From 35231d0c19b9df38740538618e4db06209ef8b9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doha2012 <dohae243@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 18:02:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cleanup parent dependencies (#1828)

* upgrade to spring boot 1.5.2

* add full update to REST API

* modify ratings controller

* upgrade herold

* fix integration test

* fix integration test

* minor fix

* fix integration test

* fix integration test

* minor cleanup

* minor cleanup

* remove log4j properties

* use standard logbook.xml

* remove log4j dependencies

* remove commons-logging

* merge

* fix conflict

* exclude commons-logging dependency

* cleanup

* minor fix

* minor fix

* fix dependency issues

* Revert "fix dependency issues"

This reverts commit 83bf1f9fd2e1a9a55f9cacb085669568b06b49ec.

* fix dependency issues

* minor fix

* minor fix

* minor fix

* cleanup generated files

* fix commons-logging issue

* add parent to pom

* cleanup parent dependencies
---
 JGit/pom.xml                                  | 19 ------
 Twitter4J/pom.xml                             |  9 +--
 algorithms/pom.xml                            | 30 +---------
 apache-bval/pom.xml                           | 22 -------
 apache-cxf/pom.xml                            | 20 -------
 apache-fop/pom.xml                            | 57 ------------------
 apache-poi/pom.xml                            | 24 +-------
 apache-solrj/pom.xml                          | 33 -----------
 apache-thrift/pom.xml                         | 18 ------
 apache-velocity/pom.xml                       | 40 +------------
 autovalue/pom.xml                             | 24 --------
 axon/pom.xml                                  | 20 -------
 cdi/pom.xml                                   | 25 --------
 core-java/pom.xml                             | 50 ----------------
 couchbase-sdk/pom.xml                         | 48 +--------------
 deltaspike/pom.xml                            | 19 +-----
 disruptor/pom.xml                             | 43 --------------
 dozer/pom.xml                                 | 30 +---------
 enterprise-patterns/pom.xml                   | 19 ------
 feign/pom.xml                                 | 32 ----------
 flyway/pom.xml                                | 10 ----
 gson/pom.xml                                  | 33 -----------
 guava/pom.xml                                 | 48 ---------------
 guava18/pom.xml                               | 27 ---------
 guava19/pom.xml                               | 26 --------
 guava21/pom.xml                               | 21 -------
 guice/pom.xml                                 | 14 -----
 handling-spring-static-resources/pom.xml      |  4 --
 hazelcast/pom.xml                             | 19 ------
 hbase/pom.xml                                 | 13 ----
 hibernate5/pom.xml                            | 33 -----------
 httpclient/pom.xml                            | 49 ---------------
 immutables/pom.xml                            | 25 +-------
 jackson/pom.xml                               | 47 ---------------
 java-cassandra/pom.xml                        | 53 -----------------
 java-mongodb/pom.xml                          | 28 ---------
 java-websocket/pom.xml                        | 13 ----
 javaslang/pom.xml                             | 31 ----------
 javax-servlets/pom.xml                        | 30 +---------
 javaxval/pom.xml                              |  7 ---
 jaxb/pom.xml                                  | 39 ------------
 jee7/pom.xml                                  | 33 -----------
 jooq/pom.xml                                  | 20 -------
 jpa-storedprocedure/pom.xml                   | 26 --------
 jsf/pom.xml                                   | 27 ---------
 json-path/pom.xml                             | 45 --------------
 json/pom.xml                                  |  8 ---
 jsoup/pom.xml                                 |  9 ---
 kotlin/pom.xml                                |  7 ---
 libraries/pom.xml                             | 27 ---------
 log-mdc/pom.xml                               | 18 ------
 log4j/pom.xml                                 | 27 ---------
 log4j2/pom.xml                                | 36 -----------
 lombok/pom.xml                                | 54 -----------------
 mapstruct/pom.xml                             | 21 -------
 metrics/pom.xml                               | 38 ------------
 mockito/pom.xml                               | 35 -----------
 mockito2/pom.xml                              | 37 +-----------
 mybatis/pom.xml                               |  7 ---
 orika/pom.xml                                 | 36 +----------
 patterns/pom.xml                              | 13 +---
 pdf/pom.xml                                   | 25 +-------
 pom.xml                                       | 49 ++++++++++++++-
 protobuffer/pom.xml                           | 22 -------
 querydsl/pom.xml                              | 35 +----------
 rabbitmq/pom.xml                              | 18 ------
 ratpack/pom.xml                               |  6 --
 reactor-core/pom.xml                          | 41 -------------
 redis/pom.xml                                 | 41 -------------
 rest-assured/pom.xml                          | 56 ------------------
 rest-testing/pom.xml                          | 51 ----------------
 resteasy/pom.xml                              | 29 ---------
 rxjava/pom.xml                                | 35 -----------
 selenium-junit-testng/pom.xml                 | 37 ++----------
 solr/pom.xml                                  | 20 -------
 spring-akka/pom.xml                           | 42 -------------
 spring-amqp/pom.xml                           | 13 ----
 spring-apache-camel/pom.xml                   | 38 ------------
 spring-boot-custom-starter/pom.xml            | 14 -----
 spring-cloud/pom.xml                          |  9 ---
 spring-core/pom.xml                           | 27 ---------
 spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml                 | 42 -------------
 spring-data-couchbase-2/pom.xml               | 48 +--------------
 spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml             | 37 +-----------
 spring-data-gemfire/pom.xml                   | 32 +---------
 spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml                   | 44 --------------
 spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml                     | 30 ----------
 spring-data-redis/pom.xml                     | 27 ---------
 spring-data-solr/pom.xml                      | 27 ---------
 spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml             |  8 ---
 spring-drools/pom.xml                         | 11 ----
 spring-exceptions/pom.xml                     | 38 ------------
 spring-freemarker/pom.xml                     | 26 +-------
 spring-hibernate3/pom.xml                     | 41 -------------
 spring-hibernate4/pom.xml                     | 44 --------------
 spring-hibernate5/pom.xml                     | 40 -------------
 spring-integration/pom.xml                    | 33 -----------
 spring-jersey/pom.xml                         | 41 +------------
 spring-jms/pom.xml                            | 30 +---------
 spring-jooq/pom.xml                           | 43 --------------
 spring-jpa/pom.xml                            | 38 ------------
 spring-ldap/pom.xml                           | 44 +-------------
 spring-mvc-forms/pom.xml                      | 12 ----
 spring-mvc-java/pom.xml                       | 50 +---------------
 spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml                     | 11 ----
 spring-mvc-tiles/pom.xml                      | 10 ----
 spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml                   | 19 ------
 spring-mvc-webflow/pom.xml                    | 53 -----------------
 spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml                        | 49 +--------------
 spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml            | 50 ----------------
 spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml       | 49 ---------------
 spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml             | 46 ---------------
 .../pom.xml                                   | 51 ----------------
 spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml           | 51 +---------------
 spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml       | 52 ----------------
 spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml      | 51 ----------------
 spring-security-rest/pom.xml                  | 49 ---------------
 spring-spel/pom.xml                           | 37 ------------
 spring-state-machine/pom.xml                  | 28 ---------
 spring-thymeleaf/pom.xml                      | 50 ----------------
 spring-userservice/pom.xml                    | 37 ------------
 struts2/pom.xml                               | 13 ----
 testing/pom.xml                               | 24 --------
 testng/pom.xml                                | 34 -----------
 vertx/pom.xml                                 | 35 -----------
 wicket/pom.xml                                | 33 -----------
 xml/pom.xml                                   | 25 +-------
 xmlunit2/pom.xml                              | 34 -----------
 xstream/pom.xml                               | 59 -------------------
 129 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 3939 deletions(-)

diff --git a/JGit/pom.xml b/JGit/pom.xml
index b902cb87a52e..6d505afcf37c 100644
--- a/JGit/pom.xml
+++ b/JGit/pom.xml
@@ -47,24 +47,5 @@
 		<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
 		<version>1.7.21</version>
 	</dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.12</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Twitter4J/pom.xml b/Twitter4J/pom.xml
index 492db6b43e85..ae0efb487f04 100644
--- a/Twitter4J/pom.xml
+++ b/Twitter4J/pom.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 	    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 	    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-	    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 	</properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -28,11 +26,6 @@
     		<artifactId>twitter4j-stream</artifactId>
     		<version>4.0.6</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-		    <groupId>junit</groupId>
-		    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-		    <version>4.12</version>
-		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
     
     <build>
@@ -46,7 +39,7 @@
       		<plugin>
         		<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         		<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        		<version>2.19.1</version>
+        		<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
         		<configuration>
           			<excludes>
             			<exclude>**/ApplicationTest.java</exclude>
diff --git a/algorithms/pom.xml b/algorithms/pom.xml
index 6aa347eb2036..2fa5ba12f8b8 100644
--- a/algorithms/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms/pom.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<properties>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<exec-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
 		<lombok.version>1.16.12</lombok.version>
 		<commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
@@ -25,13 +23,7 @@
             <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-math3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
             <version>${lombok.version}</version>
@@ -47,31 +39,11 @@
 	<build>
 		<pluginManagement>
 			<plugins>
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-					<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-					<configuration>
-						<source>1.8</source>
-						<target>1.8</target>
-					</configuration>
-				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 					<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 					<version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
 				</plugin>
-
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-					<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-					<configuration>
-						<excludes>
-							<exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
-							<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-						</excludes>
-					</configuration>
-				</plugin>
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>
 	</build>
diff --git a/apache-bval/pom.xml b/apache-bval/pom.xml
index df10c042983a..1cc0a33702a2 100644
--- a/apache-bval/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-bval/pom.xml
@@ -26,31 +26,9 @@
 			<artifactId>bval-extras</artifactId>
 			<version>${bval.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
 	<properties>
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<bval.version>1.1.2</bval.version>
 	</properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apache-cxf/pom.xml b/apache-cxf/pom.xml
index b2ae2dab3e0c..37ee279ce20c 100644
--- a/apache-cxf/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-cxf/pom.xml
@@ -20,33 +20,13 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
     <build>
         <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <source>1.8</source>
-                        <target>1.8</target>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/apache-fop/pom.xml b/apache-fop/pom.xml
index 2a610d567588..bb2552ec5bc4 100644
--- a/apache-fop/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-fop/pom.xml
@@ -16,18 +16,6 @@
     <dependencies>
 
