diff --git a/README b/README
deleted file mode 100644
index a8d6f77..0000000
--- a/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-ROME Modules
-
-Build Instructions
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-To build with Maven 2+:
-
-> mvn package
-
diff --git a/nbactions.xml b/nbactions.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 68de030..0000000
--- a/nbactions.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<actions>
-        <action>
-            <actionName>CUSTOM-site</actionName>
-            <displayName>site</displayName>
-            <goals>
-                <goal>site</goal>
-            </goals>
-        </action>
-        <action>
-            <actionName>CUSTOM-release</actionName>
-            <displayName>release</displayName>
-            <goals>
-                <goal>clean</goal>
-                <goal>source:jar</goal>
-                <goal>javadoc:jar</goal>
-                <goal>package</goal>
-                <goal>gpg:sign</goal>
-                <goal>repository:bundle-create</goal>
-            </goals>
-        </action>
-    </actions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e2a029..0c72b0d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,26 +1,34 @@
 
 <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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
     <groupId>org.rometools</groupId>
     <artifactId>rome-modules</artifactId>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <version>1.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
     <name>rome-modules</name>
+
     <description>Plugin collection for the ROME RSS and Atom Utilities</description>
+
     <url>http://rometools.github.io/rome-modules/</url>
+
     <organization>
         <name>ROME Project</name>
         <url>https://github.com/rometools/</url>
     </organization>
+
     <issueManagement>
         <url>https://github.com/rometools/rome-modules/issues</url>
     </issueManagement>
+
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:rometools/rome-modules.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:rometools/rome-modules.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/rometools/rome-modules/</url>
     </scm>
+
     <developers>
         <developer>
             <id>kebernet</id>
@@ -28,6 +36,7 @@
             <name>Robert Cooper</name>
         </developer>
     </developers>
+
     <licenses>
         <license>
             <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
@@ -35,169 +44,137 @@
             <distribution>repo</distribution>
         </license>
     </licenses>
-    <repositories>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
-            <id>maven2-repository.dev.java.net</id>
-            <url>http://download.java.net/maven/2</url>
+            <id>central.staging</id>
+            <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
+            <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
         </repository>
-    </repositories>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8.1</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.rometools</groupId>
-            <artifactId>rome</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>sonatype.snapshots</id>
+            <name>My Nexus Snapshots Repository</name>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <goals>install</goals>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0.2</version>
+                <version>3.1</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.5</source>
-                    <target>1.5</target>
-                    <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
+                    <source>1.6</source>
+                    <target>1.6</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.6</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>attach-sources</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>jar</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>jar</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.3</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
+                    <port>9000</port>
+                    <tempWebappDirectory>${basedir}/target/site/tempdir</tempWebappDirectory>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.8.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <goals>install</goals>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0-beta-2</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <scmBranch>gh-pages</scmBranch>
+                    <pubScmUrl>scm:git:git@github.com:rometools/rome-modules.git</pubScmUrl>
+                    <content>${project.build.directory}/site</content>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.3</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<port>9000</port>
-					<tempWebappDirectory>${basedir}/target/site/tempdir</tempWebappDirectory>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.0-beta-2</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<scmBranch>gh-pages</scmBranch>
-					<pubScmUrl>scm:git:git@github.com:rometools/rome-modules.git</pubScmUrl>
-					<content>${project.build.directory}/site</content>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>release</id>
-            <activation>
-                <property>
-                    <name>performRelease</name>
-                    <value>true</value>
-                </property>
-            </activation>
-            <distributionManagement>
-                <repository>
-                    <id>central.staging</id>
-                    <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
-                    <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
-                </repository>
-                <snapshotRepository>
-                    <id>sonatype.snapshots</id>
-                    <name>My Nexus Snapshots Repository</name>
-                    <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-                </snapshotRepository>
-            </distributionManagement>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                                <phase>verify</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>sign</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>attach-sources</id>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>jar</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>jar</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-	<reporting>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.6</version>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.9</version>
-				<reportSets>
-					<reportSet>
-						<reports>
-							<report>javadoc</report>
-							<report>test-javadoc</report>
-						</reports>
-					</reportSet>
-					<reportSet>
-						<id>aggregate</id>
-						<inherited>false</inherited>
-						<reports>
-							<report>aggregate</report>
-						</reports>
-					</reportSet>
-				</reportSets>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</reporting>
+
+    <reporting>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.7</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.9.1</version>
+                <reportSets>
+                    <reportSet>
+                        <reports>
+                            <report>javadoc</report>
+                            <report>test-javadoc</report>
+                        </reports>
+                    </reportSet>
+                    <reportSet>
+                        <id>aggregate</id>
+                        <inherited>false</inherited>
+                        <reports>
+                            <report>aggregate</report>
+                        </reports>
+                    </reportSet>
+                </reportSets>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </reporting>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.rometools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rome</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.11</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
 </project>