diff --git a/aida/pom.xml b/aida/pom.xml
index 15cbb7371e514e82beb08636cb5bb6ceade0c202..bf5b303117c9f8a87d8e566012e46ce0dd3e384f 100644
--- a/aida/pom.xml
+++ b/aida/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
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diff --git a/analysis/pom.xml b/analysis/pom.xml
index 126a83eb98b8e32c9adffef6d1e3d085ffb4a3e4..ceaa8d247d4fbe8c8b77d668c9518a3164cf95f4 100644
--- a/analysis/pom.xml
+++ b/analysis/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/cal-calib/pom.xml b/cal-calib/pom.xml
index 07b80423a0f17ec249965f05f264019dbddb1479..be9435e82fed79ff2556dc86d9d8d8d426340dfc 100644
--- a/cal-calib/pom.xml
+++ b/cal-calib/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/cal-recon/pom.xml b/cal-recon/pom.xml
index 9310f514f1a9be3157c8678b52d33d9c8c19e90a..3ca6af1001d9fa22258de23ce76bf07273af5cd7 100644
--- a/cal-recon/pom.xml
+++ b/cal-recon/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/conditions/pom.xml b/conditions/pom.xml
index 3ac6026cda88ed67b83667509fde2c3c97733963..c4de0626548271a63fe6eaa96cfbdfda17abdc50 100644
--- a/conditions/pom.xml
+++ b/conditions/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
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diff --git a/detector-data/pom.xml b/detector-data/pom.xml
index 48a2fb6468a22012b02a8606dae14fe0361465bb..3bf562f500351416c1cb07053f944fd576dd9417 100644
--- a/detector-data/pom.xml
+++ b/detector-data/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/detector-framework/pom.xml b/detector-framework/pom.xml
index a1d5614bcfd7e7b7c7a1ba396172dfaaca9e35c4..396e5ae16023b09fcb42d62a9d0df568febf3417 100644
--- a/detector-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/detector-framework/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index dac24de4740e27dcbe29cdb26ac4cd70459e798f..64169ac931e16de48a3edbbac64dfa22822f0cc4 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/event-heprep/pom.xml b/event-heprep/pom.xml
index f845140288941d0fe8f40dfbce79592668ba7097..868ade4d4b6625180db3e063fe9dda0e4c43ec75 100644
--- a/event-heprep/pom.xml
+++ b/event-heprep/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
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diff --git a/event-model/pom.xml b/event-model/pom.xml
index ef609057efbf96f05cd41dc4f5c47d99cbb20aef..61d00e1773f750500752fc04b7082de37d8e3291 100644
--- a/event-model/pom.xml
+++ b/event-model/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
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diff --git a/event-processing/pom.xml b/event-processing/pom.xml
index 68fd21e514dda53aae8906b2c56c7e960b541d87..70a21046f6782a7741ea3703448f45a4600b5f65 100644
--- a/event-processing/pom.xml
+++ b/event-processing/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index b179c98fc3558b297dc1c957ff4c88271bb8ba01..606205da9ed01016a8d096067751263c827406db 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     <version>3.0.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/job-manager/pom.xml b/job-manager/pom.xml
index 7dc2d3285994d4219d1e653c8e2f3347d535ce0a..10f1c9d17de35293dde3d30f27de8e00b61f32a6 100644
--- a/job-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/job-manager/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/math/pom.xml b/math/pom.xml
index 2dd95ebede35c6cbde7dcd74ec0dcad14706815b..01470181f8a54e7935584e5e9a188971b9db03b8 100644
--- a/math/pom.xml
+++ b/math/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/mc/pom.xml b/mc/pom.xml
index 370a3b50a1b4e8305afeb72f3c227cad5fc8e4ce..d618fffd44c2b6ad43004f8474f2a5e5d4d45656 100644
--- a/mc/pom.xml
+++ b/mc/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
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diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f1ce5923622b049ec3f85c1546c0bb06796c8a8b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
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-
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-  <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
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-  <name>parent</name>
-  <description>parent POM file for lcsim modules</description>
-  <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <org.lcsim.cacheDir>${user.home}</org.lcsim.cacheDir>
-  </properties>
-
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-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
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-            <systemProperties>
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-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-
-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Jeremy McCormick</name>
-      <email>jeremym@slac.stanford.edu</email>
-      <organization>SLAC</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://www.slac.stanford.edu/</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-        <role>release manager</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-      <properties>
-        <aim>jeremyslac</aim>
-        <gtalk>jermccormick@gmail.com</gtalk>
-      </properties>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Tony Johnson</name>
-      <email>tony_johnson@slac.stanford.edu</email>
-      <organization>SLAC</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://www.slac.stanford.edu/</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Norman Graf</name>
