diff --git a/accumulo/pom.xml b/accumulo/pom.xml
index c8d6f3f3486a4718a513c64049349b0f34004270..22569d70c613ac9b8107e21c705e89e6f5d4b400 100644
--- a/accumulo/pom.xml
+++ b/accumulo/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>accumulo-binding</artifactId>
   <name>Accumulo DB Binding</name>
@@ -33,65 +34,16 @@
       <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
       <version>3.3.1</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.16</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
       <version>0.20.203.0</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>5.1.14</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>15.0</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>apache</id>
-      <url>http://repository.apache.org/snapshots</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/pom.xml b/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fe7b2f02dc1fffac61ba47f5ed486b2f82758ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>datastore-specific-descriptor</artifactId>
+  <name>Per Datastore Binding descriptor</name>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <description>
+    This module contains the assembly descriptor used by the individual components
+    to build binding-specific distributions.
+  </description>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>core</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/src/main/resources/assemblies/datastore-specific-assembly.xml b/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/src/main/resources/assemblies/datastore-specific-assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..66a90ca0097b80c45d296bbe3951edc9fbe4d9cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binding-parent/datastore-specific-descriptor/src/main/resources/assemblies/datastore-specific-assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
+  <id>dist</id>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>true</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <baseDirectory>ycsb-${artifactId}-${version}</baseDirectory>
+  <files>
+    <file>
+      <source>README.md</source>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
+    </file>
+  </files>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>..</directory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
+      <includes>
+        <include>CHANGELOG</include>
+        <include>LICENSE.txt</include>
+        <include>NOTICE.txt</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>../bin</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+      <includes>
+        <include>ycsb</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>../workloads</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>workloads</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>src/main/conf</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>conf</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+  <dependencySets>
+    <dependencySet>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>com.yahoo.ycsb:core</include>
+      </includes>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependencySet>
+    <dependencySet>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>*:jar:*</include>
+      </includes>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>*:sources</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+    </dependencySet>
+  </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
diff --git a/binding-parent/pom.xml b/binding-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2c1af27b0c5dbe9757cb2ff218cfba3d2b811cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binding-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
+  <name>YCSB Datastore Binding Parent</name>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <description>
+    This module acts as the parent for new datastore bindings.
+    It creates a datastore specific binary artifact.
+  </description>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>datastore-specific-descriptor</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+              <artifactId>datastore-specific-descriptor</artifactId>
+              <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
+          <configuration>
+            <descriptorRefs>
+              <descriptorRef>datastore-specific-assembly</descriptorRef>
+            </descriptorRefs>
+            <finalName>ycsb-${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+            <formats>
+              <format>tar.gz</format>
+            </formats>
+            <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+          </configuration>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <phase>package</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>single</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${maven.dependency.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+    <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>stage-dependencies</id>
+              <phase>package</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+               </goals>
+               <configuration>
+                 <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
+               </configuration>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <profiles>
+    <!-- If the binding defines a README, presume we should make an assembly. -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>datastore-binding</id>
+      <activation>
+        <file>
+          <exists>README.md</exists>
+        </file>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/cassandra/pom.xml b/cassandra/pom.xml
index c348cee7412a8660210a076ba29be90addab102f..b72d7b88369b2fe25d0ae3b93661e9ffda6b5b8d 100644
--- a/cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-     <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
      <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>cassandra-binding</artifactId>
@@ -27,31 +28,7 @@
        <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
        <artifactId>core</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
+       <scope>provided</scope>
      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-     <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-	
 </project>
diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index 5b25fe2cb5aca5cf53407c195307c82f6af0e911..eda4a4716365eb7cd15300223261375eea4a8023 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@
         <!-- Checks for common coding problems               -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_coding.html -->
         <!-- module name="AvoidInlineConditionals"/-->
-        <module name="DoubleCheckedLocking"/>
         <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
         <module name="EqualsHashCode"/>
         <module name="HiddenField">
diff --git a/couchbase/pom.xml b/couchbase/pom.xml
index ed5b27e142f5c4b0789341749d943c11fe612505..a3a6dc21713190b3da96f996d05936febb02fea6 100644
--- a/couchbase/pom.xml
+++ b/couchbase/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
         <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>couchbase-binding</artifactId>
@@ -21,12 +22,17 @@
             <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
             <artifactId>core</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
             <version>2.2.2</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -36,29 +42,4 @@
             <url>http://files.couchbase.com/maven2/</url>
         </repository>
     </repositories>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <descriptorRefs>
-                        <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-                    </descriptorRefs>
-                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index 81f2638f549a4d4a96b0cf969cae9c6c844c7b41..4b732f929f70ba2174a80e07ba544b88cf362f14 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,88 @@
     It is only used by the build process and does not contain any real
     code of itself.
