diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index b8b692edb..f65105e13 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="app/lib/apple.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="app/lib/ecj.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="app/lib/jna.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="app/lib/RXTXcomm.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="app/lib/jssc-2.6.0.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="app/test-lib/junit-4.11.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="app/test-lib/fest-assert-1.2.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="app/test-lib/fest-reflect-1.2.jar"/>
diff --git a/app/.classpath b/app/.classpath
index 4589f3f47..3d6d26edf 100644
--- a/app/.classpath
+++ b/app/.classpath
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/ecj.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/processing-core"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/apple.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/RXTXcomm.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/jssc-2.6.0.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/app/run-linux.launch b/app/run-linux.launch
index ba150a694..9ad239a8b 100644
--- a/app/run-linux.launch
+++ b/app/run-linux.launch
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 <listEntry value="&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot; standalone=&quot;no&quot;?&gt;&#10;&lt;runtimeClasspathEntry containerPath=&quot;org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/java-6-openjdk-amd64&quot; javaProject=&quot;processing&quot; path=&quot;1&quot; type=&quot;4&quot;/&gt;&#10;"/>
 <listEntry value="&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot; standalone=&quot;no&quot;?&gt;&#10;&lt;runtimeClasspathEntry internalArchive=&quot;/processing/lib/ecj.jar&quot; path=&quot;3&quot; type=&quot;2&quot;/&gt;&#10;"/>
 <listEntry value="&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot; standalone=&quot;no&quot;?&gt;&#10;&lt;runtimeClasspathEntry internalArchive=&quot;/processing/lib/jna.jar&quot; path=&quot;3&quot; type=&quot;2&quot;/&gt;&#10;"/>
-<listEntry value="&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot; standalone=&quot;no&quot;?&gt;&#10;&lt;runtimeClasspathEntry internalArchive=&quot;/processing/lib/RXTXcomm.jar&quot; path=&quot;3&quot; type=&quot;2&quot;/&gt;&#10;"/>
+<listEntry value="&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot; standalone=&quot;no&quot;?&gt;&#10;&lt;runtimeClasspathEntry internalArchive=&quot;/processing/lib/jssc-2.6.0.jar&quot; path=&quot;3&quot; type=&quot;2&quot;/&gt;&#10;"/>
 <listEntry value="&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot; standalone=&quot;no&quot;?&gt;&#10;&lt;runtimeClasspathEntry path=&quot;3&quot; projectName=&quot;processing-core&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&#10;"/>
 <listEntry value="&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot; standalone=&quot;no&quot;?&gt;&#10;&lt;runtimeClasspathEntry id=&quot;org.eclipse.jdt.launching.classpathentry.defaultClasspath&quot;&gt;&#10;&lt;memento exportedEntriesOnly=&quot;false&quot; project=&quot;processing&quot;/&gt;&#10;&lt;/runtimeClasspathEntry&gt;&#10;"/>
 </listAttribute>
diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
index 077cf833a..4a8992229 100644
--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <include name="app/lib/jmdns-3.4.1.jar" />
     <include name="app/lib/jna.jar" />
     <include name="app/lib/jsch-0.1.50.jar" />
-    <include name="app/lib/RXTXcomm.jar" />
+    <include name="app/lib/jssc-2.6.0.jar" />
     <include name="app/lib/ant.jar" />
     <include name="app/lib/ant-launcher.jar" />
   </fileset>
@@ -500,7 +500,6 @@
 
   <target name="linux64-build" depends="linux-build" description="Build linux (64-bit) version">
     <copy tofile="linux/work/hardware/tools/avrdude" file="linux/dist/tools/avrdude64" overwrite="true" />
-    <copy tofile="linux/work/lib/librxtxSerial.so" file="linux/dist/lib/librxtxSerial64.so" overwrite="true" />
 
