diff --git a/fluent-hc/pom.xml b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
index 6074286ff..cb5a153d3 100644
--- a/fluent-hc/pom.xml
+++ b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
@@ -83,21 +83,6 @@
         </includes>
       </resource>
     </resources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>${maven.compile.source}</source>
-          <target>${maven.compile.target}</target>
-          <optimize>${maven.compile.optimize}</optimize>
-          <showDeprecations>${maven.compile.deprecation}</showDeprecations>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 
   <reporting>
@@ -127,12 +112,12 @@
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>${hc.jxr.version}</version>
+        <version>${hc.jxr.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>${hc.surefire-report.version}</version>
+        <version>${hc.surefire-report.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
     </plugins>
diff --git a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
index 10456facd..6342f6f2d 100644
--- a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
@@ -118,20 +118,9 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>${maven.compile.source}</source>
-          <target>${maven.compile.target}</target>
-          <optimize>${maven.compile.optimize}</optimize>
-          <showDeprecations>${maven.compile.deprecation}</showDeprecations>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-       <version>2.2</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <goals>
@@ -170,12 +159,12 @@
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>${hc.jxr.version}</version>
+        <version>${hc.jxr.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>${hc.surefire-report.version}</version>
+        <version>${hc.surefire-report.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
     </plugins>
diff --git a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
index 0e2564d1b..6e7a5a908 100644
--- a/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -157,13 +157,6 @@
           </instructions>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <skip>true</skip>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>clirr-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -175,23 +168,4 @@
     <finalName>org.apache.httpcomponents.httpclient_${project.version}</finalName>
   </build>
 
-  <reporting>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <skip>true</skip>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>clirr-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${hc.clirr.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <skip>true</skip>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </reporting>
 </project>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index d92debede..e0d9e29ee 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -98,16 +98,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>${maven.compile.source}</source>
-          <target>${maven.compile.target}</target>
-          <optimize>${maven.compile.optimize}</optimize>
-          <showDeprecations>${maven.compile.deprecation}</showDeprecations>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
@@ -147,12 +137,12 @@
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>${hc.jxr.version}</version>
+        <version>${hc.jxr.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>${hc.surefire-report.version}</version>
+        <version>${hc.surefire-report.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
     </plugins>
diff --git a/httpmime/pom.xml b/httpmime/pom.xml
index 5cb645e5c..577ad1085 100644
--- a/httpmime/pom.xml
+++ b/httpmime/pom.xml
@@ -91,16 +91,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>${maven.compile.source}</source>
-          <target>${maven.compile.target}</target>
-          <optimize>${maven.compile.optimize}</optimize>
-          <showDeprecations>${maven.compile.deprecation}</showDeprecations>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9cdeda0de..92e634464 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>project</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-    <version>6</version>
+    <version>7</version>
     <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     <junit.version>4.9</junit.version>
     <easymock.version>2.5.2</easymock.version>
     <mockito.version>1.8.5</mockito.version>
+    <hc.stylecheck.version>1</hc.stylecheck.version>
     <api.comparison.version>4.2</api.comparison.version>
   </properties>
 
@@ -217,25 +218,18 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <executions>
-            <execution>
-              <id>javadoc-aggregate</id>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>aggregate</goal>
-              </goals>
-              <phase>pre-site</phase>
-            </execution>
-            <execution>
-              <id>attach-javadocs</id>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>jar</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </execution>
-          </executions>        
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
         <configuration>
           <!-- reduce console output. Can override with -Dquiet=false -->
           <quiet>true</quiet>
-          <source>${maven.compile.source}</source>
+          <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
           <links>
             <link>http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/</link>
             <link>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core-ga/httpcore/apidocs/</link>
@@ -245,37 +239,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptors>
-            <descriptor>src/main/assembly/bin.xml</descriptor>
-            <descriptor>src/main/assembly/osgi-bin.xml</descriptor>
-            <descriptor>src/main/assembly/src.xml</descriptor>
-          </descriptors>
-          <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <inherited>false</inherited>
-        <configuration>
-          <tasks>
-            <ant antfile="src/main/assembly/build.xml">
-              <property name="target" value="${project.build.directory}" />
-              <property name="package.name" value="${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-bin" />
-            </ant>
-            <ant antfile="src/main/assembly/build.xml">
-              <property name="target" value="${project.build.directory}" />
-              <property name="package.name" value="${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-osgi-bin" />
-            </ant>
-            <ant antfile="src/main/assembly/build.xml">
-              <property name="target" value="${project.build.directory}" />
-              <property name="package.name" value="${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-src" />
-            </ant>
-          </tasks>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.agilejava.docbkx</groupId>
         <artifactId>docbkx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -371,7 +334,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>hc-stylecheck</artifactId>
-            <version>1</version>
+            <version>${hc.stylecheck.version}</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>
@@ -458,48 +421,4 @@
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
 
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>clover</id>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.10.1</version>
-            <configuration>
-              <flushPolicy>threaded</flushPolicy>
-              <flushInterval>100</flushInterval>
-              <targetPercentage>50%</targetPercentage>
-            </configuration>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>site</id>
-                <phase>pre-site</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>instrument</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-
-      <reporting>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.10.1</version>
-            <configuration>
-              <jdk>1.5</jdk>
-            </configuration>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </reporting>
-
-    </profile>
-
-  </profiles>
-
 </project>