diff --git a/apis/cloudwatch/pom.xml b/apis/cloudwatch/pom.xml
index a4c2f717fc..aedf757672 100644
--- a/apis/cloudwatch/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudwatch/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-apis-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
     <artifactId>cloudwatch</artifactId>
     <name>jcloud cloudwatch api</name>
     <description>jclouds components to access an implementation of CloudWatch</description>
diff --git a/apis/ec2/pom.xml b/apis/ec2/pom.xml
index 8bf5d0572f..96150605a4 100644
--- a/apis/ec2/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/ec2/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-apis-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
     <artifactId>ec2</artifactId>
     <name>jcloud ec2 api</name>
     <description>jclouds components to access an implementation of EC2</description>
@@ -81,6 +82,12 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/apis/elb/pom.xml b/apis/elb/pom.xml
index d2dfa38ff1..612aca9885 100644
--- a/apis/elb/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/elb/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-apis-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
     <artifactId>elb</artifactId>
     <name>jcloud elb api</name>
     <description>jclouds components to access an implementation of Elastic Load Balancer</description>
diff --git a/apis/filesystem/pom.xml b/apis/filesystem/pom.xml
index a93f569007..82aa1d511c 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/filesystem/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-apis-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
     <artifactId>filesystem</artifactId>
     <name>jcloud filesystem core</name>
     <description>jclouds components to access filesystem</description>
diff --git a/apis/s3/pom.xml b/apis/s3/pom.xml
index 8cc9d61629..63de640a44 100644
--- a/apis/s3/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/s3/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-apis-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
     <artifactId>s3</artifactId>
     <name>jcloud s3 api</name>
     <description>jclouds components to access an implementation of S3</description>
diff --git a/apis/simpledb/pom.xml b/apis/simpledb/pom.xml
index 3bf1b28ab5..b5d50b35d1 100644
--- a/apis/simpledb/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/simpledb/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-apis-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
     <artifactId>simpledb</artifactId>
     <name>jcloud simpledb api</name>
     <description>jclouds components to access an implementation of Simple DB</description>
diff --git a/apis/sqs/pom.xml b/apis/sqs/pom.xml
index ca70bc164a..95cdb9bb77 100644
--- a/apis/sqs/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/sqs/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-apis-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
     <artifactId>sqs</artifactId>
     <name>jcloud sqs api</name>
     <description>jclouds components to access an implementation of Simple Queue Service</description>
diff --git a/apis/walrus/pom.xml b/apis/walrus/pom.xml
index 10a5f9c32d..38833c0b71 100644
--- a/apis/walrus/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/walrus/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-apis-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
     <artifactId>walrus</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds Eucalyptus Walrus api</name>
     <description>Simple Storage Service (S3) implementation based on Eucalyptus Walrus</description>
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/pom.xml b/providers/aws-ec2/pom.xml
index 05bbcb5d15..e5fd8ae110 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-providers-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-ec2</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds Amazon EC2 provider</name>
     <description>EC2 implementation targeted to Amazon Web Services</description>
@@ -41,11 +42,15 @@
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-aws</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
             <artifactId>ec2</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jclouds.api</groupId>
diff --git a/providers/aws-elb/pom.xml b/providers/aws-elb/pom.xml
index 65e3add7e2..e23e16533e 100644
--- a/providers/aws-elb/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/aws-elb/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-providers-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-elb</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds Amazon Elastic Load Balancer provider</name>
     <description>Elastic Load Balancer implementation targeted to Amazon Web Services</description>
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml b/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
index 1b244ea78b..e00f476e48 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-providers-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-s3</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) provider</name>
     <description>Simple Storage Service (S3) implementation targeted to Amazon Web Services</description>
diff --git a/providers/aws-simpledb/pom.xml b/providers/aws-simpledb/pom.xml
index c0423eb57a..ec7ba4df41 100644
--- a/providers/aws-simpledb/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/aws-simpledb/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-providers-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-simpledb</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds Amazon SimpleDB provider</name>
     <description>SimpleDB implementation targeted to Amazon Web Services</description>
diff --git a/providers/cloudsigma/pom.xml b/providers/cloudsigma/pom.xml
index a7cd9070fd..c4fbceebbf 100644
--- a/providers/cloudsigma/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudsigma/pom.xml
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@
 <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">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-providers-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
     <artifactId>cloudsigma</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds CloudSigma provider</name>
     <description>ComputeService binding to the CloudSigma datacenter in Zürich</description>
diff --git a/providers/ecc-s3/pom.xml b/providers/ecc-s3/pom.xml
index d65e2b1687..bfc3c54821 100644
--- a/providers/ecc-s3/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/ecc-s3/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-providers-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
     <artifactId>ecc-s3</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds Eucalyptus Community Cloud provider</name>
     <description>Walrus (S3) implementation targeted to the Eucalyptus Community Cloud</description>
diff --git a/providers/gogrid/pom.xml b/providers/gogrid/pom.xml
index f223ee754e..bf843f0153 100644
--- a/providers/gogrid/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/gogrid/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-providers-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
     <artifactId>gogrid</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds GoGrid provider</name>
     <description>ComputeService implementation of GoGrid datacenters</description>
diff --git a/providers/googlestorage/pom.xml b/providers/googlestorage/pom.xml
index 63517bcaf3..47d80db6ac 100644
--- a/providers/googlestorage/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/googlestorage/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-providers-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
     <artifactId>googlestorage</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds Google Storage for Developers provider</name>
     <description>Simple Storage Service (S3) implementation targeted to Google Storage for Developers</description>
diff --git a/providers/scaleup-storage/pom.xml b/providers/scaleup-storage/pom.xml
index d40c45f14b..4068d8597c 100644
--- a/providers/scaleup-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/scaleup-storage/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4.0.0.xsd" >
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-providers-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
     <artifactId>scaleup-storage</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds ScaleUp Cloud Storage provider</name>
     <description>Simple Storage Service (S3) implementation targeted to ScaleUp Cloud Storage</description>
diff --git a/providers/slicehost/pom.xml b/providers/slicehost/pom.xml
index bf945b657d..cd6d9a60a6 100644
--- a/providers/slicehost/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/slicehost/pom.xml
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-providers-project</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
+    <groupId>org.jclouds.provider</groupId>
     <artifactId>slicehost</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds Slicehost provider</name>
     <description>ComputeService implementation of Slicehost datacenters</description>