diff --git a/core-java-8/pom.xml b/core-java-8/pom.xml
index 4b52237372..fdb8fa4b6e 100644
--- a/core-java-8/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-8/pom.xml
@@ -141,64 +141,6 @@
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <archiveBaseDirectory>${project.basedir}</archiveBaseDirectory>
-                            <archive>
-                                <manifest>
-                                    <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                                </manifest>
-                            </archive>
-                            <descriptorRefs>
-                                <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-                            </descriptorRefs>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
-                            <transformers>
-                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
-                                    <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                                </transformer>
-                            </transformers>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.jolira</groupId>
-                <artifactId>onejar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                            <attachToBuild>true</attachToBuild>
-                            <filename>${project.build.finalName}-onejar.${project.packaging}</filename>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>one-jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-java-concurrency/pom.xml b/core-java-concurrency/pom.xml
index ae774755b6..9d2bc39d5d 100644
--- a/core-java-concurrency/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-concurrency/pom.xml
@@ -88,79 +88,7 @@
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <archiveBaseDirectory>${project.basedir}</archiveBaseDirectory>
-                            <archive>
-                                <manifest>
-                                    <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                                </manifest>
-                            </archive>
-                            <descriptorRefs>
-                                <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-                            </descriptorRefs>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
-                            <transformers>
-                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
-                                    <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                                </transformer>
-                            </transformers>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.jolira</groupId>
-                <artifactId>onejar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                            <attachToBuild>true</attachToBuild>
-                            <filename>${project.build.finalName}-onejar.${project.packaging}</filename>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>one-jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>repackage</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <classifier>spring-boot</classifier>
-                            <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
+            
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/core-java-sun/pom.xml b/core-java-sun/pom.xml
index 3233fc853e..52842903aa 100644
--- a/core-java-sun/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-sun/pom.xml
@@ -195,79 +195,6 @@
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <archiveBaseDirectory>${project.basedir}</archiveBaseDirectory>
-                            <archive>
-                                <manifest>
-                                    <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                                </manifest>
-                            </archive>
-                            <descriptorRefs>
-                                <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-                            </descriptorRefs>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
-                            <transformers>
-                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
-                                    <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                                </transformer>
-                            </transformers>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.jolira</groupId>
-                <artifactId>onejar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                            <attachToBuild>true</attachToBuild>
-                            <filename>${project.build.finalName}-onejar.${project.packaging}</filename>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>one-jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>repackage</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <classifier>spring-boot</classifier>
-                            <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/ejb/ejb-remote/pom.xml b/ejb/ejb-remote/pom.xml
index d25df0cfc9..fffbbdb1da 100755
--- a/ejb/ejb-remote/pom.xml
+++ b/ejb/ejb-remote/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
                             <port>9990</port>
                             <username>testUser</username>
                             <password>admin1234!</password>
-                            <filename>${build.finalName}.jar</filename>
+                            <filename>${project.build.finalName}.jar</filename>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
diff --git a/java-numbers/pom.xml b/java-numbers/pom.xml
index d1517fa57a..8e8cc9f15e 100644
--- a/java-numbers/pom.xml
+++ b/java-numbers/pom.xml
@@ -115,87 +115,6 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <archiveBaseDirectory>${project.basedir}</archiveBaseDirectory>
-                            <archive>
-                                <manifest>
-                                    <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                                </manifest>
-                            </archive>
-                            <descriptorRefs>
-                                <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-                            </descriptorRefs>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-shade-plugin.version}</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
-                            <transformers>
-                                <transformer
-                                    implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
-                                    <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                                </transformer>
-                            </transformers>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.jolira</groupId>
-                <artifactId>onejar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${onejar-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <mainClass>org.baeldung.executable.ExecutableMavenJar</mainClass>
-                            <attachToBuild>true</attachToBuild>
-                            <filename>${project.build.finalName}-onejar.${project.packaging}</filename>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>one-jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <executable>java</executable>
-                    <mainClass>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</mainClass>
-                    <arguments>
-                        <argument>-Xmx300m</argument>
-                        <argument>-XX:+UseParallelGC</argument>
-                        <argument>-classpath</argument>
-                        <classpath />
-                        <argument>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</argument>
-                    </arguments>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -235,31 +154,6 @@
                             </systemPropertyVariables>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>run-benchmarks</id>
-                                <!-- <phase>integration-test</phase> -->
-                                <phase>none</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>exec</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                                <configuration>
-                                    <classpathScope>test</classpathScope>
-                                    <executable>java</executable>
-                                    <arguments>
-                                        <argument>-classpath</argument>
-                                        <classpath />
-                                        <argument>org.openjdk.jmh.Main</argument>
-                                        <argument>.*</argument>
-                                    </arguments>
-                                </configuration>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
@@ -280,7 +174,5 @@
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.0.2</maven-jar-plugin.version>
-        <onejar-maven-plugin.version>1.4.4</onejar-maven-plugin.version>
-        <maven-shade-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-shade-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 </project>