   </description>
-
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>core</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>accumulo-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>cassandra-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>couchbase-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dynamodb-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>elasticsearch-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gemfire-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hypertable-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>infinispan-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jdbc-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mongodb-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>orientdb-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>redis-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>tarantool-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>voldemort-binding</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/assembly/distribution.xml b/distribution/src/main/assembly/distribution.xml
index 4715e71fc1801fda2e315686530e263330bf2995..e75302a87b600dbae486211708be17f01a6b73d6 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/assembly/distribution.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/assembly/distribution.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
       <directory>../bin</directory>
       <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
       <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+      <includes>
+        <include>ycsb</include>
+      </includes>
     </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>../workloads</directory>
@@ -28,36 +31,52 @@
       <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
     </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
+  <dependencySets>
+    <dependencySet>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>com.yahoo.ycsb:core</include>
+      </includes>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+      <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+      <useProjectAttachments>false</useProjectAttachments>
+      <useTransitiveDependencies>true</useTransitiveDependencies>
+      <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
+    </dependencySet>
+  </dependencySets>
   <moduleSets>
     <moduleSet>
       <useAllReactorProjects>true</useAllReactorProjects>
       <includeSubModules>true</includeSubModules>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>com.yahoo.ycsb:core</exclude>
+        <exclude>com.yahoo.ycsb:binding-parent</exclude>
+        <exclude>com.yahoo.ycsb:datastore-specific-descriptor</exclude>
+        <exclude>com.yahoo.ycsb:ycsb</exclude>
+        <exclude>com.yahoo.ycsb:root</exclude>
+      </excludes>
       <sources>
-        <includeModuleDirectory>true</includeModuleDirectory>
-
         <fileSets>
           <fileSet>
-            <directory>.</directory>
-            <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
-    	    <includes>
-              <include>README</include>
+            <includes>
+              <include>README.md</include>
             </includes>
           </fileSet>
           <fileSet>
-            <directory>src/main/conf</directory>
             <outputDirectory>conf</outputDirectory>
-            <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
+            <directory>src/main/conf</directory>
           </fileSet>
-	  <fileSet>
+          <fileSet>
             <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
-            <directory>target</directory>
-    	    <includes>
-              <include>*.jar</include>
-            </includes>
-            <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
+            <directory>target/dependency</directory>
           </fileSet>
         </fileSets>
       </sources>
+      <binaries>
+        <includeDependencies>false</includeDependencies>
+        <outputDirectory>${module.artifactId}/lib</outputDirectory>
+        <unpack>false</unpack>
+      </binaries>
     </moduleSet>
   </moduleSets>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/dynamodb/pom.xml b/dynamodb/pom.xml
index f0aad16b0271ed2faf6fc6f61d15298f910ac19d..5d5aed969490f69f20823515f7d354949f1619b0 100644
--- a/dynamodb/pom.xml
+++ b/dynamodb/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>dynamodb-binding</artifactId>
@@ -25,31 +26,7 @@
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+    <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 307e68672992a65a5e4dd2369b63318fb5f76d2b..3c039252fbccdec3ec79553b7fa5bae9b12afa1a 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
         <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>elasticsearch-binding</artifactId>
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
     <repositories>
         <repository>
             <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
+            <name>Sonatype releases</name>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases</url>
         </repository>
     </repositories>
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
             <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
             <artifactId>core</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
@@ -37,35 +39,5 @@
             <version>6.1.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.4</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <descriptorRefs>
-                        <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-                    </descriptorRefs>
-                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/gemfire/pom.xml b/gemfire/pom.xml
index 42d6e0c9d01f2ba2e0d95d9b3172f02b2d1aff82..0aca71a342d69de05ae34fb546d6c9e9984dee60 100644
--- a/gemfire/pom.xml
+++ b/gemfire/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>gemfire-binding</artifactId>
