diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
index 5f00cb75ce..8fdfeb482f 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@
   <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>Maven PLUGIN Plugin</name>
-  <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
+  <version>2.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
-  <prerequisites>
-    <maven>2.0-beta-3</maven>
-  </prerequisites>
   <developers>
     <developer>
       <id>vsiveton</id>
@@ -27,21 +24,16 @@
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-plugin-registry</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
       <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-    </dependency>      
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-artifact-manager</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-    </dependency>      
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-registry</artifactId>
       <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -55,6 +47,11 @@
       <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-artifact-manager</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-beanshell</artifactId>
@@ -67,4 +64,4 @@
       <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-</project>
+</project>
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diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/release-pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/release-pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 44fa8825cb..0000000000
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/release-pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,286 +0,0 @@
-<project>
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-  <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-  <name>Maven PLUGIN Plugin</name>
-  <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-  <description>Maven plugin parent</description>
-  <url>http://maven.apache.org/maven2/plugins/maven-plugin-plugin</url>
-  <issueManagement>
-    <system>jira</system>
-    <url>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG</url>
-  </issueManagement>
-  <ciManagement>
-    <system>continuum</system>
-    <notifiers>
-      <notifier>
-        <configuration>
-          <address>dev@maven.apache.org</address>
-        </configuration>
-      </notifier>
-    </notifiers>
-  </ciManagement>
-  <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <id>vsiveton</id>
-      <name>Vincent Siveton</name>
-      <email>vincent.siveton@gmail.com</email>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Java Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-5</timezone>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
-  <scm>
-    <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/trunk/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/trunk/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin</developerConnection>
-    <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/maven/components/trunk/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin</url>
-  </scm>
-  <organization>
-    <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>
-    <url>http://www.apache.org/</url>
-  </organization>
-  <build>
-    <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
-    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
-    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
-    <outputDirectory>target/classes</outputDirectory>
-    <testOutputDirectory>target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
-    <resources>
-      <resource>
-        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-      </resource>
-    </resources>
-    <testResources>
-      <testResource>
-        <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
-      </testResource>
-    </testResources>
-    <directory>target</directory>
-    <finalName>maven-plugin-plugin-2.0-beta-3</finalName>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0-beta-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <tagBase>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/components/tags</tagBase>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <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>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-      <id>central</id>
-      <name>Maven Repository Switchboard</name>
-      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </releases>
-      <id>snapshots</id>
-      <name>Maven Central Plugins Development Repository</name>
-      <url>http://snapshots.maven.codehaus.org/maven2</url>
-    </pluginRepository>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-      <id>central</id>
-      <name>Maven Plugin Repository</name>
-      <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-7</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-beanshell</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-artifact-manager</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.reporting</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-reporting-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>bsh</groupId>
-      <artifactId>bsh</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.0</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-plugin-descriptor</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-java</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-model</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-repository-metadata</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-4</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.reporting</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-reporting-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>oro</groupId>
-      <artifactId>oro</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.7</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>classworlds</groupId>
-      <artifactId>classworlds</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1-alpha-2</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>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-profile</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>qdox</groupId>
-      <artifactId>qdox</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-plugin-registry</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</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-plugin-tools-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-3</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>
-  <reporting>
-    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0-beta-3</version>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </reporting>
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <repository>
-      <id>repo1</id>
-      <name>Maven Central Plugins Repository</name>
-      <url>scp://repo1.maven.org/home/projects/maven/repository-staging/to-ibiblio/maven2</url>
-    </repository>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>snapshots</id>
-      <name>Maven Central Plugins Development Repository</name>
-      <url>scp://repo1.maven.org/home/projects/maven/repository-staging/snapshots/maven2</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-    <site>
-      <id>website</id>
-      <url>scp://minotaur.apache.org/www/maven.apache.org/maven2/plugins/maven-plugin-plugin</url>
-    </site>
-  </distributionManagement>
-</project>
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