     <chmod perm="755" file="linux/work/hardware/tools/avrdude" />
 
diff --git a/build/javadoc/make.sh b/build/javadoc/make.sh
index d0532e1c3..1dbc46ce6 100755
--- a/build/javadoc/make.sh
+++ b/build/javadoc/make.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ javadoc -public -notimestamp -d core \
 # setting this up right, so if anyone knows how to do it without specifying
 # all the directories like this, please let us know.
 javadoc -public -notimestamp -d everything \
-    -classpath ../../app/lib/antlr.jar:../../app/lib/jna.jar:../../serial/library/RXTXcomm.jar:../../opengl/library/jogl.jar:../../pdf/library/itext.jar:../../app/lib/ecj.jar \
+    -classpath ../../app/lib/antlr.jar:../../app/lib/jna.jar:../../serial/library/jssc-2.6.0.jar:../../opengl/library/jogl.jar:../../pdf/library/itext.jar:../../app/lib/ecj.jar \
     ../../core/src/processing/core/*.java \
     ../../core/src/processing/xml/*.java \
     ../../app/src/antlr/*.java \
diff --git a/build/linux/dist/lib/librxtxSerial.so b/build/linux/dist/lib/librxtxSerial.so
deleted file mode 100644
index d340dcb67..000000000
Binary files a/build/linux/dist/lib/librxtxSerial.so and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/build/linux/dist/lib/librxtxSerial64.so b/build/linux/dist/lib/librxtxSerial64.so
deleted file mode 100644
index 3db339da9..000000000
Binary files a/build/linux/dist/lib/librxtxSerial64.so and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/build/macosx/template.app/Contents/Info.plist b/build/macosx/template.app/Contents/Info.plist
index 37d10f1d9..e2ca7d9e2 100755
--- a/build/macosx/template.app/Contents/Info.plist
+++ b/build/macosx/template.app/Contents/Info.plist
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       <!-- In 0149, removed /System/Library/Java from the CLASSPATH because
            it can cause problems if users have installed weird files there.
            http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1045 -->
-      <string>$JAVAROOT/pde.jar:$JAVAROOT/core.jar:$JAVAROOT/antlr.jar:$JAVAROOT/ecj.jar:$JAVAROOT/registry.jar:$JAVAROOT/quaqua.jar:$JAVAROOT/RXTXcomm.jar:$JAVAROOT/commons-codec-1.7.jar:$JAVAROOT/commons-exec-1.1.jar:$JAVAROOT/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar:$JAVAROOT/commons-logging-1.0.4.jar:$JAVAROOT/jmdns-3.4.1.jar:$JAVAROOT/jsch-0.1.50.jar</string>
+      <string>$JAVAROOT/pde.jar:$JAVAROOT/core.jar:$JAVAROOT/antlr.jar:$JAVAROOT/ecj.jar:$JAVAROOT/registry.jar:$JAVAROOT/quaqua.jar:$JAVAROOT/jssc-2.6.0.jar:$JAVAROOT/commons-codec-1.7.jar:$JAVAROOT/commons-exec-1.1.jar:$JAVAROOT/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar:$JAVAROOT/commons-logging-1.0.4.jar:$JAVAROOT/jmdns-3.4.1.jar:$JAVAROOT/jsch-0.1.50.jar</string>
 
       <key>JVMArchs</key>  
       <array>  
diff --git a/build/macosx/template.app/Contents/Resources/Java/librxtxSerial.jnilib b/build/macosx/template.app/Contents/Resources/Java/librxtxSerial.jnilib
deleted file mode 100644
index b15dfa5e8..000000000
Binary files a/build/macosx/template.app/Contents/Resources/Java/librxtxSerial.jnilib and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/build/windows/dist/rxtxSerial.dll b/build/windows/dist/rxtxSerial.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index a7b2ae8e2..000000000
Binary files a/build/windows/dist/rxtxSerial.dll and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/build/windows/launcher/config.xml b/build/windows/launcher/config.xml
index cad551e2d..358fbcf06 100644
--- a/build/windows/launcher/config.xml
+++ b/build/windows/launcher/config.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <cp>lib/core.jar</cp>
     <cp>lib/jna.jar</cp>
     <cp>lib/ecj.jar</cp>
-    <cp>lib/RXTXcomm.jar</cp>
+    <cp>lib/jssc-2.6.0.jar</cp>
     <cp>lib/commons-codec-1.7.jar</cp>
     <cp>lib/commons-exec-1.1.jar</cp>
     <cp>lib/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar</cp>