diff --git a/vision/text/pom.xml b/vision/text/pom.xml
index c2bfa762b8c..54c5f7ad84b 100644
--- a/vision/text/pom.xml
+++ b/vision/text/pom.xml
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
       <version>20.0</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.auto.value</groupId>
-      <artifactId>auto-value</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
       <artifactId>opennlp-tools</artifactId>
diff --git a/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/ImageText.java b/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/ImageText.java
index 0b4adb4d85e..4d695f9401f 100644
--- a/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/ImageText.java
+++ b/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/ImageText.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import com.google.api.services.vision.v1.model.EntityAnnotation;
 import com.google.api.services.vision.v1.model.Status;
-import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -28,28 +27,58 @@
 /**
  * A data object for mapping text to file paths.
  */
-@AutoValue
-abstract class ImageText {
+public class ImageText {
+  private Path pth;
+  private List<EntityAnnotation> ts;
+  private Status err;
 
   public static Builder builder() {
-    return new AutoValue_ImageText.Builder();
+    return new Builder();
   }
 
-  public abstract Path path();
+  private ImageText() {}
 
-  public abstract List<EntityAnnotation> textAnnotations();
+  public Path path() {
+    return this.pth;
+  }
+
+  public List<EntityAnnotation> textAnnotations() {
+    return this.ts;
+  }
 
   @Nullable
-  public abstract Status error();
+  public Status error() {
+    return this.err;
+  }
+
+  public static class Builder {
+    private Path pth;
+    private List<EntityAnnotation> ts;
+    private Status err;
+
+    Builder() {}
 
-  @AutoValue.Builder
-  public abstract static class Builder {
-    public abstract Builder path(Path path);
+    public Builder path(Path path) {
+      this.pth = path;
+      return this;
+    }
 
-    public abstract Builder textAnnotations(List<EntityAnnotation> ts);
+    public Builder textAnnotations(List<EntityAnnotation> ts) {
+      this.ts = ts;
+      return this;
+    }
 
-    public abstract Builder error(@Nullable Status err);
+    public Builder error(@Nullable Status err) {
+      this.err = err;
+      return this;
+    }
 
-    public abstract ImageText build();
+    public ImageText build() {
+      ImageText out = new ImageText();
+      out.pth = this.pth;
+      out.ts = this.ts;
+      out.err = this.err;
+      return out;
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/Index.java b/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/Index.java
index 4c739a66dfd..080d4d31e3b 100644
--- a/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/Index.java
+++ b/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/Index.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/TextApp.java b/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/TextApp.java
index 1ca841069ef..951dacd00f6 100644
--- a/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/TextApp.java
+++ b/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/TextApp.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/Word.java b/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/Word.java
index 0dfb4f24ed0..546bb4ca23c 100644
--- a/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/Word.java
+++ b/vision/text/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vision/samples/text/Word.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,30 +16,65 @@
 
 package com.google.cloud.vision.samples.text;
 
-import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
-
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 /**
  * A data object for mapping words to file paths.
  */
-@AutoValue
-abstract class Word {
+public class Word {
+  private Path pth;
+  private String wrd;
 
   public static Builder builder() {
-    return new AutoValue_Word.Builder();
+    return new Builder();
+  }
+
+  public Path path() {
+    return this.pth;
+  }
+
+  public String word() {
+    return this.wrd;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals(Object other) {
+    if (other == null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (!(other instanceof Word)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    Word otherWord = (Word) other;
+    return this.path().equals(otherWord.path()) && this.word().equals(otherWord.word());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int hashCode() {
+    return this.word().hashCode() ^ this.path().hashCode();
   }
 
-  public abstract Path path();
+  public static class Builder {
+    private Path pth;
+    private String wrd;
 
-  public abstract String word();
+    Builder() {}
 
-  @AutoValue.Builder
-  public abstract static class Builder {
-    public abstract Builder path(Path path);
+    public Builder path(Path path) {
+      this.pth = path;
+      return this;
+    }
 
-    public abstract Builder word(String word);
+    public Builder word(String word) {
+      this.wrd = word;
+      return this;
+    }
 
-    public abstract Word build();
+    public Word build() {
+      Word out = new Word();
+      out.pth = this.pth;
+      out.wrd = this.wrd;
+      return out;
+    }
   }
 }