diff --git a/dependeny-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/pom.xml b/dependeny-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cf1f6d1e1b..0000000000
--- a/dependeny-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <artifactId>core-java-exclusions</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <name>core-java-exclusions</name>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung.dependency-exclusion</groupId>
-        <artifactId>dependency-exclusion</artifactId>
-        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${surefire-version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
-                    <threadCount>1</threadCount>
-                    <properties>
-                        <property>
-                            <name>junit</name>
-                            <value>false</value>
-                        </property>
-                    </properties>
-                </configuration>
-                <dependencies>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <!-- Deactivate JUnit 4.7 engine by overriding it with an empty dummy -->
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
-                        <version>dummy</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                </dependencies>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/dependeny-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/src/test/java/com/sample/project/tests/ExcludeDirectDependencyUnitTest.java b/dependeny-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/src/test/java/com/sample/project/tests/ExcludeDirectDependencyUnitTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ed2400f9ac..0000000000
--- a/dependeny-exclusion/core-java-exclusions/src/test/java/com/sample/project/tests/ExcludeDirectDependencyUnitTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package com.sample.project.tests;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class ExcludeDirectDependencyUnitTest {
-    @Test
-    public void basicUnitTest() {
-        assertTrue(true);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/dependeny-exclusion/dummy-surefire-junit47/pom.xml b/dependeny-exclusion/dummy-surefire-junit47/pom.xml
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index 5859ddbe72..0000000000
--- a/dependeny-exclusion/dummy-surefire-junit47/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
-    <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
-    <version>dummy</version>
-</project>
diff --git a/dependeny-exclusion/pom.xml b/dependeny-exclusion/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ac83cc161a..0000000000
--- a/dependeny-exclusion/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung.dependency-exclusion</groupId>
-    <artifactId>dependency-exclusion</artifactId>
-    <name>dependency-exclusion</name>
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-
-    <properties>
-        <surefire-version>2.22.2</surefire-version>
-    </properties>
-
-    <modules>
-        <module>dummy-surefire-junit47</module>
-        <module>core-java-exclusions</module>
-    </modules>
-
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.7.0</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <source>1.8</source>
-                        <target>1.8</target>
-                        <compilerArgs>
-                            <arg>-parameters</arg>
-                        </compilerArgs>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${surefire-version}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <threadCount>1</threadCount>
-                    </configuration>
-                    <dependencies>
-                        <dependency>
-                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>surefire-junit-platform</artifactId>
-                            <version>${surefire-version}</version>
-                        </dependency>
-                    </dependencies>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-
-    <dependencyManagement>
-        <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>junit</groupId>
-                <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-                <version>4.13</version>
-            </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-    </dependencyManagement>
-
-</project>