diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6e04c00..b4eaa4f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
-        <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>9</version>
-    </parent>
-
     <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
     <artifactId>rome-parent</artifactId>
     <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -30,7 +24,7 @@
 
     <description>Parent for all ROME projects</description>
 
-    <url>http://rometools.github.io/rome-parent/</url>
+    <url>http://rometools.com</url>
 
     <licenses>
         <license>
@@ -41,20 +35,71 @@
     </licenses>
 
     <scm>
-        <connection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/rometools/rome-parent.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/rometools/rome-parent.git</developerConnection>
-        <url>https://github.com/rometools/rome-parent</url>
+        <connection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/rometools/rome.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/rometools/rome.git</developerConnection>
+        <url>https://github.com/rometools/rome</url>
     </scm>
 
     <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Alejandro Abdelnur</name>
+            <url>http://blog.sun.com/roller/page/tucu</url>
+            <timezone>0</timezone>
+        </developer>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Dave Johnson</name>
+            <url>http://rollerweblogger.org/roller</url>
+            <timezone>-5</timezone>
+        </developer>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Elaine Chien</name>
+            <timezone>0</timezone>
+        </developer>
+        <developer>
+            <id>farrukhnajmi</id>
+            <name>Farrukh Najmi</name>
+            <url>http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com/farrukh</url>
+        </developer>
+        <developer>
+            <id>imk</id>
+            <name>Martin Kurz</name>
+            <timezone>Europe/Berlin</timezone>
+        </developer>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Nick Lothian</name>
+            <url>http://nicklothian.com</url>
+        </developer>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Patrick Chanezon</name>
+            <url>http://www.chanezon.com/pat/weblog</url>
+            <timezone>-9</timezone>
+        </developer>
         <developer>
             <name>Patrick Gotthard</name>
             <email>patrick@patrick-gotthard.de</email>
             <url>http://www.patrick-gotthard.de</url>
             <timezone>+1</timezone>
         </developer>
+        <developer>
+            <id>kebernet</id>
+            <name>Robert Cooper</name>
+            <email>kebernet@gmail.com</email>
+            <url>http://www.kebernet.net</url>
+            <timezone>-4</timezone>
+        </developer>
     </developers>
 
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
@@ -74,13 +119,13 @@
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3</version>
+                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.10</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.8.1</version>
+                    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.6</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -106,10 +151,10 @@
                                 <pluginExecution>
                                     <pluginExecutionFilter>
                                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                                        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                                        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
                                         <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
                                         <goals>
-                                            <goal>enforce</goal>
+                                            <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
@@ -147,18 +192,80 @@
                         </execution>
                     </executions>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>2.5.3</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
+                        <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
+                        <goals>deploy</goals>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.6.6</version>
+                    <extensions>true</extensions>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+                        <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                        <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>
 
-    <reporting>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </reporting>
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.0.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-sources</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.10.3</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
@@ -226,6 +333,12 @@
                 <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
                 <version>4.12</version>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- XMLUnit -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>xmlunit</groupId>
+                <artifactId>xmlunit</artifactId>
+                <version>1.6</version>
+            </dependency>
             <!-- Hamcrest -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
diff --git a/rome-certiorem-webapp/pom.xml b/rome-certiorem-webapp/pom.xml
index 87d42be..ca95b29 100644
--- a/rome-certiorem-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/rome-certiorem-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -14,32 +14,19 @@
 
     <name>rome-certiorem-webapp</name>
 
-    <licenses>
-        <license>
-            <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
-            <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
-            <distribution>repo</distribution>
-        </license>
-    </licenses>
+    <description>A simple webapp taht uses rome-certiorem</description>
 
-    <scm>
-        <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:rometools/rome-certiorem-webapp.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:rometools/rome-certiorem-webapp.git</developerConnection>
-        <url>https://github.com/rometools/rome-certiorem-webapp/</url>
-    </scm>
-
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skip>true</skip>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/rome-certiorem/pom.xml b/rome-certiorem/pom.xml
index a6380a4..02c473f 100644
--- a/rome-certiorem/pom.xml
+++ b/rome-certiorem/pom.xml
@@ -16,59 +16,6 @@
 