         <!-- logging -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -36,14 +24,6 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -131,35 +111,6 @@
                 <filtering>true</filtering>
             </resource>
         </resources>
-
-        <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
-                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-
     </build>
 
     <profiles>
@@ -203,19 +154,11 @@
         <avalon-framework.version>4.3</avalon-framework.version>
         <dbdoclet.version>8.0.2</dbdoclet.version>
         <jtidy.version>r938</jtidy.version>
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apache-poi/pom.xml b/apache-poi/pom.xml
index 127f65bd5fad..a747dc6952bf 100644
--- a/apache-poi/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-poi/pom.xml
@@ -12,33 +12,11 @@
      </parent>
      
     <properties>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <poi.version>3.15</poi.version>
-		<jexcel.version>1.0.6</jexcel.version>
+        <jexcel.version>1.0.6</jexcel.version>
     </properties>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
diff --git a/apache-solrj/pom.xml b/apache-solrj/pom.xml
index 8bed42dccc49..0c7eaababfae 100644
--- a/apache-solrj/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-solrj/pom.xml
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
         <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
      </parent>
-     
-	<properties>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
@@ -24,33 +19,5 @@
 			<artifactId>solr-solrj</artifactId>
 			<version>6.4.0</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
-
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.3.2</version>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-					<excludes>
-						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-						<exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-					</excludes>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apache-thrift/pom.xml b/apache-thrift/pom.xml
index a1a222887dec..271dfeb88f1a 100644
--- a/apache-thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-thrift/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
      
     <properties>
         <java.versin>1.8</java.versin>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <thrift.version>0.10.0</thrift.version>
         <maven-thrift.version>0.1.11</maven-thrift.version>
     </properties>
@@ -33,13 +31,6 @@
             </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
@@ -51,15 +42,6 @@
     <build>
         <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/apache-velocity/pom.xml b/apache-velocity/pom.xml
index d4b773abba2b..593ae6c18872 100644
--- a/apache-velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-velocity/pom.xml
@@ -18,24 +18,13 @@
     <properties>
         <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
-        <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
-        <logback.version>1.0.13</logback.version>
-        <jcl-over-slf4j.version>1.7.5</jcl-over-slf4j.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.httpcomponents.version>4.5.2</org.apache.httpcomponents.version>
         <velocity-version>1.7</velocity-version>
         <velocity-tools-version>2.0</velocity-tools-version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
             <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
@@ -49,12 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${jcl-over-slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
+            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
@@ -78,15 +62,6 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${jdk.version}</source>
-                    <target>${jdk.version}</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -95,19 +70,6 @@
                     <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/autovalue/pom.xml b/autovalue/pom.xml
index 4e7c01004c20..0f75261504a7 100644
--- a/autovalue/pom.xml
+++ b/autovalue/pom.xml
@@ -11,21 +11,6 @@
         <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
      </parent>
-     
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>7</source>
-                    <target>7</target>
-                    <useIncrementalCompilation>false</useIncrementalCompilation>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -33,19 +18,10 @@
             <artifactId>auto-value</artifactId>
             <version>${auto-value.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <auto-value.version>1.3</auto-value.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/axon/pom.xml b/axon/pom.xml
index 2bffa53bb82c..3f9106e0d509 100644
--- a/axon/pom.xml
+++ b/axon/pom.xml
@@ -10,18 +10,6 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <artifactId>axon</artifactId>
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -35,18 +23,10 @@
             <artifactId>axon-core</artifactId>
             <version>${axon.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <axon.version>3.0.2</axon.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cdi/pom.xml b/cdi/pom.xml
index 0807d61ce97e..6b7a360760cc 100644
--- a/cdi/pom.xml
+++ b/cdi/pom.xml
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@
             <version>${weld-se-core.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
@@ -51,23 +45,6 @@
 
     </dependencies>
 
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>integration</id>
@@ -106,8 +83,6 @@
         <spring.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <aspectjweaver.version>1.8.9</aspectjweaver.version>
         <weld-se-core.version>2.4.1.Final</weld-se-core.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java/pom.xml b/core-java/pom.xml
index 597f448c10c0..6f0061833012 100644
--- a/core-java/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java/pom.xml
@@ -80,18 +80,6 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- logging -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -121,13 +109,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -208,28 +189,6 @@
         </resources>
 
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/JdbcTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -376,10 +335,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- marshalling -->
         <jackson.version>2.8.5</jackson.version>
-
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
         
         <!-- mysql -->
         <mysql.version>6.0.6</mysql.version>
@@ -399,15 +354,10 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
         <avaitility.version>1.7.0</avaitility.version>
 
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/couchbase-sdk/pom.xml b/couchbase-sdk/pom.xml
index 0191f271de1b..fb59389fe30a 100644
--- a/couchbase-sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/couchbase-sdk/pom.xml
@@ -47,18 +47,7 @@
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- Logging with SLF4J & LogBack -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
+        <!-- Logging -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -72,12 +61,6 @@
             <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-lang3 -->
         <dependency>
@@ -88,41 +71,12 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${java.version}</source>
-                    <target>${java.version}</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <couchbase.client.version>2.4.0</couchbase.client.version>
         <spring-framework.version>4.3.5.RELEASE</spring-framework.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.8</logback.version>
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.22</org.slf4j.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/deltaspike/pom.xml b/deltaspike/pom.xml
index c32bba36b88a..879330fb09df 100644
--- a/deltaspike/pom.xml
+++ b/deltaspike/pom.xml
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Explicitly declaring the source encoding eliminates the following message: -->
         <!-- [WARNING] Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent! -->
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>
-            UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
         <querydsl.version>3.7.4</querydsl.version>
         <deltaspike.version>1.7.2</deltaspike.version>
 
@@ -41,14 +39,8 @@
         <jboss.bom.version>8.2.2.Final</jboss.bom.version>
 
         <!-- other plugin versions -->
-        <version.compiler.plugin>3.6.0</version.compiler.plugin>
-        <surefire.plugin.version>2.19.1</surefire.plugin.version>
         <war.plugin.version>2.6</war.plugin.version>
         <apt-maven-plugin.version>1.1.3</apt-maven-plugin.version>
-
-        <!-- maven-compiler-plugin -->
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
     </properties>
 
 
@@ -153,13 +145,6 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- Needed for running tests (you may also use TestNG) -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- Optional, but highly recommended -->
         <!-- Arquillian allows you to test enterprise code such as EJBs and Transactional(JTA) JPA from JUnit/TestNG -->
         <dependency>
@@ -259,7 +244,7 @@
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${surefire.plugin.version}</version>
+                        <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <skip>true</skip>
                         </configuration>
diff --git a/disruptor/pom.xml b/disruptor/pom.xml
index 57cb333856ed..25effbb1c9c9 100644
--- a/disruptor/pom.xml
+++ b/disruptor/pom.xml
@@ -31,16 +31,6 @@
 
         <!-- logging -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -56,13 +46,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -89,22 +72,6 @@
 
         <plugins>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -229,25 +196,15 @@
     </profiles>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- util -->
         <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
         <disruptor.version>3.3.6</disruptor.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
         <testng.version>6.10</testng.version>
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
-
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dozer/pom.xml b/dozer/pom.xml
index db4a6ba85c51..ff0014f5f19e 100644
--- a/dozer/pom.xml
+++ b/dozer/pom.xml
@@ -13,32 +13,13 @@
         <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
      </parent>
-     
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>7</source>
-                    <target>7</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -52,21 +33,12 @@
             <artifactId>dozer</artifactId>
             <version>${dozer.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
         <dozer.version>5.5.1</dozer.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/pom.xml b/enterprise-patterns/pom.xml
index 1c895095dca9..1c8f5a1b4d96 100644
--- a/enterprise-patterns/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/pom.xml
@@ -16,23 +16,4 @@
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <source>1.8</source>
-                        <target>1.8</target>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-
-    <properties>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/feign/pom.xml b/feign/pom.xml
index de086a3e4329..0e7a2e38f136 100644
--- a/feign/pom.xml
+++ b/feign/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <feign.version>9.4.0</feign.version>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
         <lombok.version>1.16.12</lombok.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>1.4.2.RELEASE</spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -46,45 +42,17 @@
             <artifactId>feign-slf4j</artifactId>
             <version>${feign.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
             <version>${lombok.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <source>1.8</source>
-                        <target>1.8</target>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/flyway/pom.xml b/flyway/pom.xml
index e72907601d88..900987fc657f 100644
--- a/flyway/pom.xml
+++ b/flyway/pom.xml
@@ -27,20 +27,10 @@
                 <artifactId>flyway-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${flyway-maven-plugin.version}</version>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <properties>
         <mysql.version>6.0.5</mysql.version>
         <flyway-maven-plugin.version>4.0.3</flyway-maven-plugin.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gson/pom.xml b/gson/pom.xml
index 285039f8f65e..7d81dfe65b45 100644
--- a/gson/pom.xml
+++ b/gson/pom.xml
@@ -55,13 +55,6 @@
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -92,27 +85,6 @@
                 <filtering>true</filtering>
             </resource>
         </resources>
-
-        <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-
     </build>
 
     <properties>
@@ -128,13 +100,8 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guava/pom.xml b/guava/pom.xml
index a21b432e9828..a44a0556d243 100644
--- a/guava/pom.xml
+++ b/guava/pom.xml
@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -65,17 +58,6 @@
 
