diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-install-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-install-plugin/pom.xml
index b5c86176de..aa2d7f05e8 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-install-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-install-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>Maven Install Plugin</name>
-  <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+  <version>2.0-beta-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <inceptionYear>2004</inceptionYear>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-install-plugin/release-pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-install-plugin/release-pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 002a169f96..0000000000
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-install-plugin/release-pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-<project>
-  <parent>
-    <artifactId>maven-plugin-parent</artifactId>
-    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-    <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-  </parent>
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-  <name>Maven Install Plugin</name>
-  <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-  <inceptionYear>2004</inceptionYear>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.3</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-artifact-manager</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>classworlds</groupId>
-      <artifactId>classworlds</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1-alpha-2</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-6</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-profile</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
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