 					compilerOptionsJSON = configData[TopLevelFields.COMPILER_OPTIONS];
 				}
 				readHTMLTemplateOptions(compilerOptionsJSON);
-			}
-			if(TopLevelFields.ANIMATE_OPTIONS in configData)
-			{
-				var animateOptionsJSON:Object = configData[TopLevelFields.ANIMATE_OPTIONS];
-				if(AnimateOptions.FILE in animateOptionsJSON)
-				{
-					this._animateFile = animateOptionsJSON[AnimateOptions.FILE];
-					if(!path.isAbsolute(this._animateFile))
-					{
-						this._animateFile = path.resolve(process.cwd(), this._animateFile);
-					}
-				}
 			}
 		}
 


		private function validateSDK():void
		{
			//the --sdk argument wasn't passed in, try to find an SDK
			if(!this._sdkHome)
			{

			{
				//java is required to run the compiler
				this.validateJava();

				if(this._clean) {
					this.cleanProject();