         <!-- logging -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -100,27 +82,6 @@
                 <filtering>true</filtering>
             </resource>
         </resources>
-
-        <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-
     </build>
 
     <properties>
@@ -131,17 +92,8 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
-
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guava18/pom.xml b/guava18/pom.xml
index 34e1677642e7..1a8c08d302dc 100644
--- a/guava18/pom.xml
+++ b/guava18/pom.xml
@@ -19,36 +19,9 @@
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             <version>${guava.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <debug>true</debug>
-                    <optimize>true</optimize>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
-                    <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
     
     <properties>
         <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guava19/pom.xml b/guava19/pom.xml
index 536f809e3bb3..494d3bc7d6b1 100644
--- a/guava19/pom.xml
+++ b/guava19/pom.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
             <version>${guava.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
@@ -34,29 +28,9 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <debug>true</debug>
-                    <optimize>true</optimize>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
-                    <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guava21/pom.xml b/guava21/pom.xml
index b327bd789083..d6e556e4a06c 100644
--- a/guava21/pom.xml
+++ b/guava21/pom.xml
@@ -13,19 +13,6 @@
         <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
      </parent>
-         
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 
     <dependencies>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.guava/guava -->
@@ -34,14 +21,6 @@
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             <version>21.0</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/junit/junit -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
 
diff --git a/guice/pom.xml b/guice/pom.xml
index 942ec33af68a..bb9108396c3d 100644
--- a/guice/pom.xml
+++ b/guice/pom.xml
@@ -19,22 +19,8 @@
             <version>${guice.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <guice.version>4.1.0</guice.version>
     </properties>
     <name>guice</name>
diff --git a/handling-spring-static-resources/pom.xml b/handling-spring-static-resources/pom.xml
index 7cb79252ad24..94941aec9bb5 100644
--- a/handling-spring-static-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/handling-spring-static-resources/pom.xml
@@ -220,10 +220,6 @@
         <!-- marshalling -->
         <jackson.version>2.8.5</jackson.version>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- various 1.3.2-->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <handlebars.version>4.0.6</handlebars.version>
diff --git a/hazelcast/pom.xml b/hazelcast/pom.xml
index a73cc834e6ef..bdc0ac9179f0 100644
--- a/hazelcast/pom.xml
+++ b/hazelcast/pom.xml
@@ -54,30 +54,11 @@
                 <filtering>true</filtering>
             </resource>
         </resources>
-
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
     </build>
 
     <properties>
         <!-- hazelcast -->
         <hazelcast.version>3.7.4</hazelcast.version>
-        
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hbase/pom.xml b/hbase/pom.xml
index c692054f0f88..0a740c264537 100644
--- a/hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase/pom.xml
@@ -10,18 +10,6 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -51,7 +39,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <hbase.version>1.3.0</hbase.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 
diff --git a/hibernate5/pom.xml b/hibernate5/pom.xml
index 32712fba2aa4..63e0799281a3 100644
--- a/hibernate5/pom.xml
+++ b/hibernate5/pom.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<!-- Maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -24,11 +22,6 @@
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
             <version>5.2.9.Final</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
@@ -44,32 +37,6 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
 
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
-                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-
     </build>
     
 </project>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index 9d1c0dc7c161..d2c96dd82cfd 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -81,17 +81,6 @@
 
         <!-- logging -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -101,13 +90,6 @@
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -146,31 +128,6 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
 
-        <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-
     </build>
 
     <profiles>
@@ -209,9 +166,6 @@
     </profiles>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
@@ -221,7 +175,6 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
         <wiremock.version>2.5.1</wiremock.version>
 
@@ -229,8 +182,6 @@
         <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version> <!-- 4.3.6 --> <!-- 4.4-beta1 -->
 
         <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
     </properties>
diff --git a/immutables/pom.xml b/immutables/pom.xml
index 6a3ee0335a8c..bf4d1c6e8859 100644
--- a/immutables/pom.xml
+++ b/immutables/pom.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
             <artifactId>value</artifactId>
             <version>${immutables.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
@@ -39,27 +33,10 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
     
     <properties>
         <immutables.version>2.3.10</immutables.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
-        <mutabilitydetector.version>0.9.6</mutabilitydetector.version>
-        
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <mutabilitydetector.version>0.9.6</mutabilitydetector.version>        
     </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jackson/pom.xml b/jackson/pom.xml
index 77b3a00bee9a..0df53acab8cb 100644
--- a/jackson/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson/pom.xml
@@ -93,13 +93,6 @@
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
@@ -143,17 +136,6 @@
 
         <!-- logging -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -172,36 +154,12 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
 
-        <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-
     </build>
 
     <properties>
         <!-- marshalling -->
         <jackson.version>2.8.7</jackson.version>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
@@ -212,15 +170,10 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
         <rest-assured.version>3.0.1</rest-assured.version>
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
 
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/java-cassandra/pom.xml b/java-cassandra/pom.xml
index 4fbe5f1baf3d..49f4d43701f0 100644
--- a/java-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/java-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -37,58 +37,16 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- logging -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
             <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
             <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> --> <!-- some spring dependencies need to compile against jcl -->
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
         <finalName>java-cassandra</finalName>
-
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
     </build>  
     
     <profiles>
@@ -131,17 +89,6 @@
 
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-
         <!-- Cassandra -->
         <cassandra-driver-core.version>3.1.2</cassandra-driver-core.version>
         <cassandra-unit.version>3.1.1.0</cassandra-unit.version>
diff --git a/java-mongodb/pom.xml b/java-mongodb/pom.xml
index 3ec662996bc9..304d961b0a90 100644
--- a/java-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/java-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@
      
     <dependencies>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>de.flapdoodle.embedmongo</groupId>
             <artifactId>de.flapdoodle.embedmongo</artifactId>
@@ -38,24 +31,6 @@
 
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>integration</id>
@@ -94,11 +69,8 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mongo.version>3.4.1</mongo.version>
         <flapdoodle.version>1.11</flapdoodle.version>
-
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java-websocket/pom.xml b/java-websocket/pom.xml
index a7510d8ae053..402e3057c6d2 100644
--- a/java-websocket/pom.xml
+++ b/java-websocket/pom.xml
@@ -32,17 +32,4 @@
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.5.1</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
 </project>
diff --git a/javaslang/pom.xml b/javaslang/pom.xml
index d32f1e8abf1b..c0228233cfe8 100644
--- a/javaslang/pom.xml
+++ b/javaslang/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
      </parent>
          
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
@@ -40,29 +34,4 @@
         <javaslang.test.version>2.0.5</javaslang.test.version>
     </properties>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/javax-servlets/pom.xml b/javax-servlets/pom.xml
index 71d64b2d43f3..27ddf4d2f552 100644
--- a/javax-servlets/pom.xml
+++ b/javax-servlets/pom.xml
@@ -14,28 +14,7 @@
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
      </parent>    
     
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
+
 
     <dependencies>
 
@@ -44,12 +23,6 @@
             <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
             <version>${javax.servlet.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
@@ -67,7 +40,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <javax.servlet.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <org.apache.httpcomponents.version>4.5.2</org.apache.httpcomponents.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/javaxval/pom.xml b/javaxval/pom.xml
index f551fbb56d4f..8415252dea97 100644
--- a/javaxval/pom.xml
+++ b/javaxval/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <validation-api.version>1.1.0.Final</validation-api.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.4.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <javax.el-api.version>3.0.0</javax.el-api.version>
@@ -21,12 +20,6 @@
          
     <dependencies>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
             <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/jaxb/pom.xml b/jaxb/pom.xml
index f052b2f61696..433825ab43fc 100644
--- a/jaxb/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxb/pom.xml
@@ -39,30 +39,6 @@
 			<version>2.5</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-			<version>${logback.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-			<artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${logback.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
@@ -110,15 +86,6 @@
 		</pluginManagement>
 
 		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
 
 			<!-- xjc -->
 			<plugin>
@@ -164,14 +131,8 @@
 		<!-- jaxb -->
 		<jaxb.version>2.2.11</jaxb.version>
 
-		<!-- logging -->
-		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-		<logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
 		<!-- maven plugins -->
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<jaxb2-maven-plugin.version>2.3</jaxb2-maven-plugin.version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 	</properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jee7/pom.xml b/jee7/pom.xml
index 9eebf36c3cb6..fe7c5e4c1191 100644
--- a/jee7/pom.xml
+++ b/jee7/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
         <java.min.version>1.8</java.min.version>
         <maven.min.version>3.0.0</maven.min.version>
 
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <javaee_api.version>7.0</javaee_api.version>
         <arquillian_core.version>1.1.11.Final</arquillian_core.version>
         <wildfly.version>8.2.1.Final</wildfly.version>
@@ -31,9 +30,7 @@
         <jersey.version>2.25</jersey.version>
         <arquillian-glassfish.version>1.0.0.Final</arquillian-glassfish.version>
 
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <prerequisites>
@@ -67,12 +64,6 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>arquillian-junit-container</artifactId>
@@ -149,16 +140,6 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${java.min.version}</source>
-                    <target>${java.min.version}</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -167,20 +148,6 @@
                     <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/jooq/pom.xml b/jooq/pom.xml
index ef287d029224..c42d66e53882 100644
--- a/jooq/pom.xml
+++ b/jooq/pom.xml
@@ -10,18 +10,6 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -29,18 +17,10 @@
             <artifactId>jool</artifactId>
             <version>${jool.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <jool.version>0.9.12</jool.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jpa-storedprocedure/pom.xml b/jpa-storedprocedure/pom.xml
index 21736a1b6e8f..dcfaeec22220 100644
--- a/jpa-storedprocedure/pom.xml
+++ b/jpa-storedprocedure/pom.xml
@@ -25,14 +25,6 @@
     <build>
         <finalName>JpaStoredProcedure</finalName>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
@@ -42,16 +34,6 @@
                         <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
                     </descriptorRefs>
                 </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>            
         </plugins>
     </build>
@@ -81,14 +63,6 @@
             <version>${mysql.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- Junit Library -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
diff --git a/jsf/pom.xml b/jsf/pom.xml
index a206870f893a..e556f7921578 100644
--- a/jsf/pom.xml
+++ b/jsf/pom.xml
@@ -80,18 +80,6 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- logging -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -101,16 +89,6 @@
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -130,17 +108,12 @@
         <com.sun.faces.version>2.2.14</com.sun.faces.version>
         <javax.el.version>3.0.0</javax.el.version>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!--Tomcat-->
         <javax.servlet.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet.version>
         
