diff --git a/docs/src/main/ruby/generate_readme.sh b/docs/src/main/ruby/generate_readme.sh
index b232502c..fc5b7f1a 100755
--- a/docs/src/main/ruby/generate_readme.sh
+++ b/docs/src/main/ruby/generate_readme.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 base_dir = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),'../../..')
 src_dir = File.join(base_dir, "/src/main/asciidoc")
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'readme.rb')
+require 'asciidoctor'
 require 'optparse'
 
 options = {}
-input = "#{src_dir}/README.adoc"
+file = "#{src_dir}/README.adoc"
 
 OptionParser.new do |o|
   o.on('-o OUTPUT_FILE', 'Output file (default is stdout)') { |file| options[:to_file] = file unless file=='-' }
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ OptionParser.new do |o|
   o.parse!
 end
 
-input = ARGV[0] if ARGV.length>0
+file = ARGV[0] if ARGV.length>0
 
-SpringCloud::Build.render_file(input, options)
+srcDir = File.dirname(file)
+out = "// Do not edit this file (e.g. go instead to src/main/asciidoc)\n\n"
+doc = Asciidoctor.load_file file, safe: :safe, parse: false
+out << doc.reader.read
+
+unless options[:to_file]
+  puts out
+else
+  File.open(options[:to_file],'w+') do |file|
+    file.write(out)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/docs/src/main/ruby/readme.rb b/docs/src/main/ruby/readme.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index d39e0d54..00000000
--- a/docs/src/main/ruby/readme.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-require 'open-uri'
-
-module SpringCloud
-  module Build
-
-    IncludeDirectiveRx = /^\\?include::([^\[]+)\[(.*?)\]$/
-
-    class << self
-
-      def process_include out, src, target, attrs
-        unless target.include?(':') || target.start_with?('/')
-          target = File.join(src, target)
-        end
-        open(target) do |file|
-            file.each do |line|
-            self.process(out, File.dirname(target), line)
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
-      def process out, src, line
-        if ((escaped = line.start_with?('\\include::')) || line.start_with?('include::')) && (match = IncludeDirectiveRx.match(line))
-          if escaped
-            out << line[1..-1]
-          else
-            self.process_include out, src, match[1], match[2].strip
-          end
-        else
-          out << line
-        end
-      end
-
-      def render_file file, options = {}
-
-        srcDir = File.dirname(file)
-        out = ["// Do not edit this file (e.g. go instead to src/main/asciidoc)\n","\n"]
-        File.new(file).each do |line|
-          self.process(out, srcDir, line)
-        end
-
-        unless options[:to_file]
-          puts out
-        else
-          File.open(options[:to_file],'w+') do |file|
-            out.each { |line| file.write(line) }
-          end
-        end
-
-      end
-
-    end
-
-  end
-end