diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 447e278d287..c8cc499935d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,14 +40,12 @@
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting</groupId>
-            <artifactId>randomizedtesting-runner</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
             <artifactId>lucene-test-framework</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
             <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
@@ -71,70 +69,10 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
-
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-                <includes>
-                    <include>**/*.properties</include>
-                </includes>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
-
-        <testResources>
-            <testResource>
-                <directory>src/test/java</directory>
-                <includes>
-                    <include>**/*.json</include>
-                    <include>**/*.txt</include>
-                </includes>
-            </testResource>
-            <testResource>
-                <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
-                <includes>
-                    <include>**/*.*</include>
-                </includes>
-            </testResource>
-        </testResources>
-
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting</groupId>
-                <artifactId>junit4-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <!-- we skip surefire to work with randomized testing above -->
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-                    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/releases/</outputDirectory>
-                    <descriptors>
-                        <descriptor>${basedir}/src/main/assemblies/plugin.xml</descriptor>
-                    </descriptors>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>