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   
@@ -30,29 +32,4 @@
       <url>http://dist.gemstone.com.s3.amazonaws.com/maven/release</url>
     </repository>
   </repositories>	
- 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-     <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/hbase/pom.xml b/hbase/pom.xml
index 044b0f2999eeca2c55aa5afe78b7178302efdb19..3a8d2d7cd26ced392ae931ee7f7a46d51653aaf3 100644
--- a/hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../binding-parent/</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>hbase-binding</artifactId>
@@ -20,31 +21,7 @@
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/hypertable/pom.xml b/hypertable/pom.xml
index c2b1211eb25a5aef101c2a4d8667c30fb6d2d44e..8ba33a06fac8fca52cd39defaf2461d3f1374baa 100644
--- a/hypertable/pom.xml
+++ b/hypertable/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>hypertable-binding</artifactId>
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
@@ -35,29 +37,4 @@
       <url>http://clojars.org/repo</url>
     </repository>
   </repositories>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-     <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-	
 </project>
diff --git a/infinispan/pom.xml b/infinispan/pom.xml
index 2f292ccf395428ab3aff3b6fc54e694a39a8f4d2..8ce1064707ff130150a7c4cb286c9238aedcecf8 100644
--- a/infinispan/pom.xml
+++ b/infinispan/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>infinispan-binding</artifactId>
@@ -21,31 +22,7 @@
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
- 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-     <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-	
 </project>
diff --git a/jdbc/pom.xml b/jdbc/pom.xml
index ab8fc73524f932261d22b0a68e58575aa9923f59..a5a7a340cc3609070a3675107e76534d5c623d77 100644
--- a/jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>jdbc-binding</artifactId>
@@ -21,31 +22,7 @@
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-     <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-	
 </project>
diff --git a/mapkeeper/pom.xml b/mapkeeper/pom.xml
index 4d51631a0bd42f56b3dd5d8e3dd6cb885e25ce98..31ad4d78f92872fbc12449da978ea9ac2e855b28 100644
--- a/mapkeeper/pom.xml
+++ b/mapkeeper/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>mapkeeper-binding</artifactId>
@@ -21,33 +22,9 @@
        <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
        <artifactId>core</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
+       <scope>provided</scope>
      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-     <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
   <repositories>
     <repository>
       <id>mapkeeper-releases</id>
diff --git a/mongodb/pom.xml b/mongodb/pom.xml
index 96f6e6582e1f3ed577f8721f8446c8f93d950310..d22f2e3f9d1eb17fea2f257461aba3882ac23f2f 100644
--- a/mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
         <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>mongodb-binding</artifactId>
@@ -29,11 +30,13 @@
             <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
             <artifactId>core</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
             <version>1.1.2</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -43,30 +46,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <descriptorRefs>
-                        <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-                    </descriptorRefs>
-                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
             <releases>
diff --git a/nosqldb/pom.xml b/nosqldb/pom.xml
index f1e02c86bf0b0433855284369ec5d42814480e20..054e43ba9aeead2fcdc2dad8e959f5b24d1a13c3 100644
--- a/nosqldb/pom.xml
+++ b/nosqldb/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>nosqldb-binding</artifactId>
@@ -20,37 +21,7 @@
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-     <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
-  <repositories>
-  <repository>
-  <id>central</id>
-  <url>file:///Users/michi/.m2/repository</url>
-  </repository>
-  </repositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/orientdb/pom.xml b/orientdb/pom.xml
index c11a063b0131d80f40f728a09425600ec64b8ad2..563004ba428d782ee57b8f91a375309891b3687e 100644
--- a/orientdb/pom.xml
+++ b/orientdb/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-		<artifactId>root</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
                 <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>orientdb-binding</artifactId>
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 			<groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>core</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
+                        <scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.orientechnologies</groupId>
@@ -29,29 +31,4 @@
 			<version>1.0.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
-
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<descriptorRefs>
-						<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-					</descriptorRefs>
-					<appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-				</configuration>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>single</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8194600197e0d1efa5eb37cdf3fda225fcdc0326..1231c4e7d38e4310c834e8ae0028692e88d8ced1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,37 +19,40 @@
     <tag>master</tag>
     <url>https://github.com/brianfrankcooper/YCSB</url>
   </scm>
-  <dependencies>
-    <!-- voldemort -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>checkstyle</groupId>
-      <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-      <version>5.0</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.collections</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-collections</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <!--
-    Nail down slf4j version to 1.6 so that it defaults to no-op logger.