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
 
         <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
 
     </properties>
diff --git a/json-path/pom.xml b/json-path/pom.xml
index 8f80149926e3..6757ad050eb9 100644
--- a/json-path/pom.xml
+++ b/json-path/pom.xml
@@ -19,55 +19,10 @@
 			<artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
 			<version>${json-path.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-
-		<!-- Testing -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<!-- Logging -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-			<scope>runtime</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-			<version>${logback.version}</version>
-			<scope>runtime</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
-
 	<properties>
 		<!-- json-path -->
 		<json-path.version>2.2.0</json-path.version>
-
-		<!-- Testing -->
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-
-		<!-- Logging -->
-		<slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
-		<logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-		
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/json/pom.xml b/json/pom.xml
index b8e6348bca1a..1e65e70a59d8 100644
--- a/json/pom.xml
+++ b/json/pom.xml
@@ -31,18 +31,10 @@
             <version>${fastjson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <everit.json.schema.version>1.4.1</everit.json.schema.version>
         <fastjson.version>1.2.21</fastjson.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/jsoup/pom.xml b/jsoup/pom.xml
index 25551cb3d6e1..5bef63012e32 100644
--- a/jsoup/pom.xml
+++ b/jsoup/pom.xml
@@ -14,17 +14,8 @@
             <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
             <version>${jsoup.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-
         <jsoup.version>1.10.2</jsoup.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/kotlin/pom.xml b/kotlin/pom.xml
index 73a5eb0dda06..dfe95b76b7d4 100644
--- a/kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@
             <version>${kotlin-test-junit.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
             <artifactId>kotlin-reflect</artifactId>
@@ -101,7 +95,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <kotlin-maven-plugin.version>1.1.1</kotlin-maven-plugin.version>
         <kotlin-test-junit.version>1.1.1</kotlin-test-junit.version>
         <kotlin-stdlib.version>1.1.1</kotlin-stdlib.version>
diff --git a/libraries/pom.xml b/libraries/pom.xml
index 445a238540e5..1fc3cdd815a5 100644
--- a/libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/pom.xml
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@
     <name>libraries</name>
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -34,17 +26,6 @@
                 </dependencies>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>net.serenity-bdd.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>serenity-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -94,12 +75,6 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-lang.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jasypt</groupId>
             <artifactId>jasypt</artifactId>
@@ -261,7 +236,6 @@
     <properties>
         <cglib.version>3.2.4</cglib.version>
         <commons-lang.version>3.5</commons-lang.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <jasypt.version>1.9.2</jasypt.version>
         <javatuples.version>1.2</javatuples.version>
         <javaassist.version>3.21.0-GA</javaassist.version>
@@ -280,7 +254,6 @@
         <serenity.jbehave.version>1.24.0</serenity.jbehave.version>
         <serenity.jira.version>1.1.3-rc.5</serenity.jira.version>
         <serenity.plugin.version>1.2.5-rc.6</serenity.plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/log-mdc/pom.xml b/log-mdc/pom.xml
index 6c936760f69e..7028bb40329e 100644
--- a/log-mdc/pom.xml
+++ b/log-mdc/pom.xml
@@ -82,13 +82,6 @@
             <artifactId>jboss-logging</artifactId>
             <version>${jbosslogging.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-		
-		<dependency>
-		    <groupId>junit</groupId>
-		    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-		    <version>${junit.version}</version>
-		    <scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
@@ -103,25 +96,14 @@
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
         <log4j2.version>2.7</log4j2.version>
         <disruptor.version>3.3.6</disruptor.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
         <jbosslogging.version>3.3.0.Final</jbosslogging.version>
         <javax.servlet.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet.version>
         <jackson.library>2.8.5</jackson.library>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <source>1.8</source>
-                        <target>1.8</target>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/log4j/pom.xml b/log4j/pom.xml
index 40ed77a665f9..9aa8e58f0ca7 100644
--- a/log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j/pom.xml
@@ -50,40 +50,13 @@
             <artifactId>disruptor</artifactId>
             <version>${disruptor.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!--logback dependencies-->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <debug>true</debug>
-                    <optimize>true</optimize>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
-                    <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 
     <properties>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
         <log4j-api.version>2.7</log4j-api.version>
         <log4j-core.version>2.7</log4j-core.version>
         <disruptor.version>3.3.6</disruptor.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/log4j2/pom.xml b/log4j2/pom.xml
index c348982bcff7..b77f300d59bd 100644
--- a/log4j2/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j2/pom.xml
@@ -54,51 +54,15 @@
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<excludes>
-						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-						<exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
-						<exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
-					</excludes>
-					<testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
 
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
 
 	<properties>
 		<jackson.version>2.8.5</jackson.version>
 		<h2.version>1.4.193</h2.version>
 		<commons-dbcp2.version>2.1.1</commons-dbcp2.version>
 		<log4j-core.version>2.7</log4j-core.version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/lombok/pom.xml b/lombok/pom.xml
index c300e8131a4c..280a8b2db480 100644
--- a/lombok/pom.xml
+++ b/lombok/pom.xml
@@ -35,29 +35,6 @@
             <version>${hibernate-jpa-2.1-api.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!-- test scoped -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -72,22 +49,6 @@
 
         <plugins>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                 <artifactId>lombok-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -129,27 +90,12 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-
         <!-- lombok: https://projectlombok.org/changelog.html -->
         <lombok.version>1.16.12</lombok.version>
 
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-jpa-2.1-api.version>1.0.0.Final</hibernate-jpa-2.1-api.version>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-
         <!-- delombok maven plugin -->
         <delombok-maven-plugin.version>1.16.10.0</delombok-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/mapstruct/pom.xml b/mapstruct/pom.xml
index 7fcfe8fba2f2..67dbd8a2b2d8 100644
--- a/mapstruct/pom.xml
+++ b/mapstruct/pom.xml
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<org.mapstruct.version>1.1.0.Final</org.mapstruct.version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</springframework.version>
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
@@ -28,12 +25,6 @@
 			<artifactId>mapstruct-jdk8</artifactId>
 			<version>${org.mapstruct.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
@@ -65,18 +56,6 @@
 					</annotationProcessorPaths>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-		    
-		    <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>  
     
diff --git a/metrics/pom.xml b/metrics/pom.xml
index 6111ebf30b90..32f8b31e0b86 100644
--- a/metrics/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics/pom.xml
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@
     <properties>
         <dep.ver.metrics>3.1.2</dep.ver.metrics>
         <dep.ver.servlet>3.1.0</dep.ver.servlet>
-        <dep.ver.junit>4.12</dep.ver.junit>
-
-        <maven.compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven.compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -49,39 +44,6 @@
             <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
             <version>${dep.ver.servlet}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${dep.ver.junit}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven.compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/mockito/pom.xml b/mockito/pom.xml
index 57a28bbc4c56..b8520170f2c6 100644
--- a/mockito/pom.xml
+++ b/mockito/pom.xml
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@
 
 		<!-- test scoped -->
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -84,29 +77,6 @@
 			</resource>
 		</resources>
 
-		<plugins>
-
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-                </configuration>
-			</plugin>
-
-		</plugins>
-
 	</build>
 
 	<properties>
@@ -116,14 +86,9 @@
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 		<powermock.version>1.6.6</powermock.version>
 
-		<!-- maven plugins -->
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.18.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-
 	</properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mockito2/pom.xml b/mockito2/pom.xml
index bd987a6c0624..76c00ad862b8 100644
--- a/mockito2/pom.xml
+++ b/mockito2/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
      
     <dependencies>
 			<!-- test scoped -->
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>junit</groupId>
-				<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-				<version>${junit.version}</version>
-				<scope>test</scope>
-			</dependency>
 
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
@@ -31,30 +25,6 @@
 			</dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-								<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-								<configuration>
-									<source>1.8</source>
-									<target>1.8</target>
-								</configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>integration</id>
@@ -94,11 +64,6 @@
 			<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
 			<!-- testing -->
-			<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-	    <mockito.version>2.7.5</mockito.version>
-
-			<!-- maven plugins -->
-			<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-			<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+	                        <mockito.version>2.7.5</mockito.version>
 		</properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/mybatis/pom.xml b/mybatis/pom.xml
index 23a200a3782a..0be07d0599b6 100644
--- a/mybatis/pom.xml
+++ b/mybatis/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
      </parent>
          
     <properties>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <derby.version>10.13.1.1</derby.version>
         <mybatis.version>3.2.2</mybatis.version>
     </properties>
@@ -30,12 +29,6 @@
             <artifactId>mybatis</artifactId>
             <version>${mybatis.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/orika/pom.xml b/orika/pom.xml
index 392488e8c179..24da693587b7 100644
--- a/orika/pom.xml
+++ b/orika/pom.xml
@@ -12,28 +12,17 @@
      </parent>
      
     <properties>
-        <slf4j-api.version>1.7.21</slf4j-api.version>
-        <jcl-over-slf4j.version>1.7.21</jcl-over-slf4j.version>
-        <orika-core.version>1.5.0</orika-core.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <orika-core.version>1.5.0</orika-core.version>        
     </properties>
 
