diff --git a/docs/new-contributor-guide-developer.md b/docs/new-contributor-guide-developer.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 59c3d9a3..00000000
--- a/docs/new-contributor-guide-developer.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# New Contributor Guide **Developers**
-
-This document contains some useful resources for anyone wishing to contribute to the Lapce project by contributing code.
-
-## Quick Start
-
-1. Get an overview of the architecture from [`docs/why-lapce.md`](why-lapce.md) and [Architecture](https://docs.lapce.dev/development/architecture).
-
-2. Explore the rope data structure, a key part of Lapce's architecture. The crate used is [xi_rope](https://crates.io/crates/xi-rope).
-
-3. Review both open and closed [issues](https://github.com/lapce/lapce/issues), there may be others working on a similar feature.
-
-4. [Get cracking](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/get-cracking)!
-
-5. Be aware that unless you explicitly state otherwise, contributions you make to this project will be under the Apache License Version 2.
-
-## Resources
-
-The [Wikipedia article on ropes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_(data_structure)) provides an overview of the data structure.
-
-For some context, also see [Ropes: an Alternative to Strings](https://www.cs.tufts.edu/comp/150FP/archive/hans-boehm/ropes.pdf) by Boehm, Atkinson, and Plass.
-
-
diff --git a/docs/new-contributor-guide-user.md b/docs/new-contributor-guide-user.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 84d9cdc1..00000000
--- a/docs/new-contributor-guide-user.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# New Contributor Guide **Users**
-
-This document contains some useful resources for anyone wishing to contribute to the Lapce project by suggesting improvements, requesting features, or supporting the community. Where it says _question_ in this document, it can also apply to _suggestions_, _requests_, etc.
-
-## Quick Start
-
-1. Open a text editor
-
-2. Write out your question (or request, or suggestion).
-
-3. _Revise_ your question
-
-4. Choose where to post your question
-
-5. Post it!
-
-## Resources
-
-For general information about open source software, [see these FAQs](https://opensource.org/faq) by the Open Source Initiative.
-
-We don't have a specified code of conduct yet, but for some reasonable guidelines see the [Mozilla Community Participation Guidelines](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/participation/).
-
-[This guide](http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html), by Eric Steven Raymond, is about how to ask excellent questions. You can apply the same techniques (such as _Use meaningful, specific subject headers_) to suggestions and bug reports. The more specific (and helpful!) you can be with your question, the more it helps us to provide a solution.