diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/pom.xml
index 59ac84e41b..1361559e78 100755
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>Maven Assembly Plugin</name>
-  <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
+  <version>2.0-beta-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <developers>
     <developer>
       <id>vsiveton</id>
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
         <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>RELEASE</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/release-pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/release-pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 99a5176f88..0000000000
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/release-pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,125 +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-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-  <name>Maven Assembly Plugin</name>
-  <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-  <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>
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
-        <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>RELEASE</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>xpp3-reader</goal>
-              <goal>xpp3-writer</goal>
-              <goal>java</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <model>src/main/mdo/descriptor.mdo</model>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <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>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-model</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>classworlds</groupId>
-      <artifactId>classworlds</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1-alpha-2</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.2</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>org.apache.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>maven-profile</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-plugin-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-2</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</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0-beta-1</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-</project>
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