     <name>orika</name>
 
     <dependencies>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j-api.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${jcl-over-slf4j.version}</version>
+            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -42,27 +31,6 @@
             <version>${orika-core.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>7</source>
-                    <target>7</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/patterns/pom.xml b/patterns/pom.xml
index c18b0b3862bb..3df9fc452001 100644
--- a/patterns/pom.xml
+++ b/patterns/pom.xml
@@ -33,15 +33,6 @@
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <source>1.8</source>
-                        <target>1.8</target>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -57,9 +48,7 @@
     </build>
     
     <properties>
-        <javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
-           
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>           
         <maven-war-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-war-plugin.version>
         <jetty-maven-plugin.version>9.4.0.v20161208</jetty-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/pdf/pom.xml b/pdf/pom.xml
index 53232377b519..e1e16624ab73 100644
--- a/pdf/pom.xml
+++ b/pdf/pom.xml
@@ -14,25 +14,16 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<pdfbox-tools.version>2.0.3</pdfbox-tools.version>
 		<pdf2dom.version>1.6</pdf2dom.version>
 		<itextpdf.version>5.5.10</itextpdf.version>
 		<xmlworker.version>5.5.10</xmlworker.version>
 		<poi-scratchpad.version>3.15</poi-scratchpad.version>
 		<batik-transcoder.version>1.8</batik-transcoder.version>
-		<poi-ooxml.version>3.15</poi-ooxml.version>
-		
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+		<poi-ooxml.version>3.15</poi-ooxml.version>		
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pdfbox-tools</artifactId>
@@ -90,19 +81,5 @@
 				<filtering>true</filtering>
 			</resource>
 		</resources>
-
-		<plugins>
-
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-
-		</plugins>
 	</build>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1a42a216365..d04ff99c6a5f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <gib.referenceBranch>refs/heads/master</gib.referenceBranch>
        <!-- <gib.enabled>false</gib.enabled>-->
+        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <!-- logging -->
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
+        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
+        <!-- plugins -->
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>      
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>         
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
@@ -214,6 +221,33 @@
         <module>spring-drools</module>
     </modules>
 
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- logging -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+            <version>${logback.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${logback.version}</version>
+        </dependency>  
+        
+        <!--  test -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>        
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -227,16 +261,29 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>                
                 <configuration>
-
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
+                        <exclude>**/JdbcTest.java</exclude>
+                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
                     </excludes>
                     <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>                
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>            
         </plugins>
         <extensions>
             <!--<extension>
diff --git a/protobuffer/pom.xml b/protobuffer/pom.xml
index 17394716e2e1..5c9175072d21 100644
--- a/protobuffer/pom.xml
+++ b/protobuffer/pom.xml
@@ -17,32 +17,10 @@
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
             <version>${protobuf.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
         <protobuf.version>3.2.0</protobuf.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/querydsl/pom.xml b/querydsl/pom.xml
index a3195d2d6db6..756160e5ba0c 100644
--- a/querydsl/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <spring.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.2.5.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-jpa.version>1.0.0.Final</hibernate-jpa.version>
@@ -30,12 +29,7 @@
         <commons-pool.version>1.6</commons-pool.version>
         <commons-dbcp.version>1.4</commons-dbcp.version>
         
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-        
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <apt-maven-plugin.version>1.1.3</apt-maven-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>        
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -134,25 +128,12 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Logging -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- Test Dependencies -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 
@@ -188,20 +169,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
-                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            
         </plugins>
     </build>
     
diff --git a/rabbitmq/pom.xml b/rabbitmq/pom.xml
index 470a59de50f8..41470d50d018 100644
--- a/rabbitmq/pom.xml
+++ b/rabbitmq/pom.xml
@@ -23,27 +23,9 @@
             <version>3.6.6</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <source>1.8</source>
-                        <target>1.8</target>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ratpack/pom.xml b/ratpack/pom.xml
index 0bee03643812..8681f5fc1065 100644
--- a/ratpack/pom.xml
+++ b/ratpack/pom.xml
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@
         <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
         <version>1.4.193</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>junit</groupId>
-        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        <version>4.12</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/reactor-core/pom.xml b/reactor-core/pom.xml
index 1fb8521d7b46..6efa2ea533a7 100644
--- a/reactor-core/pom.xml
+++ b/reactor-core/pom.xml
@@ -11,30 +11,6 @@
         <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
      </parent>
-     
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 
     <dependencies>
 
@@ -44,13 +20,6 @@
             <version>${reactor-core.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
@@ -58,21 +27,11 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <reactor-core.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</reactor-core.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
-
-
 </project>
diff --git a/redis/pom.xml b/redis/pom.xml
index 6dea38d36230..3e46ca6ff12b 100644
--- a/redis/pom.xml
+++ b/redis/pom.xml
@@ -34,53 +34,12 @@
             <artifactId>redisson</artifactId>
             <version>3.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <source>1.8</source>
-                        <target>1.8</target>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <excludes>
-                            <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
-                            <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
-                        </excludes>
-                        <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <jedis.version>2.9.0</jedis.version>
         <embedded-redis.version>0.6</embedded-redis.version>
-
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/rest-assured/pom.xml b/rest-assured/pom.xml
index 1ac3e07eacb3..518f7b07f2cf 100644
--- a/rest-assured/pom.xml
+++ b/rest-assured/pom.xml
@@ -59,24 +59,6 @@
             <version>${jetty.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
@@ -185,12 +167,6 @@
             <artifactId>json-schema-core</artifactId>
             <version>${json-schema-core.version}</version>       
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
@@ -205,31 +181,6 @@
 
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>8</source>
-                    <target>8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>            
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
 
     <profiles>
         <profile>
@@ -276,9 +227,6 @@
         <servlet-api.version>2.5</servlet-api.version>
         <javax.mail.version>1.4.7</javax.mail.version>        
         <jetty.version>9.4.0.v20161208</jetty.version>
-        
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
 
         
         <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>        
@@ -301,10 +249,6 @@
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
         <rest-assured.version>3.0.1</rest-assured.version>
         <rest-assured-json-schema-validator.version>3.0.1</rest-assured-json-schema-validator.version>        
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/rest-testing/pom.xml b/rest-testing/pom.xml
index ab9a063e94a3..4e155173d88c 100644
--- a/rest-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/rest-testing/pom.xml
@@ -63,18 +63,6 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- logging -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -84,13 +72,6 @@
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -146,32 +127,6 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
 
-        <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-
     </build>
 
     <profiles>
@@ -214,10 +169,6 @@
         <!-- marshalling -->
         <jackson.version>2.8.5</jackson.version>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
@@ -237,9 +188,7 @@
         <jbehave.version>4.1</jbehave.version>
 
         <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/resteasy/pom.xml b/resteasy/pom.xml
index 7b2e499f022f..a492c69f155c 100644
--- a/resteasy/pom.xml
+++ b/resteasy/pom.xml
@@ -16,35 +16,13 @@
      
 	<properties>
 		<resteasy.version>3.0.19.Final</resteasy.version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>        		
 	</properties>
 
 	<build>
 		<finalName>RestEasyTutorial</finalName>
 		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>                
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -102,13 +80,6 @@
 			<version>${resteasy.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- Junit Library -->
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
diff --git a/rxjava/pom.xml b/rxjava/pom.xml
index 8b5537a6937e..716033e60039 100644
--- a/rxjava/pom.xml
+++ b/rxjava/pom.xml
@@ -14,56 +14,21 @@
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
      </parent>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
-                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.reactivex</groupId>
             <artifactId>rxjava</artifactId>
             <version>${rx.java.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
             <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <rx.java.version>1.2.5</rx.java.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/selenium-junit-testng/pom.xml b/selenium-junit-testng/pom.xml
index 302e1db75066..d5e3c18ef24f 100644
--- a/selenium-junit-testng/pom.xml
+++ b/selenium-junit-testng/pom.xml
@@ -13,29 +13,6 @@
          
     <build>
         <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-                    <includes>
-                        <include>**/*UnitTest.java</include>
-                    </includes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables></systemPropertyVariables>
-                    <testFailureIgnore>false</testFailureIgnore>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
     </build>
     <profiles>
         <profile>
@@ -70,24 +47,20 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
             <version>${testng.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit.version}</version>
+        </dependency>        
     </dependencies>
     
     <properties>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <testng.version>6.10</testng.version>
         <selenium-java.version>3.0.1</selenium-java.version>
-        
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/solr/pom.xml b/solr/pom.xml
index 8388320595d3..7d46f1e1faaa 100644
--- a/solr/pom.xml
+++ b/solr/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
      
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -34,23 +33,4 @@
 
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-akka/pom.xml b/spring-akka/pom.xml
index 9a046a169913..21f1b65ef137 100644
--- a/spring-akka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-akka/pom.xml
@@ -32,13 +32,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -56,36 +49,6 @@
         </dependencies>
 
     </dependencyManagement>
-
-    <build>
-
-        <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
-                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>  
     
     <profiles>
         <profile>
@@ -125,11 +88,6 @@
     <properties>
         <spring.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <akka.version>2.4.14</akka.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-amqp/pom.xml b/spring-amqp/pom.xml
index 0aa827237bdc..c9305b2ec842 100755
--- a/spring-amqp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-amqp/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
      
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -37,17 +36,5 @@
 
 	<build>
 		<finalName>springamqp</finalName>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-					<verbose>true</verbose>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
 	</build>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-apache-camel/pom.xml b/spring-apache-camel/pom.xml
index 49d3877d9d2d..7934d6af7c44 100644
--- a/spring-apache-camel/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-apache-camel/pom.xml
@@ -17,20 +17,11 @@
 	<properties>
 		<env.camel.version>2.18.1</env.camel.version>
 		<env.spring.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</env.spring.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
 			<artifactId>camel-core</artifactId>
@@ -68,34 +59,5 @@
 
