diff --git a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
index f43e4e0bf1..35ff7637b8 100644
--- a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jclouds-compute-service-archetype</artifactId>
   <name>jclouds Compute service archetype</name>
-  <description>Maven archetype for a provider of a Computer service</description>
+  <description>Maven archetype for a provider of a Compute service</description>
   <packaging>maven-archetype</packaging>
   
   <build>
diff --git a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 818db1d9f4..565a6a195a 100644
--- a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     <groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
     <artifactId>jclouds-${artifactId}</artifactId>
     <name>jclouds ${providerName} compute service</name>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <description>jclouds components to access ${providerName}</description>
 
     <scm>
diff --git a/archetypes/json-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/json-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 5a39109e04..23f43f1ff9 100644
--- a/archetypes/json-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/json-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -1,79 +1,78 @@
-#set( $lcaseClientName = ${clientName.toLowerCase()} )
-#set( $symbol_dollar = '$' )
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-   ${symbol_dollar}HeadURL${symbol_dollar}
-   ${symbol_dollar}Revision${symbol_dollar}
-   ${symbol_dollar}Date${symbol_dollar}
-
-   Copyright (C) 2009 Cloud Conscious, LLC <info@cloudconscious.com>
-
-   ====================================================================
-   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-   or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-   distributed with this work for additional information
-   regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-   to you 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.html 
-
-   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 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">
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
-    <artifactId>jclouds-${artifactId}</artifactId>
-    <name>jclouds ${clientName} core</name>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <description>jclouds components to access ${clientName}</description>
-
-    <scm>
-        <connection>scm:svn:http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/${lcaseClientName}</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/${lcaseClientName}</developerConnection>
-        <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/${lcaseClientName}</url>
-    </scm>
-    <properties>
-        <jclouds.test.user>${clientUser}</jclouds.test.user>
-        <jclouds.test.key>${clientPassword}</jclouds.test.key>
-    </properties>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${symbol_dollar}{project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${symbol_dollar}{project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${symbol_dollar}{project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${symbol_dollar}{project.version}</version>
-            <type>test-jar</type>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>${symbol_dollar}{project.groupId}</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jclouds-log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${symbol_dollar}{project.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-</project>
+#set( $lcaseClientName = ${clientName.toLowerCase()} )
+#set( $symbol_dollar = '$' )
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+   ${symbol_dollar}HeadURL${symbol_dollar}
+   ${symbol_dollar}Revision${symbol_dollar}
+   ${symbol_dollar}Date${symbol_dollar}
+
+   Copyright (C) 2009 Cloud Conscious, LLC <info@cloudconscious.com>
+
+   ====================================================================
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+   or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+   distributed with this work for additional information
+   regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+   to you 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.html 
+
+   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 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">
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jclouds</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jclouds-project</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../project/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
+    <artifactId>jclouds-${artifactId}</artifactId>
+    <name>jclouds ${clientName} core</name>
+    <description>jclouds components to access ${clientName}</description>
+
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:svn:http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/${lcaseClientName}</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/${lcaseClientName}</developerConnection>
+        <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/${lcaseClientName}</url>
+    </scm>
+    <properties>
+        <jclouds.test.user>${clientUser}</jclouds.test.user>
+        <jclouds.test.key>${clientPassword}</jclouds.test.key>
+    </properties>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${symbol_dollar}{project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${symbol_dollar}{project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${symbol_dollar}{project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${symbol_dollar}{project.version}</version>
+            <type>test-jar</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${symbol_dollar}{project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jclouds-log4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${symbol_dollar}{project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>