diff --git a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
index 1f1edbc26..38b85c412 100644
--- a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
@@ -144,23 +144,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <archive>
-            <manifestEntries>
-              <Specification-Title>HttpComponents ${project.name}</Specification-Title>
-              <Specification-Version>${project.version}</Specification-Version>
-              <Specification-Vendor>The Apache Software Foundation</Specification-Vendor>
-              <Implementation-Title>HttpComponents ${project.name}</Implementation-Title>
-              <Implementation-Version>${project.version}</Implementation-Version>
-              <Implementation-Vendor>The Apache Software Foundation</Implementation-Vendor>
-              <Implementation-Vendor-Id>org.apache</Implementation-Vendor-Id>
-              <url>${project.url}</url>
-            </manifestEntries>
-          </archive>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index 3324910e9..625c7b7a4 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -114,20 +114,6 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <archive>
-            <manifestEntries>
-              <Specification-Title>HttpComponents HttpClient</Specification-Title>
-              <Specification-Version>${project.version}</Specification-Version>
-              <Specification-Vendor>The Apache Software Foundation</Specification-Vendor>
-              <Implementation-Title>HttpComponents HttpClient</Implementation-Title>
-              <Implementation-Version>${project.version}</Implementation-Version>
-              <Implementation-Vendor>The Apache Software Foundation</Implementation-Vendor>
-              <Implementation-Vendor-Id>org.apache</Implementation-Vendor-Id>
-              <url>${project.url}</url>
-            </manifestEntries>
-          </archive>
-        </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
diff --git a/httpmime/pom.xml b/httpmime/pom.xml
index e73720f1a..b1acde91c 100644
--- a/httpmime/pom.xml
+++ b/httpmime/pom.xml
@@ -94,23 +94,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <archive>
-            <manifestEntries>
-              <Specification-Title>HttpComponents HttpMime</Specification-Title>
-              <Specification-Version>${project.version}</Specification-Version>
-              <Specification-Vendor>The Apache Software Foundation</Specification-Vendor>
-              <Implementation-Title>HttpComponents HttpMime</Implementation-Title>
-              <Implementation-Version>${project.version}</Implementation-Version>
-              <Implementation-Vendor>The Apache Software Foundation</Implementation-Vendor>
-              <Implementation-Vendor-Id>org.apache</Implementation-Vendor-Id>
-              <url>${project.url}</url>
-            </manifestEntries>
-          </archive>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 125f868a5..6b6897ad4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,6 +102,23 @@
           <projectTitle>Apache HttpComponents</projectTitle>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestEntries>
+              <Specification-Title>HttpComponents ${project.name}</Specification-Title>
+              <Specification-Version>${project.version}</Specification-Version>
+              <Specification-Vendor>The Apache Software Foundation</Specification-Vendor>
+              <Implementation-Title>HttpComponents ${project.name}</Implementation-Title>
+              <Implementation-Version>${project.version}</Implementation-Version>
+              <Implementation-Vendor>The Apache Software Foundation</Implementation-Vendor>
+              <Implementation-Vendor-Id>org.apache</Implementation-Vendor-Id>
+              <url>${project.url}</url>
+            </manifestEntries>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>