-    http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder
-    -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.4</version>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <!-- voldemort -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>checkstyle</groupId>
+        <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+        <version>5.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.collections</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-collections</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <!--
+      Nail down slf4j version to 1.6 so that it defaults to no-op logger.
+      http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder
+      -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.4</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
 
   <!-- Properties Management -->
   <properties>
-    <maven.assembly.version>2.2.1</maven.assembly.version>
+    <maven.assembly.version>2.5.5</maven.assembly.version>
+    <maven.dependency.version>2.10</maven.dependency.version>
     <hbase.version>1.0.0</hbase.version>
     <accumulo.version>1.6.0</accumulo.version>
     <cassandra.version>1.2.9</cassandra.version>
@@ -71,26 +74,28 @@
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
-    <!--module>build-tools</module-->
-    <module>cassandra</module>
+    <!-- our internals -->
     <module>core</module>
-    <module>hbase</module>
-    <module>hypertable</module>
+    <module>binding-parent</module>
+    <!-- all the datastore bindings, lex sorted please -->
     <module>accumulo</module>
+    <module>cassandra</module>
+    <module>couchbase</module>
+    <module>distribution</module>
     <module>dynamodb</module>
     <module>elasticsearch</module>
     <module>gemfire</module>
+    <module>hbase</module>
+    <module>hypertable</module>
     <module>infinispan</module>
     <module>jdbc</module>
+    <!--<module>mapkeeper</module>-->
     <module>mongodb</module>
+    <!--module>nosqldb</module-->
     <module>orientdb</module>
     <module>redis</module>
-    <module>voldemort</module>
-    <!--<module>mapkeeper</module>-->
-    <!--module>nosqldb</module-->
-    <module>couchbase</module>
     <module>tarantool</module>
-    <module>distribution</module>
+    <module>voldemort</module>
   </modules>
 
   <build>
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <version>3.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6</version>
+        <version>2.15</version>
         <configuration>
           <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
           <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
diff --git a/redis/pom.xml b/redis/pom.xml
index ee06e31dc2ea74a2aac825637fad354c39d91e34..739d6ce57788f3a65e9b6f2f150d767237ab75cb 100644
--- a/redis/pom.xml
+++ b/redis/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>redis-binding</artifactId>
@@ -21,32 +22,7 @@
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-
- <build>
-    <plugins>
-     <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
-	
 </project>
diff --git a/tarantool/pom.xml b/tarantool/pom.xml
index 90514f3e1315b26094cba806cd687f297996a955..052439df8afa6f92312568d6231639a90dcc14da 100644
--- a/tarantool/pom.xml
+++ b/tarantool/pom.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../binding-parent/</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>tarantool-binding</artifactId>
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
       <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
@@ -33,27 +35,4 @@
     </repository>
   </repositories>
 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/voldemort/pom.xml b/voldemort/pom.xml
index 8313b5c92ba94633566c8cebd081a5359b303cb2..da071d8500b02fb559a2bd7942e9514e576629f8 100644
--- a/voldemort/pom.xml
+++ b/voldemort/pom.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
-    <artifactId>root</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
    </parent>
   
    <artifactId>voldemort-binding</artifactId>
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
        <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
        <artifactId>core</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
+       <scope>provided</scope>
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 
@@ -36,30 +38,4 @@
        <url>http://clojars.org/repo</url>
      </repository>
    </repositories>
-
-   <build>
-    <plugins>
-     <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-   </build>
-
-	
 </project>