diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-clover-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-clover-plugin/pom.xml
index 2faf387c7b..79a8935dd7 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-clover-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-clover-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <artifactId>maven-clover-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>Maven Clover Plugin</name>
-  <version>2.0-alpha-1</version>
+  <version>2.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Maven plugin for Clover</description>
   <inceptionYear>2005</inceptionYear>
   <developers>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-clover-plugin/release-pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-clover-plugin/release-pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f40a781af..0000000000
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-clover-plugin/release-pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +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-clover-plugin</artifactId>
-  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-  <name>Maven Clover Plugin</name>
-  <version>2.0-alpha-1</version>
-  <description>Maven plugin for Clover</description>
-  <inceptionYear>2005</inceptionYear>
-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <id>vmassol</id>
-      <name>Vincent Massol</name>
-      <email>vmassol@apache.org</email>
-      <organization>Apache Software Foundation</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Architect</role>
-        <role>Release Manager</role>
-      </roles>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
-  <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>clover</groupId>
-      <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.9</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>oro</groupId>
-      <artifactId>oro</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.7</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>doxia</groupId>
-      <artifactId>doxia-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>ant</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.5</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-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>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.4</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.reporting</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-reporting-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-1</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.reporting</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-reporting-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>doxia</groupId>
-      <artifactId>doxia-sink-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
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