diff --git a/antcontrib/samples/cargooverssh/build.xml b/antcontrib/samples/cargooverssh/build.xml
index 75fd1444f2..5a07095dc1 100644
--- a/antcontrib/samples/cargooverssh/build.xml
+++ b/antcontrib/samples/cargooverssh/build.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   <typedef resource="org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/antlib.xml" uri="urn:maven-artifact-ant" classpathref="maven-ant-tasks.classpath"/>
 
   <artifact:localRepository id="local.repository" path="${user.home}/.m2/repository"/>
-  <artifact:remoteRepository id="jclouds.repository" url="http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/repo" />
+  <artifact:remoteRepository id="jclouds.repository" url="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2" />
   <artifact:remoteRepository id="jclouds-snapshot.repository" url="https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"/>
 
   <!-- Setup maven so that we can get latest version of jclouds, jclouds, and jruby -->
diff --git a/antcontrib/samples/compute/build.xml b/antcontrib/samples/compute/build.xml
index b4a1dab680..854e60fd53 100644
--- a/antcontrib/samples/compute/build.xml
+++ b/antcontrib/samples/compute/build.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   <typedef resource="org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/antlib.xml" uri="urn:maven-artifact-ant" classpathref="maven-ant-tasks.classpath" />
 
   <artifact:localRepository id="local.repository" path="${user.home}/.m2/repository" />
-  <artifact:remoteRepository id="jclouds.repository" url="http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/repo" />
+  <artifact:remoteRepository id="jclouds.repository" url="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2" />
   <artifact:remoteRepository id="jclouds-snapshot.repository" url="https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" />
 
   <artifact:dependencies pathId="jclouds.classpath">
diff --git a/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml b/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
index 2eb4e7a9b2..61a037591f 100644
--- a/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
@@ -37,13 +37,12 @@
     
     <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
     <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>jclouds-googlecode-deploy</id>
-            <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/repo</url>
-        </repository>
         <repository>
             <id>jclouds-rimu-snapshots-nexus</id>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </releases>            
             <snapshots>
                 <enabled>true</enabled>
             </snapshots>
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 a83017651b..2c319eeaf9 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
@@ -48,13 +48,12 @@
     
     <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
     <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>jclouds-googlecode-deploy</id>
-            <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/repo</url>
-        </repository>
         <repository>
             <id>jclouds-rimu-snapshots-nexus</id>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </releases>
             <snapshots>
                 <enabled>true</enabled>
             </snapshots>
diff --git a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 93829f53f0..8a5ff66f0f 100644
--- a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -48,16 +48,12 @@ $symbol_dollar = '$' )
 
     <!-- bootstrapping: need to fetch the project POM -->
     <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>jclouds-googlecode-deploy</id>
-            <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/repo</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
         <repository>
             <id>jclouds-rimu-snapshots-nexus</id>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </releases>
             <snapshots>
                 <enabled>true</enabled>
             </snapshots>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 920f03e920..88639986d8 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -38,22 +38,6 @@
         <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/trunk</url>
     </scm>
 
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>jersey</id>
-            <url>http://download.java.net/maven/2</url>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>gson</id>
-            <url>http://google-gson.googlecode.com/svn/mavenrepo</url>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>oauth</id>
-            <name>OAuth Repository</name>
-            <url>http://oauth.googlecode.com/svn/code/maven</url>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.oauth.core</groupId>
diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index 526b43a1c8..366b8c7af1 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -77,48 +77,16 @@
     </scm>
 
     <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>jclouds-googlecode-deploy</id>
-            <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/repo</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
         <repository>
             <id>jclouds-rimu-snapshots-nexus</id>
             <url>http://jclouds.rimuhosting.com/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </releases>
             <snapshots>
                 <enabled>true</enabled>
             </snapshots>
         </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>googlecode.java-xmlbuilder</id>
-            <url>http://java-xmlbuilder.googlecode.com/svn/repo</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>clojure</id>
-            <url>http://build.clojure.org/releases</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>clojars.org</id>
-            <url>http://clojars.org/repo</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-github-releases</id>
-            <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/github-releases</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
     </repositories>
 
     <distributionManagement>
@@ -137,12 +105,6 @@
             <url>file://${basedir}/target/dist/site/jclouds-testing/</url>
         </site>
     </distributionManagement>
-    <pluginRepositories>
-        <pluginRepository>
-            <id>jclouds-googlecode-deploy</id>
-            <url>http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/repo</url>
-        </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
 
     <developers>
         <developer>