 	</dependencies>
 
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<verbose>true</verbose>
-					<fork>true</fork>
-					<compilerVersion>${java.version}</compilerVersion>
-					<source>${java.version}</source>
-					<target>${java.version}</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<excludes>
-						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-					</excludes>
-					<systemPropertyVariables>
-						<!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-					</systemPropertyVariables>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
-
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-custom-starter/pom.xml b/spring-boot-custom-starter/pom.xml
index 2d5386642520..cc9724bad1fc 100644
--- a/spring-boot-custom-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-custom-starter/pom.xml
@@ -23,18 +23,4 @@
         <module>greeter-spring-boot-sample-app</module>
     </modules>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/pom.xml
index 6d53b24647cb..79e89a72b3ec 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/pom.xml
@@ -43,15 +43,6 @@
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <source>1.8</source>
-                        <target>1.8</target>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-core/pom.xml b/spring-core/pom.xml
index 938cc3cd6dca..e4e5620a174c 100644
--- a/spring-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-core/pom.xml
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@
             <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
             <version>${javax.inject.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
@@ -66,27 +60,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
-
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -139,7 +113,6 @@
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
         <spring.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
         <lombok.version>1.16.12</lombok.version>
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml b/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
index 23fe5b2e2d18..9b89f98d674b 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 		<org.springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
 		<org.springframework.data.version>1.3.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.data.version>
 
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
 		<logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
 		<cassandra-driver-core.version>2.1.5</cassandra-driver-core.version>
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@
 		<cassandra-unit-shaded.version>2.1.9.2</cassandra-unit-shaded.version>
 		<hector-core.version>2.0-0</hector-core.version>
 		<guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -50,12 +47,6 @@
 		                </exclusion>
 		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
@@ -97,45 +88,12 @@
 			<version>${cassandra-driver-core.version}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-			<version>${logback.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
 			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<excludes>
-						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-						<exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-					</excludes>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
 
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
diff --git a/spring-data-couchbase-2/pom.xml b/spring-data-couchbase-2/pom.xml
index fbd2934fad21..2efe2e3b14ef 100644
--- a/spring-data-couchbase-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-couchbase-2/pom.xml
@@ -51,18 +51,7 @@
 			<version>${joda-time.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- Logging with SLF4J & LogBack -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-			<version>${logback.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
+		<!-- Logging -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -76,38 +65,8 @@
 			<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<excludes>
-						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-						<exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-					</excludes>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
-
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -115,11 +74,6 @@
 		<spring-data-couchbase.version>2.1.5.RELEASE</spring-data-couchbase.version>
 		<hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 		<joda-time.version>2.9.6</joda-time.version>
-		<logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 585fd38b2a93..9a231f8486a2 100644
--- a/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -22,13 +22,9 @@
 		
 		<org.springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
         <spring-data-elasticsearch.version>2.0.5.RELEASE</spring-data-elasticsearch.version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-		<logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
 		<jna.version>4.2.2</jna.version>
 		<elasticsearch.version>2.4.2</elasticsearch.version>
 		<fastjson.version>1.2.21</fastjson.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>        
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -48,13 +44,7 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-data-elasticsearch</artifactId>
 			<version>${spring-data-elasticsearch.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
+	
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
@@ -68,16 +58,6 @@
 		    <scope>test</scope> 
 		</dependency> 
 		
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-			<version>${logback.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -96,21 +76,6 @@
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	
-	<build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 
     <profiles>
         <profile>
diff --git a/spring-data-gemfire/pom.xml b/spring-data-gemfire/pom.xml
index 8dfe7acfcf88..e9db8aaef37a 100644
--- a/spring-data-gemfire/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-gemfire/pom.xml
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@
      </parent>
          
     <properties>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <spring-data-gemfire-version>1.7.4.RELEASE</spring-data-gemfire-version>
         <gemfire-version>7.0.1</gemfire-version>
         <google-collections-version>1.0</google-collections-version>
-        <junit-version>4.12</junit-version>
         <hamcrest-library-version>1.3</hamcrest-library-version>
         <spring-context-version>4.3.0.RELEASE</spring-context-version>
         <spring-test-version>4.3.0.RELEASE</spring-test-version>
@@ -44,19 +42,7 @@
             <artifactId>google-collections</artifactId>
             <version>${google-collections-version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit-version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
+        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
@@ -82,22 +68,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-
-    </build>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
             <id>spring-snapshots</id>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index e8587a93dde3..318264d3d9f8 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@
             </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -62,18 +55,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -111,25 +92,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -176,15 +138,9 @@
         <org.springframework.data.version>1.9.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.data.version>
 
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
         <querydsl.version>4.1.4</querydsl.version>
         <mysema.maven.version>1.1.3</mysema.maven.version>
-
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
index e2c3dc0c1c9c..655ef4c8028c 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
@@ -103,12 +103,6 @@
             <version>${neo4j.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
@@ -122,26 +116,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>integration</id>
@@ -191,10 +165,6 @@
         <spring-boot.version>1.4.3.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <spring-test.version>4.3.5.RELEASE</spring-test.version>
         <neo4j-ogm.version>2.1.1</neo4j-ogm.version>
-
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-data-redis/pom.xml b/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
index 68a8238eea36..48676f729636 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
         <spring-data-redis>1.8.1.RELEASE</spring-data-redis>
         <cglib.version>3.2.4</cglib.version>       
         <jedis.version>2.9.0</jedis.version> 
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <nosqlunit.version>0.10.0</nosqlunit.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>        
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -62,13 +60,6 @@
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
@@ -83,22 +74,4 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
    
-   <build> 
-      <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-
-    </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-data-solr/pom.xml b/spring-data-solr/pom.xml
index df6e58c26236..9516f0c1d165 100644
--- a/spring-data-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-solr/pom.xml
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <spring.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <spring-data-solr.version>2.0.5.RELEASE</spring-data-solr.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -44,12 +42,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
@@ -58,23 +50,4 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml b/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml
index 66613b726be0..f30a13c6e269 100644
--- a/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml
@@ -71,14 +71,6 @@
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <source>1.8</source>
-                        <target>1.8</target>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
                     <artifactId>tomcat8-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-drools/pom.xml b/spring-drools/pom.xml
index 780f94e9f2a6..6d9b821196ac 100644
--- a/spring-drools/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-drools/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
         <http-component-version>4.0-alpha6</http-component-version>
         <drools-version>7.0.0.CR1</drools-version>
         <apache-poi-version>3.13</apache-poi-version>
-        <surefire-plugin-version>2.19.1</surefire-plugin-version>
     </properties>
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
@@ -122,16 +121,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${surefire-plugin-version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
index 7ffad856d42b..e9caa4a11bcd 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -121,13 +121,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -187,16 +180,6 @@
 
         <plugins>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -206,20 +189,6 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
 
     </build>
@@ -237,10 +206,6 @@
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>7.0.73</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <derby.version>10.13.1.1</derby.version>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
@@ -252,7 +217,6 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
@@ -261,9 +225,7 @@
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
         <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-freemarker/pom.xml b/spring-freemarker/pom.xml
index 5833a21f1075..92b0ee8b358d 100644
--- a/spring-freemarker/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-freemarker/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@
 		<jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
 		<spring.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
 		<freemarker.version>2.3.23</freemarker.version>
-		<logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-		<jcl.slf4j.version>1.7.21</jcl.slf4j.version>
 		<servletapi.version>3.1.0</servletapi.version>
 		<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -48,13 +45,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-			<version>${jcl.slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-			<version>${logback.version}</version>
+			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- compile only, deployed container will provide this -->
@@ -75,19 +66,4 @@
 
 	</dependencies>
 
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>${jdk.version}</source>
-					<target>${jdk.version}</target>
-					<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
index 5fa309d8dfd7..7370c5be34cd 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
@@ -83,13 +83,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -121,33 +114,6 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
 
-        <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude> 
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-
     </build>
 
     <profiles>
@@ -197,10 +163,6 @@
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>7.0.73</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.193</h2.version>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 
@@ -210,7 +172,6 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
@@ -219,8 +180,6 @@
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
         <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
index 229fd4e037a2..3f92eba519d7 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
@@ -113,13 +113,6 @@
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
@@ -135,13 +128,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
@@ -176,29 +162,6 @@
 
         <plugins>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
 
         </plugins>
 
@@ -217,10 +180,6 @@
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>8.5.8</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <jta.version>1.1</jta.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.version>
-
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
         
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
@@ -232,7 +191,6 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
         <httpcore.version>4.4.1</httpcore.version>
@@ -241,8 +199,6 @@
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
         <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
         <!-- <hibernate4-maven-plugin.version>1.1.0</hibernate4-maven-plugin.version> -->
diff --git a/spring-hibernate5/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate5/pom.xml
index 3cda8e7bc17c..a7f160e8085f 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate5/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate5/pom.xml
@@ -113,13 +113,6 @@
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
@@ -173,34 +166,6 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
 
-        <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-
     </build>
 
     <properties>
@@ -216,10 +181,6 @@
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>8.5.11</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <jta.version>1.1</jta.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.version>
-
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
         
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.4.0.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
@@ -231,7 +192,6 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>2.6.8</mockito.version>
 
         <httpcore.version>4.4.1</httpcore.version>
diff --git a/spring-integration/pom.xml b/spring-integration/pom.xml
index 27414645511c..8ff7bf4e8e33 100644
--- a/spring-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-integration/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@
         <spring-social.version>1.1.4.RELEASE</spring-social.version>
         <javax-mail.version>1.4.7</javax-mail.version>
         <javax-activation.version>1.1.1</javax-activation.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 
         <maven-eclipse-plugin.version>2.10</maven-eclipse-plugin.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>        
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -54,18 +51,6 @@
                     <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                    <compilerArgument>-Xlint:all</compilerArgument>
-                    <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-                    <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -74,30 +59,12 @@
                     <mainClass>com.baeldung.samples.Main</mainClass>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
     <dependencies>
 
