diff --git a/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml b/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
index 61d63d2..56a015a 100644
--- a/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
+++ b/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,9 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 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>
 
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>com.eclipsesource.minimal-json</groupId>
-    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.9.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
+  <groupId>com.eclipsesource.minimal-json</groupId>
   <artifactId>minimal-json-performancetest</artifactId>
+  <version>0.9.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>minimal-json performance tests</name>
   <description>Performance benchmarks for minimal-json parser</description>
diff --git a/com.eclipsesource.json/pom.xml b/com.eclipsesource.json/pom.xml
index 269ce86..dd129d8 100644
--- a/com.eclipsesource.json/pom.xml
+++ b/com.eclipsesource.json/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,9 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 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>
 
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>com.eclipsesource.minimal-json</groupId>
-    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.9.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
-
+  <groupId>com.eclipsesource.minimal-json</groupId>
   <artifactId>minimal-json</artifactId>
+  <version>0.9.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <name>minimal-json</name>
   <description>A Minimal JSON Parser and Writer</description>
@@ -92,14 +88,6 @@
           </instructions>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <skip>false</skip>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
@@ -143,34 +131,4 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>performRelease</name>
-          <value>true</value>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                <phase>verify</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>sign</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/com.eclipsesource.json/release.sh b/com.eclipsesource.json/release.sh
index 236f2a9..9888976 100755
--- a/com.eclipsesource.json/release.sh
+++ b/com.eclipsesource.json/release.sh
@@ -11,10 +11,21 @@ echo "Build and release ${ID}"
 echo -n "Version: "
 read VERSION
 
-git tag -a -s -m "${VERSION} release" ${VERSION}
+sed -e "s/-SNAPSHOT//; s/HEAD/${VERSION}/" pom.xml > .pom.xml || exit 1
+mv .pom.xml pom.xml || exit 1
+git diff
 
-sed -e "s/-SNAPSHOT//" pom.xml > ${ID}-${VERSION}.pom || exit 1
-mvn -Duser.name="${USER_NAME}" -f ${ID}-${VERSION}.pom clean package || exit 1
+echo "POM rewritten, okay?"
+read
+
+mvn -Duser.name="${USER_NAME}" clean package || exit 1
+
+echo "Ready, okay to tag and upload?"
+read
+
+git tag -a -s -m "${VERSION} release" ${VERSION} || exit 1
+
+cp pom.xml ${ID}-${VERSION}.pom
 
 mvn gpg:sign-and-deploy-file -Durl=${NEXUS_URL} -DrepositoryId=${NEXUS_REPO} -DpomFile=${ID}-${VERSION}.pom -Dfile=target/${ID}-${VERSION}.jar || exit 1
 mvn gpg:sign-and-deploy-file -Durl=${NEXUS_URL} -DrepositoryId=${NEXUS_REPO} -DpomFile=${ID}-${VERSION}.pom -Dfile=target/${ID}-${VERSION}-sources.jar -Dclassifier=sources || exit 1
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ffce7b..d81f6ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,62 +3,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <groupId>com.eclipsesource.minimal-json</groupId>
-  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>build</artifactId>
   <version>0.9.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <name>parent</name>
 
   <modules>
     <module>com.eclipsesource.json</module>
     <module>com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest</module>
   </modules>
 
-  <scm>
-    <url>https://github.com/ralfstx/minimal-json</url>
-    <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:ralfstx/minimal-json.git</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ralfstx/minimal-json.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
-  </scm>
-
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-      <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
-      <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-    </repository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <skip>true</skip>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <!-- needed to enable make gpg signing -->
-            <mavenExecutorId>forked-path</mavenExecutorId>
-            <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
-            <arguments>-Duser.name="@{user.name}"</arguments>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-    </pluginManagement>
-  </build>
-
 </project>