     <description>A PubSubHubub implementation for Java based on ROME</description>
 
-    <scm>
-        <connection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/rometools/rome-certiorem.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/rometools/rome-certiorem.git</developerConnection>
-        <url>https://github.com/rometools/rome-certiorem</url>
-    </scm>
-
-    <developers>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Robert Cooper</name>
-            <email>kebernet@gmail.comM</email>
-            <url>http://www.kebernet.net</url>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Farrukh Najmi</name>
-            <url>http://wellfleetsoftware.com</url>
-        </developer>
-    </developers>
-
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <port>9000</port>
-                    <tempWebappDirectory>${basedir}/target/site/tempdir</tempWebappDirectory>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <scmBranch>gh-pages</scmBranch>
-                    <pubScmUrl>${project.scm.developerConnection}</pubScmUrl>
-                    <content>${project.build.directory}/site</content>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
diff --git a/rome-fetcher/pom.xml b/rome-fetcher/pom.xml
index d6f6a1a..8f81421 100644
--- a/rome-fetcher/pom.xml
+++ b/rome-fetcher/pom.xml
@@ -14,52 +14,10 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>rome-fetcher</name>
-
     <description>A well behaved feed fetcher API for ROME</description>
 
-    <url>http://rometools.github.io/rome-fetcher/</url>
-
-    <scm>
-        <connection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/rometools/rome-fetcher.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/rometools/rome-fetcher.git</developerConnection>
-        <url>https://github.com/rometools/rome-fetcher</url>
-    </scm>
-
-    <developers>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Nick Lothian</name>
-            <url>http://nicklothian.com</url>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Robert Cooper</name>
-            <email>kebernet@gmail.comM</email>
-        </developer>
-    </developers>
-
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <scmBranch>gh-pages</scmBranch>
-                    <pubScmUrl>${project.scm.developerConnection}</pubScmUrl>
-                    <content>${project.build.directory}/site</content>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/rome-modules/pom.xml b/rome-modules/pom.xml
index 7ec06c7..178863d 100644
--- a/rome-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/rome-modules/pom.xml
@@ -16,46 +16,8 @@
 
     <description>Plugin collection for the ROME RSS and Atom Utilities</description>
 
-    <url>http://rometools.github.io/rome-modules/</url>
-
-    <scm>
-        <connection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/rometools/rome-modules.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/rometools/rome-modules.git</developerConnection>
-        <url>https://github.com/rometools/rome-modules</url>
-    </scm>
-
-    <developers>
-        <developer>
-            <id>kebernet</id>
-            <email>kebernet@gmail.com</email>
-            <name>Robert Cooper</name>
-        </developer>
-    </developers>
-
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <scmBranch>gh-pages</scmBranch>
-                    <pubScmUrl>${project.scm.developerConnection}</pubScmUrl>
-                    <content>${project.build.directory}/site</content>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/rome-opml/pom.xml b/rome-opml/pom.xml
index dd0d118..8d867d0 100644
--- a/rome-opml/pom.xml
+++ b/rome-opml/pom.xml
@@ -16,49 +16,6 @@
 
     <description>Support for OPML 1 and OPML 2 in ROME</description>
 
-    <url>http://rometools.github.io/rome-opml/</url>
-
-    <scm>
-        <connection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/rometools/rome-opml.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/rometools/rome-opml.git</developerConnection>
-        <url>https://github.com/rometools/rome-opml</url>
-    </scm>
-
-    <developers>
-        <developer>
-            <id>kebernet</id>
-            <email>kebernet@gmail.com</email>
-            <name>Robert Cooper</name>
-        </developer>
-    </developers>
-
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <scmBranch>gh-pages</scmBranch>
-                    <pubScmUrl>${project.scm.developerConnection}</pubScmUrl>
-                    <content>${project.build.directory}/site</content>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
@@ -81,7 +38,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xmlunit</groupId>
             <artifactId>xmlunit</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/rome-osgi-test/pom.xml b/rome-osgi-test/pom.xml
index 7926352..8518b66 100644
--- a/rome-osgi-test/pom.xml
+++ b/rome-osgi-test/pom.xml
@@ -1,101 +1,104 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
-        <artifactId>rome-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <artifactId>rome-osgi-test</artifactId>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
-            <artifactId>rome</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
-            <artifactId>rome-modules</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
-            <artifactId>rome-fetcher</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.apache.felix.framework</artifactId>
-            <version>5.4.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.exam</groupId>
-            <artifactId>pax-exam-container-native</artifactId>
-            <version>4.8.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.exam</groupId>
-            <artifactId>pax-exam-junit4</artifactId>
-            <version>4.8.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.exam</groupId>
-            <artifactId>pax-exam-link-mvn</artifactId>
-            <version>4.8.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.url</groupId>
-            <artifactId>pax-url-wrap</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.5</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skip>true</skip>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>copy-dependencies</id>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
-                            <stripVersion>true</stripVersion>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-</project>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rome-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>rome-osgi-test</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>rome-osgi-test</name>
+
+    <description>OSGi tests for ROME</description>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skip>true</skip>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
+                            <stripVersion>true</stripVersion>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rome</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rome-modules</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rome-fetcher</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.apache.felix.framework</artifactId>
+            <version>5.4.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.exam</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pax-exam-container-native</artifactId>
+            <version>4.8.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.exam</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pax-exam-junit4</artifactId>
+            <version>4.8.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.exam</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pax-exam-link-mvn</artifactId>
+            <version>4.8.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.url</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pax-url-wrap</artifactId>
+            <version>2.4.5</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/rome-propono/pom.xml b/rome-propono/pom.xml
index 1112432..cb1a9dc 100644
--- a/rome-propono/pom.xml
+++ b/rome-propono/pom.xml
@@ -21,55 +21,6 @@
         and the MetaWeblog API.
     </description>
 