         <!-- Testing -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-integration-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-jersey/pom.xml b/spring-jersey/pom.xml
index a314b94c72e3..4cf09e99913d 100644
--- a/spring-jersey/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jersey/pom.xml
@@ -16,13 +16,8 @@
      
     <properties>
         <jersey.version>2.25.1</jersey.version>
-        <jcl.slf4j.version>1.7.22</jcl.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.8</logback.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
         <servlet-api-version>3.1.0</servlet-api-version>
@@ -31,14 +26,6 @@
     <build>
         <finalName>spring-jersey</finalName>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
@@ -46,19 +33,6 @@
                     <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
-                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
@@ -124,14 +98,9 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${jcl.slf4j.version}</version>
+            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
 
         <!-- http client -->
 
@@ -155,14 +124,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- junit -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/spring-jms/pom.xml b/spring-jms/pom.xml
index f759431a729c..df59b034513b 100644
--- a/spring-jms/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jms/pom.xml
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</springframework.version>
 		<activemq.version>5.14.1</activemq.version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-		
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
+		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>		
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -42,26 +39,11 @@
 			<artifactId>activemq-all</artifactId>
 			<version>${activemq.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
 		<pluginManagement>
 			<plugins>
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-					<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-					<configuration>
-						<source>1.8</source>
-						<target>1.8</target>
-					</configuration>
-				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -74,16 +56,6 @@
 				</plugin>
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
 		<finalName>spring-jms</finalName>
 	</build>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-jooq/pom.xml b/spring-jooq/pom.xml
index 79d34e87f1a5..84367151de67 100644
--- a/spring-jooq/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jooq/pom.xml
@@ -57,24 +57,7 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jooq</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- Logging -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- Testing -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
@@ -166,27 +149,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
@@ -262,12 +224,7 @@
         <org.jooq.version>3.8.6</org.jooq.version>
         <com.h2database.version>1.4.193</com.h2database.version>
         <org.springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <ch.qos.logback.version>1.1.7</ch.qos.logback.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <lifecycle-mapping.version>1.0.0</lifecycle-mapping.version>
         <sql-maven-plugin.version>1.5</sql-maven-plugin.version>
         <properties-maven-plugin.version>1.0.0</properties-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-jpa/pom.xml b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
index 1668ce80627c..6d7228602829 100644
--- a/spring-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -128,13 +128,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -167,16 +160,6 @@
         </resources>
 
         <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -188,20 +171,6 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
 
     </build>
@@ -221,10 +190,6 @@
         <javax.servlet.jstl.version>1.2</javax.servlet.jstl.version>
         <javax.servlet.servlet-api.version>2.5</javax.servlet.servlet-api.version>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <xml-apis.version>1.4.01</xml-apis.version>
@@ -236,7 +201,6 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
@@ -245,8 +209,6 @@
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
         <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-ldap/pom.xml b/spring-ldap/pom.xml
index 91dbefa56003..db9c2160fa10 100644
--- a/spring-ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ldap/pom.xml
@@ -15,12 +15,7 @@
      </parent>
      
     <properties>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <spring-ldap.version>2.3.1.RELEASE</spring-ldap.version>
-        <jcl.slf4j.version>1.7.22</jcl.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.8</logback.version>
         <spring-context.version>4.3.6.RELEASE</spring-context.version>
         <apacheds.version>1.5.5</apacheds.version>
         <shared-ldap.version>0.9.15</shared-ldap.version>
@@ -29,28 +24,6 @@
 
     <build>
         <finalName>spring-ldap</finalName>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
     </build>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -70,13 +43,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${jcl.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
+            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
@@ -85,14 +52,7 @@
         </dependency>
 
 
-        <!-- junit -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
+        <!-- test -->
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-forms/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-forms/pom.xml
index 64d63d596d46..5918d13a904e 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-forms/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-forms/pom.xml
@@ -77,16 +77,6 @@
                 <pluginManagement>
                     <plugins>
 
-                        <plugin>
-                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                            <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                            <configuration>
-                                <source>${maven-compiler-plugin.source}</source>
-                                <target>${maven-compiler-plugin.source}</target>
-                            </configuration>
-                        </plugin>
-
                         <plugin>
                             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                             <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -112,8 +102,6 @@
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
         <javax.servlet.jsp-api.version>2.3.1</javax.servlet.jsp-api.version>
         <javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.source>1.8</maven-compiler-plugin.source>
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.4.0.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <deploy-path>enter-location-of-server</deploy-path>
 		<fileupload.version>1.3.2</fileupload.version>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index c6333729f5b6..632012b00f1a 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -111,17 +111,6 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- logging -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -130,12 +119,6 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -207,15 +190,6 @@
         </resources>
 
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -230,22 +204,7 @@
                     <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
+            
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -372,10 +331,6 @@
         <hibernate.version>5.2.5.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.40</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.4.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
@@ -389,7 +344,6 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
@@ -397,9 +351,7 @@
         <net.sourceforge.htmlunit>2.23</net.sourceforge.htmlunit>
 
         <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml
index 276cfa758e36..a1353fa6ade0 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@
      
 	<properties>
 		<springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</springframework.version>
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
 		<jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
         <javax.servlet.jsp-api.version>2.3.1</javax.servlet.jsp-api.version>
         <javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.source>1.8</maven-compiler-plugin.source>
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <deploy-path>enter-location-of-server</deploy-path>
 		<fileupload.version>1.3.2</fileupload.version>
@@ -85,15 +83,6 @@
 	<build>
 		<pluginManagement>
 			<plugins>
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-					<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-					<configuration>
-						<source>1.7</source>
-						<target>1.7</target>
-					</configuration>
-				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-tiles/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-tiles/pom.xml
index 187ac042e9be..2f7bd24eac55 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-tiles/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-tiles/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 		<javax.servlet.jsp-api.version>2.3.1</javax.servlet.jsp-api.version>
 		<jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
 
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
 
@@ -77,15 +76,6 @@
 	<build>
 		<pluginManagement>
 			<plugins>
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-					<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-					<configuration>
-						<source>1.8</source>
-						<target>1.8</target>
-					</configuration>
-				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
index 6feb5a7c704b..3ee658f241a6 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
@@ -68,13 +68,6 @@
 		
 		<!-- test scoped -->
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -126,15 +119,6 @@
 		</resources>
 
 		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
 
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -206,7 +190,6 @@
 		
        		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 		<powermock.version>1.6.6</powermock.version>
 
@@ -219,9 +202,7 @@
 		<rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-webflow/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-webflow/pom.xml
index 87768c8b71ef..315162a01be4 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-webflow/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-webflow/pom.xml
@@ -50,19 +50,6 @@
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -77,13 +64,6 @@
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -116,17 +96,6 @@
         </resources>
 
         <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -135,21 +104,6 @@
                     <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <!-- <exclude>**/*ProductionTest.java</exclude> -->
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
 
     </build>
@@ -161,13 +115,8 @@
         <!-- Spring Web Flow-->
         <spring.webflow>2.4.4.RELEASE</spring.webflow>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
         <javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
@@ -179,9 +128,7 @@
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
index 866d032f22fb..75a9577022e3 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
@@ -59,17 +59,7 @@
 
         <!-- logging -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -79,13 +69,6 @@
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -146,15 +129,6 @@
         </resources>
 
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -162,20 +136,6 @@
                 <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
             </plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
 
     </build>
@@ -193,10 +153,6 @@
         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version> <!-- do not upgrade - see http://jira.qos.ch/browse/LOGBACK-851 -->
-
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
@@ -211,15 +167,12 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
index de7c61c84245..56ac8babc638 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
@@ -113,18 +113,6 @@
         <!-- </dependency> -->
 
         <!-- logging -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -134,13 +122,6 @@
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -174,36 +155,12 @@
 
         <plugins>
 
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-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
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-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
             </plugin>
 
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-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <!-- <exclude>**/*ProductionTest.java</exclude> -->
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -238,10 +195,6 @@
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         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.40</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
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@@ -253,7 +206,6 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
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@@ -262,9 +214,7 @@
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
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         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
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         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
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diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml
index 34cf94f1f98e..7bd3372ddd9b 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-digest-auth/pom.xml
@@ -109,17 +109,6 @@
 
         <!-- logging -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -129,13 +118,6 @@
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
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-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -169,36 +151,12 @@
 
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             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
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             </plugin>
 
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-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
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-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <!-- <exclude>**/*ProductionTest.java</exclude> -->
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
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-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -233,10 +191,6 @@
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-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
@@ -248,7 +202,6 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
@@ -257,9 +210,7 @@
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
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         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
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diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
index 158460e5096c..0a67ec2a5523 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-login/pom.xml
@@ -105,18 +105,6 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- logging -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
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         <!-- test scoped -->
 
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-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
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-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
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         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
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             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -240,10 +200,6 @@
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-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <javax.servlet.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet.version>
@@ -255,7 +211,6 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
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-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
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         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
@@ -264,7 +219,6 @@
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diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-persisted-remember-me/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-persisted-remember-me/pom.xml
index a2ebe0568849..27b42a9a0b46 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-persisted-remember-me/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-persisted-remember-me/pom.xml
@@ -143,18 +143,6 @@
 		<!-- </dependency> -->
 
 		<!-- logging -->
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-			<version>${logback.version}</version>
-			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -164,13 +152,6 @@
 		
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-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
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 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
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-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
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-						<!-- <exclude>**/*ProductionTest.java</exclude> -->
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-						<!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
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 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
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 		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.40</mysql-connector-java.version>
 		<h2.version>1.4.193</h2.version>
 		<postgresql.version>9.4.1212</postgresql.version>
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-
-		<!-- logging -->
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 		<!-- various -->
 		<hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
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 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
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 		<mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
 		<httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
@@ -295,9 +246,7 @@
 		<rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
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 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
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diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml
index 4856e52a591f..2ba502414972 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml
@@ -113,18 +113,7 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- logging -->
-
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-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
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         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -134,13 +123,6 @@
 
