diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index f68b55d770a..1a58bcc20d8 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -65,16 +65,6 @@
 					<skip>true</skip>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<id>default-jar</id>
-						<!-- put the default-jar in the none phase to skip it from being created -->
-						<phase>none</phase>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a02b0dbfe3..98e6be5fed0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -905,6 +905,7 @@
 				<module>hapi-fhir-jpaserver-uhnfhirtest</module>
 				<module>hapi-fhir-android</module>
 				<module>hapi-fhir-dist</module>
+				<module>examples</module>
 			</modules>
 		</profile>
 		<profile>