-    <url>http://rometools.github.io/rome-propono/</url>
-
-    <scm>
-        <connection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/rometools/rome-propono.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/rometools/rome-propono.git</developerConnection>
-        <url>https://github.com/rometools/rome-propono</url>
-    </scm>
-
-    <developers>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Dave Johnson</name>
-            <url>http://rollerweblogger.org/roller</url>
-            <timezone>-5</timezone>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Robert Cooper</name>
-            <email>kebernet@gmail.com</email>
-            <url>http://www.screaming-penguin.com</url>
-            <timezone>-4</timezone>
-        </developer>
-    </developers>
-
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <scmBranch>gh-pages</scmBranch>
-                    <pubScmUrl>${project.scm.developerConnection}</pubScmUrl>
-                    <content>${project.build.directory}/site</content>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
diff --git a/rome-utils/pom.xml b/rome-utils/pom.xml
index c8ecd63..294d314 100644
--- a/rome-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/rome-utils/pom.xml
@@ -16,35 +16,6 @@
 
     <description>Utility classes for ROME projects</description>
 
-    <url>http://rometools.github.io/rome-utils/</url>
-
-    <scm>
-        <connection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/rometools/rome-utils.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/rometools/rome-utils.git</developerConnection>
-        <url>https://github.com/rometools/rome-utils</url>
-    </scm>
-
-    <developers>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Patrick Gotthard</name>
-            <url>http://www.patrick-gotthard.de</url>
-            <timezone>+1</timezone>
-        </developer>
-    </developers>
-
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -62,4 +33,4 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/rome/pom.xml b/rome/pom.xml
index 65cb87b..7cd37b3 100644
--- a/rome/pom.xml
+++ b/rome/pom.xml
@@ -24,76 +24,11 @@
         underlying format.
     </description>
 
-    <url>http://rometools.github.io/rome/</url>
-
-    <scm>
-        <connection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/rometools/rome.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/rometools/rome.git</developerConnection>
-        <url>https://github.com/rometools/rome</url>
-    </scm>
-
-    <developers>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Alejandro Abdelnur</name>
-            <url>http://blog.sun.com/roller/page/tucu</url>
-            <timezone>0</timezone>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Dave Johnson</name>
-            <url>http://rollerweblogger.org/roller</url>
-            <timezone>-5</timezone>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Elaine Chien</name>
-            <timezone>0</timezone>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Patrick Chanezon</name>
-            <url>http://www.chanezon.com/pat/weblog</url>
-            <timezone>-9</timezone>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Patrick Gotthard</name>
-            <url>http://www.patrick-gotthard.de</url>
-            <timezone>+1</timezone>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Robert Cooper</name>
-            <email>kebernet@gmail.com</email>
-            <url>http://www.screaming-penguin.com</url>
-            <timezone>-4</timezone>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <id>farrukhnajmi</id>
-            <name>Farrukh Najmi</name>
-            <url>http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com/farrukh</url>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <id>imk</id>
-            <name>Martin Kurz</name>
-            <timezone>Europe/Berlin</timezone>
-        </developer>
-    </developers>
-
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <archive>
                         <manifest>
@@ -103,31 +38,6 @@
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                <dependencies>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>doxia-module-markdown</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.5</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>doxia-module-confluence</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.5</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                </dependencies>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <scmBranch>gh-pages</scmBranch>
-                    <pubScmUrl>${project.scm.developerConnection}</pubScmUrl>
-                    <content>${project.build.directory}/site</content>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>