diff --git a/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml b/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
index 48d42140f1..e3061986a2 100644
--- a/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
@@ -30,20 +30,6 @@
   <name>jclouds cloudstack core</name>
   <description>jclouds components to access cloudstack</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-
-  <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
-  <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>
   
   <properties>
     <test.cloudstack.endpoint>http://localhost:8080/client/api</test.cloudstack.endpoint>
diff --git a/drivers/apachehc/pom.xml b/drivers/apachehc/pom.xml
index d3974ef4c9..915719e487 100644
--- a/drivers/apachehc/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/apachehc/pom.xml
@@ -36,17 +36,6 @@
     <jclouds.osgi.import>org.jclouds*;version="${project.version}",*</jclouds.osgi.import>
   </properties>
 
-  <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jclouds-sona-snapshots-nexus</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/bouncycastle/pom.xml b/drivers/bouncycastle/pom.xml
index 2139845b8d..fa075f7cb6 100644
--- a/drivers/bouncycastle/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/bouncycastle/pom.xml
@@ -35,16 +35,6 @@
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.encryption.bouncycastle*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>org.jclouds*;version="${project.version}",*</jclouds.osgi.import>
   </properties>
-  <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jclouds-sona-snapshots-nexus</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml b/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml
index 3e14151a63..9b24a0f49f 100644
--- a/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/enterprise/pom.xml
@@ -36,17 +36,6 @@
     <jclouds.osgi.import>org.jclouds*;version="${project.version}",*</jclouds.osgi.import>
   </properties>
 
-  <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jclouds-sona-snapshots-nexus</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/gae/pom.xml b/drivers/gae/pom.xml
index 4ef7574215..041252d3c0 100644
--- a/drivers/gae/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/gae/pom.xml
@@ -36,20 +36,6 @@
     <jclouds.osgi.import>org.jclouds*;version="${project.version}",*</jclouds.osgi.import>
   </properties>
 
-  <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jclouds-sona-snapshots-nexus</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.apache.jclouds</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/joda/pom.xml b/drivers/joda/pom.xml
index 0f1a4211e0..e1801e7d6c 100644
--- a/drivers/joda/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/joda/pom.xml
@@ -35,16 +35,6 @@
     <jclouds.osgi.export>org.jclouds.date.joda*;version="${project.version}"</jclouds.osgi.export>
     <jclouds.osgi.import>org.jclouds*;version="${project.version}",*</jclouds.osgi.import>
   </properties>
-  <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jclouds-sona-snapshots-nexus</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/drivers/jsch/pom.xml b/drivers/jsch/pom.xml
index 0a703dce1c..57ee86aa5c 100644
--- a/drivers/jsch/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/jsch/pom.xml
@@ -31,17 +31,6 @@
   <description>jclouds jsch ssh client</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
-  <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jclouds-sona-snapshots-nexus</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <properties>
     <test.ssh.host>localhost</test.ssh.host>
     <test.ssh.port>22</test.ssh.port>
diff --git a/drivers/log4j/pom.xml b/drivers/log4j/pom.xml
index 5a26a94e2d..ae96488ba2 100644
--- a/drivers/log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/log4j/pom.xml
@@ -36,17 +36,6 @@
     <jclouds.osgi.import>org.jclouds*;version="${project.version}",*</jclouds.osgi.import>
   </properties>
 
-  <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jclouds-sona-snapshots-nexus</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/slf4j/pom.xml b/drivers/slf4j/pom.xml
index 1f2434ba07..ed6c6ad3b9 100644
--- a/drivers/slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -40,17 +40,6 @@
     </jclouds.osgi.import>
   </properties>
 
-  <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jclouds-sona-snapshots-nexus</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds</groupId>
diff --git a/drivers/sshj/pom.xml b/drivers/sshj/pom.xml
index 4b6a5a5837..a5967d0dbd 100644
--- a/drivers/sshj/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/sshj/pom.xml
@@ -31,17 +31,6 @@
   <description>jclouds sshj ssh client</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
-  <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jclouds-sona-snapshots-nexus</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <properties>
     <test.ssh.host>localhost</test.ssh.host>
     <test.ssh.port>22</test.ssh.port>
diff --git a/loadbalancer/pom.xml b/loadbalancer/pom.xml
index 1b42c18629..b5a8426fbc 100644
--- a/loadbalancer/pom.xml
+++ b/loadbalancer/pom.xml
@@ -36,17 +36,6 @@
     <jclouds.osgi.fragment>jclouds-core;bundle-version="[1.3,3)"</jclouds.osgi.fragment>
   </properties>
 
-  <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jclouds-sona-snapshots-nexus</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml b/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
index 3696184e8a..ef6e8123da 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
@@ -51,21 +51,6 @@
     </jclouds.osgi.import>
   </properties>
 
-  <!-- temporary -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jboss-public-releases</id>
-      <url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public-jboss</url>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/softlayer/pom.xml b/providers/softlayer/pom.xml
index 6a14162923..c045bc915b 100644
--- a/providers/softlayer/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/softlayer/pom.xml
@@ -31,20 +31,6 @@
   <description>jclouds components to access SoftLayer</description>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
-  <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jclouds-sona-snapshots-nexus</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <properties>
     <test.softlayer.endpoint>https://api.softlayer.com/rest</test.softlayer.endpoint>
     <test.softlayer.api-version>3</test.softlayer.api-version>