diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2379cbb07e..2d4f590adc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed 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
+  ~
+  ~ 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">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+    <relativePath>../pom/maven/pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
   <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Maven</name>
@@ -12,16 +36,6 @@
     <system>jira</system>
     <url>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG</url>
   </issueManagement>
-  <ciManagement>
-    <system>continuum</system>
-    <notifiers>
-      <notifier>
-        <configuration>
-          <address>commits@maven.apache.org</address>
-        </configuration>
-      </notifier>
-    </notifiers>
-  </ciManagement>
   <mailingLists>
     <mailingList>
       <name>Maven User List</name>
@@ -48,122 +62,12 @@
       <post>commits@maven.apache.org</post>
       <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-dev</archive>
     </mailingList>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>Apache Announce List</name>
-      <subscribe>announce-subscribe@apache.org</subscribe>
-      <unsubscribe>announce-unsubscribe@apache.org</unsubscribe>
-      <post>announce@apache.org</post>
-      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/</archive>
-    </mailingList>
   </mailingLists>
-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <id>jvanzyl</id>
-      <name>Jason van Zyl</name>
-      <email>jason@maven.org</email>
-      <organization>ASF</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>PMC Chair</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-5</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>brett</id>
-      <name>Brett Porter</name>
-      <email>brett@apache.org</email>
-      <organization>ASF</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>PMC Member</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+10</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>evenisse</id>
-      <name>Emmanuel Venisse</name>
-      <email>emmanuel@maven.org</email>
-      <organization>ASF</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>PMC Member</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>jdcasey</id>
-      <name>John Casey</name>
-      <email>jdcasey@apache.org</email>
-      <organization>ASF</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>PMC Member</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-5</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>kenney</id>
-      <name>Kenney Westerhof</name>
-      <email>kenney@apache.org</email>
-      <organization>Neonics</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>PMC Member</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>trygvis</id>
-      <name>Trygve Laugstol</name>
-      <email>trygvis@apache.org</email>
-      <organization>ASF</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>PMC Member</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>vmassol</id>
-      <name>Vincent Massol</name>
-      <email>vmassol@apache.org</email>
-      <organization>ASF</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>PMC Member</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>vsiveton</id>
-      <name>Vincent Siveton</name>
-      <email>vsiveton@apache.org</email>
-      <organization>ASF</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Committer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-5</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>snicoll</id>
-      <name>Stephane Nicoll</name>
-      <email>snicoll@apache.org</email>
-      <organization>ASF</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>PMC Member</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
-  <licenses>
-    <license>
-      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
-      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
-      <distribution>repo</distribution>
-    </license>
-  </licenses>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/trunk</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/trunk</developerConnection>
     <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/maven/components/trunk</url>
   </scm>
-  <organization>
-    <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>
-    <url>http://www.apache.org/</url>
-  </organization>
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
@@ -198,24 +102,6 @@
     <module>maven-script</module>
     <module>maven-settings</module>
   </modules>
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </releases>
-      <id>snapshots</id>
-      <name>Maven Central Development Repository</name>
-      <url>http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2</url>
-    </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </releases>
-      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
-      <name>Apache Development Repository</name>
-      <url>http://cvs.apache.org/maven-snapshot-repository</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -305,16 +191,6 @@
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
   <distributionManagement>
-    <repository>
-      <id>repo1</id>
-      <name>Maven Central Repository</name>
-      <url>scp://repo1.maven.org/home/projects/maven/repository-staging/to-ibiblio/maven2</url>
-    </repository>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
-      <name>Apache Development Repository</name>
-      <url>scp://minotaur.apache.org/www/cvs.apache.org/maven-snapshot-repository</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
     <site>
       <id>website</id>
       <url>scp://minotaur.apache.org/www/maven.apache.org/ref/${project.version}/</url>