(@resource.value(:path), '.svn'))
-  end
-
-  def exists?
-    working_copy_exists?
-  end
-
-  def destroy
-    FileUtils.rm_rf(@resource.value(:path))
-  end
-
-  def latest?
-    at_path do
-      if self.revision < self.latest then
-        return false
-      else
-        return true
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def latest
-    at_path do
-      svn('info', '-r', 'HEAD')[/^Revision:\s+(\d+)/m, 1]
-    end
-  end
-  
-  def revision
-    at_path do
-      svn('info')[/^Revision:\s+(\d+)/m, 1]
-    end
-  end
-
-  def revision=(desired)
-    at_path do
-      svn('update', '-r', desired)
-    end
-  end
-
-  private
-
-  def checkout_repository(source, path, revision = nil)
-    args = ['checkout']
-    if revision
-      args.push('-r', revision)
-    end
-    args.push(source, path)
-    svn(*args)
-  end
-
-  def create_repository(path)
-    args = ['create']
-    if @resource.value(:fstype)
-      args.push('--fs-type', @resource.value(:fstype))
-    end
-    args << path
-    svnadmin(*args)
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/vcsrepo.rb b/lib/puppet/type/vcsrepo.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f0d2613ca..000000000
--- a/lib/puppet/type/vcsrepo.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-require 'pathname'
-
-Puppet::Type.newtype(:vcsrepo) do
-  desc "A local version control repository"
-
-  feature :gzip_compression,
-          "The provider supports explicit GZip compression levels"
-
-  feature :bare_repositories,
-          "The provider differentiates between bare repositories
-          and those with working copies",
-          :methods => [:bare_exists?, :working_copy_exists?]
-
-  feature :filesystem_types,
-          "The provider supports different filesystem types"
-
-  feature :reference_tracking,
-          "The provider supports tracking revision references that can change
-           over time (eg, some VCS tags and branch names)"
-
-  ensurable do
-    attr_accessor :latest
-
-    def insync?(is)
-      @should ||= []
-
-      case should
-        when :present
-          return true unless [:absent, :purged, :held].include?(is)
-        when :latest
-          if is == :latest
-            return true
-          else
-            self.debug "%s repo revision is %s, latest is %s" %
-                [@resource.name, provider.revision, provider.latest]
-            return false
-          end
-      end
-    end
-
-    newvalue :present do
-      provider.create
-    end
-
-    newvalue :bare, :required_features => [:bare_repositories] do
-      provider.create
-    end
-
-    newvalue :absent do
-      provider.destroy
-    end
-
-    newvalue :latest, :required_features => [:reference_tracking] do
-      if provider.exists?
-        if provider.respond_to?(:update_references)
-          provider.update_references
-        end
-        if provider.respond_to?(:latest?)
-            reference = provider.latest || provider.revision
-        else
-          reference = resource.value(:revision) || provider.revision
-        end
-        notice "Updating to latest '#{reference}' revision"
-        provider.revision = reference
-      else
-        provider.create
-      end
-    end
-
-    def retrieve
-      prov = @resource.provider
-      if prov
-        if prov.working_copy_exists?
-          prov.latest? ? :latest : :present
-        elsif prov.class.feature?(:bare_repositories) and prov.bare_exists?
-          :bare
-        else
-          :absent
-        end
-      else
-        raise Puppet::Error, "Could not find provider"
-      end
-    end
-
-  end
-
-  newparam(:path) do
-    desc "Absolute path to repository"
-    isnamevar
-    validate do |value|
-      path = Pathname.new(value)
-      unless path.absolute?
-        raise ArgumentError, "Path must be absolute: #{path}"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  newparam(:source) do
-    desc "The source URI for the repository"
-  end
-
-  newparam(:fstype, :required_features => [:filesystem_types]) do
-    desc "Filesystem type"
-  end
-
-  newproperty(:revision) do
-    desc "The revision of the repository"
-    newvalue(/^\S+$/)
-  end
-
-  newparam(:owner) do
-    desc "The user/uid that owns the repository files"
-  end
-
-  newparam(:group) do
-    desc "The group/gid that owns the repository files"
-  end
-
-  newparam(:excludes) do
-    desc "Files to be excluded from the repository"
-  end
-
-  newparam(:force) do
-    desc "Force repository creation, destroying any files on the path in the process."
-    newvalues(:true, :false)
-    defaultto false
-  end
-
-  newparam :compression, :required_features => [:gzip_compression] do
-    desc "Compression level"
-    validate do |amount|
-      unless Integer(amount).between?(0, 6)
-        raise ArgumentError, "Unsupported compression level: #{amount} (expected 0-6)"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-end