diff --git a/transmart-core-api/pom.xml b/transmart-core-api/pom.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <groupId>org.transmartproject</groupId>
-    <artifactId>transmart-core-api</artifactId>
-    <name>tranSMART Core API</name>
-    <version>16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.6</source>
-                    <target>1.6</target>
-                </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>
-                <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.5</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <providerSelection>${gmavenProviderSelection}</providerSelection>
-                    <sourceEncoding>UTF-8</sourceEncoding>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>generateStubs</goal>
-                            <goal>compile</goal>
-                            <goal>generateTestStubs</goal>
-                            <goal>testCompile</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <dependencies>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
-                        <version>${groovyVersion}</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                </dependencies>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2.1</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <includes>
-                        <include>**/*Tests.java</include>
-                    </includes>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
-            <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
-            <version>${groovyVersion}</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
-            <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <repository>
-            <id>repo.transmartfoundation.org-releases</id>
-            <url>https://repo.transmartfoundation.org/content/repositories/releases/</url>
-        </repository>
-        <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>repo.transmartfoundation.org-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://repo.transmartfoundation.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-        </snapshotRepository>
-    </distributionManagement>
-
-    <properties>
-        <groovyVersion>2.1.0</groovyVersion>
-        <gmavenProviderSelection>2.0</gmavenProviderSelection>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <guava.version>14.0.1</guava.version>
-        <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
-    </properties>
-</project>