diff --git a/commons.xml b/commons.xml
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--- a/commons.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-   Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
-
-   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-   You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-   limitations under the License.
--->
-<project>
-  <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
-  <id>site</id>
-  <name>Jakarta Commons</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.0</currentVersion>
-  <package>org.apache.commons.${pom.artifactId.substring(8)}.*</package>
-  <url>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/${pom.artifactId.substring(8)}/index.html</url>
-
-  <organization>
-    <name>The Apache Software Foundation</name>
-    <url>http://jakarta.apache.org</url>
-    <logo>http://jakarta.apache.org/images/original-jakarta-logo.gif</logo>
-  </organization>
-  <logo>/images/logo.png</logo>
-  
-  <licenses>
-	<license>
-    	<name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
-    	<url>/LICENSE.txt</url>
-    	<distribution>repo</distribution>
-	</license>
-  </licenses>
-  
-  <gumpRepositoryId>jakarta</gumpRepositoryId>
-  <issueTrackingUrl>http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/</issueTrackingUrl>
-  <siteAddress>jakarta.apache.org</siteAddress>
-  <siteDirectory>/www/jakarta.apache.org/commons/${pom.artifactId.substring(8)}/</siteDirectory>
-  <distributionDirectory>/www/jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-commons/${pom.artifactId.substring(8)}/</distributionDirectory>
-  
-  <repository>
-    <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic:jakarta-commons/${pom.artifactId.substring(8)}</connection>
-    <url>http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-commons/${pom.artifactId.substring(8)}/</url>
-  </repository>
-  
-  <mailingLists>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Commons Dev List</name>
-      <subscribe>commons-dev-subscribe@jakarta.apache.org</subscribe>
-      <unsubscribe>commons-dev-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org</unsubscribe>
-      <archive>http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/SummarizeList?listName=commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org</archive>
-    </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Commons User List</name>
-      <subscribe>commons-user-subscribe@jakarta.apache.org</subscribe>
-      <unsubscribe>commons-user-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org</unsubscribe>
-      <archive>http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/SummarizeList?listName=commons-user@jakarta.apache.org</archive>
-    </mailingList>
-  </mailingLists>
-
-</project>