         <!-- test scoped -->
 
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-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -174,36 +156,12 @@
 
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-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
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             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
             </plugin>
 
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-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <!-- <exclude>**/*ProductionTest.java</exclude> -->
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
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-                </configuration>
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-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -238,10 +196,6 @@
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-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <codahale.metrics.version>3.0.2</codahale.metrics.version>
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         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
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@@ -263,9 +216,7 @@
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
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         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
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diff --git a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
index 686a329f9b94..3db1d98b183e 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
@@ -161,17 +161,6 @@
 
         <!-- logging -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
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             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
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-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -228,39 +210,12 @@
 
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-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
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                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
             </plugin>
 
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-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
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-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
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-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
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-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
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-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version> <!-- do not upgrade - see http://jira.qos.ch/browse/LOGBACK-851 -->
-
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
@@ -370,15 +321,12 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
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diff --git a/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml
index cd7292f7ff70..4c2d6cadcd0d 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest-digest-auth/pom.xml
@@ -155,17 +155,6 @@
 
         <!-- logging -->
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
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-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-            <!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
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             <scope>test</scope>
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             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
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             </plugin>
 
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-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -347,10 +303,6 @@
         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version> <!-- do not upgrade - see http://jira.qos.ch/browse/LOGBACK-851 -->
-
         <!-- marshalling -->
         <jackson.version>2.8.5</jackson.version>
 
@@ -365,15 +317,12 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-security-rest/pom.xml b/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
index 7a9f26c799f8..79b6027bfbf2 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-rest/pom.xml
@@ -134,17 +134,6 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- logging -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-			<version>${logback.version}</version>
-			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -181,13 +170,6 @@
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -241,36 +223,12 @@
 
 		<plugins>
 
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
 			</plugin>
 
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<excludes>
-						<exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-					</excludes>
-					<systemPropertyVariables>
-						<!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-					</systemPropertyVariables>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -361,10 +319,6 @@
 		<hibernate.version>5.2.5.Final</hibernate.version>
 		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.40</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
-		<!-- logging -->
-		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-		<logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
 		<!-- various -->
 		<hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 		<javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
@@ -379,7 +333,6 @@
 
 		<!-- testing -->
 		<org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 		<rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
@@ -392,9 +345,7 @@
 		<rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
 
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 
 	</properties>
diff --git a/spring-spel/pom.xml b/spring-spel/pom.xml
index 8e4365e5b52f..bc1c6ddfec14 100644
--- a/spring-spel/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-spel/pom.xml
@@ -15,19 +15,11 @@
      </parent>
      
     <properties>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
         <springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</springframework.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
     
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
@@ -45,35 +37,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <debug>true</debug>
-                    <optimize>true</optimize>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
-                    <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                          <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                          <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 
     <profiles>
         <profile>
diff --git a/spring-state-machine/pom.xml b/spring-state-machine/pom.xml
index 9dcb51fe4e92..7910b1299aba 100644
--- a/spring-state-machine/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-state-machine/pom.xml
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <artifactId>spring-state-machine</artifactId>
-    <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-    </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -26,12 +22,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
             <version>4.3.7.RELEASE</version>        
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jayway.awaitility</groupId>
@@ -42,22 +32,4 @@
 
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-thymeleaf/pom.xml b/spring-thymeleaf/pom.xml
index 7d71cceb89b7..ca3bf4acf6fa 100644
--- a/spring-thymeleaf/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-thymeleaf/pom.xml
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 		<org.springframework-version>4.3.4.RELEASE</org.springframework-version>
 		<springframework-security.version>4.2.0.RELEASE</springframework-security.version>
 		<javax.servlet-version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-version>
-		<!-- logging -->
-		<org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-		<logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
 		<!-- thymeleaf -->
 		<org.thymeleaf-version>3.0.3.RELEASE</org.thymeleaf-version>
 		<org.thymeleaf.extras-version>3.0.0.RELEASE</org.thymeleaf.extras-version>
@@ -30,11 +27,8 @@
 		<hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 		<org.hibernate-version>5.2.5.Final</org.hibernate-version>
 
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<!-- Maven plugins -->
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
 		<tomcat7-maven-plugin.version>2.2</tomcat7-maven-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
@@ -91,18 +85,6 @@
 			<artifactId>thymeleaf-extras-java8time</artifactId>
 			<version>${org.thymeleaf.extras-version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<!-- Logging -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-			<version>${logback.version}</version>
-			<!-- <scope>runtime</scope> -->
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -143,28 +125,10 @@
 			<version>${springframework-security.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-
-		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/junit/junit -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>${java-version}</source>
-					<target>${java-version}</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -173,20 +137,6 @@
 					<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<forkCount>3</forkCount>
-					<reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
-					<excludes>
-						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-						<exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-					</excludes>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-userservice/pom.xml b/spring-userservice/pom.xml
index 08ce74e13e78..a355759c5348 100644
--- a/spring-userservice/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-userservice/pom.xml
@@ -102,13 +102,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -230,38 +223,11 @@
 
         <plugins>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
              <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
             </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
-                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
-
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                    </systemPropertyVariables>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
 
     </build>
@@ -329,13 +295,10 @@
         
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
 
         <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 
     </properties>
   
diff --git a/struts2/pom.xml b/struts2/pom.xml
index 0bb82cfdbe38..45150d15fd8a 100644
--- a/struts2/pom.xml
+++ b/struts2/pom.xml
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@
 		</resources>
         
 		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.5.1</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>3.0.0</version>
@@ -40,11 +32,6 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.12</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
 			<artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/testing/pom.xml b/testing/pom.xml
index 41a6a34b4466..a7c283187297 100644
--- a/testing/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/pom.xml
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@
             <version>${hamcrest.library.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
@@ -65,11 +58,6 @@
             <version>${pitest.version}</version>
             <type>pom</type>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <plugins>
@@ -125,15 +113,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -141,12 +120,9 @@
         <hamcrest.library.version>1.3</hamcrest.library.version>
         <cucumber.version>1.2.5</cucumber.version>
         <pitest.version>1.1.10</pitest.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <jacoco.version>0.7.7.201606060606</jacoco.version>
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <assertj-guava.version>3.1.0</assertj-guava.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <assertj-core.version>3.6.1</assertj-core.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/testng/pom.xml b/testng/pom.xml
index 82ee9d67ea37..9add13baca4c 100644
--- a/testng/pom.xml
+++ b/testng/pom.xml
@@ -16,19 +16,6 @@
      
     <dependencies>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- test scoped -->
 
         <dependency>
@@ -56,17 +43,6 @@
         </testResources>
 
         <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -109,18 +85,8 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- testing -->
         <testng.version>6.10</testng.version>
-
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-
     </properties>
 
 
diff --git a/vertx/pom.xml b/vertx/pom.xml
index 971a61d3366e..784a6c26b3a7 100644
--- a/vertx/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx/pom.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
 	<name>vertx</name>
 	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.12</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
@@ -39,31 +33,10 @@
 			<version>3.0.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		
-		<!-- logging -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.3</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -95,17 +68,9 @@
 	
 	 <properties>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- testing -->
         <testng.version>6.10</testng.version>
 
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-
     </properties>
 	
 </project>
diff --git a/wicket/pom.xml b/wicket/pom.xml
index 3a692c81e956..2927e79c4858 100644
--- a/wicket/pom.xml
+++ b/wicket/pom.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
     <properties>
         <wicket.version>7.5.0</wicket.version>
         <jetty9.version>9.2.13.v20150730</jetty9.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
@@ -31,14 +29,6 @@
             <version>${wicket.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- JUNIT DEPENDENCY FOR TESTING -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- JETTY DEPENDENCIES FOR TESTING -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.aggregate</groupId>
@@ -81,19 +71,6 @@
             </testResource>
         </testResources>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <inherited>true</inherited>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-                    <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -107,16 +84,6 @@
                 <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${jetty9.version}</version>
             </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/xml/pom.xml b/xml/pom.xml
index 16764ece1842..f36f5ca9f232 100644
--- a/xml/pom.xml
+++ b/xml/pom.xml
@@ -89,16 +89,6 @@
 			<version>${commons-lang.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-
-		<!-- test scoped -->
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
@@ -112,16 +102,6 @@
 
 		<plugins>
 
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>${java-version}</source>
-					<target>${java-version}</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -328,12 +308,9 @@
 		<commons-lang.version>2.4</commons-lang.version>
 		<java-version>1.8</java-version>
 
-		<!-- testing -->
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+
 
 		<!-- maven plugins -->
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-jibx-plugin.version>1.3.1</maven-jibx-plugin.version>
 
 	</properties>
diff --git a/xmlunit2/pom.xml b/xmlunit2/pom.xml
index 42d94caf16f4..f430b8b7a9b7 100644
--- a/xmlunit2/pom.xml
+++ b/xmlunit2/pom.xml
@@ -11,38 +11,8 @@
         <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
      </parent>
-     
-      <build>
-          <plugins>
-              <plugin>
-                  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                  <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                  <configuration>
-                      <source>1.8</source>
-                      <target>1.8</target>
-                  </configuration>
-              </plugin>
-              <plugin>
-                  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                  <configuration>
-                      <excludes>
-                          <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                          <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                      </excludes>
-                  </configuration>
-              </plugin>
-          </plugins>
-      </build>
 
 	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
@@ -65,12 +35,8 @@
       <properties>
 
         <!-- testing -->
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
         <xmlunit.version>2.3.0</xmlunit.version>
-
-        <!-- Maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/xstream/pom.xml b/xstream/pom.xml
index 13a1c483471b..5d41bc47b2f0 100644
--- a/xstream/pom.xml
+++ b/xstream/pom.xml
@@ -26,70 +26,11 @@
             <version>${jettison.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>        
-
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
         <xstream.version>1.4.9</xstream.version>
         <jettison.version>1.3.8</jettison.version>
-
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-        
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-
-        <!-- Maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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