diff --git a/roles/README b/roles/README
index 47808aa55b..e701682478 100644
--- a/roles/README
+++ b/roles/README
@@ -1,36 +1,2 @@
-playlets are self-contained playbooks which are never intended to be
-directly executed. They are only to be used as an 'include' from our other
-playbooks.
 
-All of these playbooks must have:
-
-
-hosts: $parent_group
-
-the general structure is:
-
-playlet_name/
-             vars/vars.yml
-             files/myfile.conf
-                   myfile2.conf.j2
-             handlers/handlers.yml
-             book.yml
-
-             
-             
-                                    
-template for book.yml
----
-- name: give the play let a name
-  hosts: $parent_group
-  tags:
-  - playlet_tag_name
-  vars_files:
-  - vars/somefile.yml
-
-  tasks:
-  - name: my task
-    action: stuff which I do
-
-
-            
\ No newline at end of file
+Space for our ansible roles - ansible 1.2 and above only
diff --git a/roles/test/book.yml b/roles/test/book.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e7ba81d96..0000000000
--- a/roles/test/book.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: test playlet
-  hosts: parent_group
-  tags:
-  - playlet_tag_name
-  vars_files:
-  - vars/vars.yml
-
-  tasks:    
-  - name: my task 1
-    action: copy src=files/${myfile} dest=/tmp/${myfile}.txt 
-
diff --git a/roles/test/files/foo b/roles/test/files/foo
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f41d26438..0000000000
--- a/roles/test/files/foo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-this is foo
-it should end up in /tmp
diff --git a/roles/test/vars/vars.yml b/roles/test/vars/vars.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fb4b5f0414..0000000000
--- a/roles/test/vars/vars.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
----
-myfile: foo