-      <email>ngraf@slac.stanford.edu</email>
-      <organization>SLAC</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://www.slac.stanford.edu/</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Rich Partridge</name>
-      <email>richp@slac.stanford.edu</email>
-      <organization>SLAC</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://www.slac.stanford.edu</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Tim Nelson</name>
-      <email>tknelson@slac.stanford.edu</email>
-      <organization>SLAC</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://www.slac.stanford.edu</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Pelle Hansson</name>
-      <email>phansson@slac.stanford.edu</email>
-      <organization>SLAC</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://www.slac.stanford.edu</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-8</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Jan Strube</name>
-      <email>jan.strube@cern.ch</email>
-      <organization>CERN</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://cern.ch</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Christian Grefe</name>
-      <email>christian.grefe@cern.ch</email>
-      <organization>CERN</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://cern.ch</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
-
-  <organization>
-    <name>Linear Collider Detector (LCD)</name>
-    <url>http://www.lcsim.org/</url>
-  </organization>
-
-  <ciManagement>
-    <system>Jenkins</system>
-    <url>http://srs.slac.stanford.edu/hudson/view/lcsim/</url>
-  </ciManagement>
-
-  <issueManagement>
-    <system>JIRA</system>
-    <url>https://jira.slac.stanford.edu/browse/LCSIM</url>
-  </issueManagement>
-
-  <mailingLists>
-    <mailingList>
-      <name>lcd-dev</name>
-      <subscribe>Email listserv@slac.stanford.edu with message: subscribe lcd-dev</subscribe>
-      <unsubscribe>Email listserv@slac.stanford.edu with message: unsubscribe lcd-dev</unsubscribe>
-      <post>lcd-dev@slac.stanford.edu</post>
-      <archive>https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=LCD-DEV</archive>
-    </mailingList>
-  </mailingLists>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/parent/src/site/site.xml b/parent/src/site/site.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d4dd7fbef993164f023f3582ce17f66378c202d4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/parent/src/site/site.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<project>
-
-    <body>
-    
-        <menu name="Navigation" inherit="top">         
-            <item name="LCSim Home" href="index.html"/>
-        </menu>
-
-<!--
-        <menu name="Module" inherit="top">
-            <item name="Summary" href="./project-summary.html"/>
-            <item name="Source Repository" href="./source-repository.html"/>
-            <item name="Source Xref" href="./xref/index.html"/>
-            <item name="JavaDocs" href="./apidocs/index.html"/>
-            <item name="Dependencies" href="./dependencies.html"/>
-            <item name="Surefire Tests Report" href="./surefire-report.html"/>
-        </menu>
--->
-
-        <menu name="Module" ref="reports" inherit="top" />
-
-    </body> 
-
-</project>
diff --git a/plugin/pom.xml b/plugin/pom.xml
index 8306866120fecdef5be31372a8da30933e0e5819..7c2b8fe6e33465644ec334902c32c1a38e11fbff 100644
--- a/plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin/pom.xml
@@ -10,15 +10,9 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
-  <scm>
-    <url>http://java.freehep.org/svn/repos/lcdet/list/projects/lcsim/trunk/plugin/</url>
-    <connection>scm:svn:svn://svn.freehep.org/lcdet/projects/lcsim/trunk/plugin/</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:svn:svn://svn.freehep.org/lcdet/projects/lcsim/trunk/plugin/</developerConnection>
-  </scm>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
diff --git a/recon-drivers/pom.xml b/recon-drivers/pom.xml
index fe272d4576bffa7135ada7cd001b07d51eef3564..5ed777d4b4ceba23ba3c4704859b1210bc3c7126 100644
--- a/recon-drivers/pom.xml
+++ b/recon-drivers/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/steering-files/pom.xml b/steering-files/pom.xml
index 06758ee029ac25deaec5bb34cbabb10fbc048b3c..211d8d20a0f6022e6616015b521ba8923547f851 100644
--- a/steering-files/pom.xml
+++ b/steering-files/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/tracking/pom.xml b/tracking/pom.xml
index 90a5206aeb855f638ff0245c021b91fcecbf9b86..567d2662a9bfc16a9a6c497df6ebcbe6c7804a76 100644
--- a/tracking/pom.xml
+++ b/tracking/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/trf/pom.xml b/trf/pom.xml
index da7b8179b2713d0bda4cb38991c3604dad3809ee..f8dc203c9965a48521f488490b6fe7e7bbb175cd 100644
--- a/trf/pom.xml
+++ b/trf/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/users/pom.xml b/users/pom.xml
index db7c8f1d8fe310240e4e3e1627a6802007881386..9ec3da7545a949243d47f6d3886373609ce85ad1 100644
--- a/users/pom.xml
+++ b/users/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/util/pom.xml b/util/pom.xml
index 606351a7c399b05445898ad164491bcbd115a93c..7969035e4801923dc246edeb8ddd47ebeaa0bd28 100644
--- a/util/pom.xml
+++ b/util/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/vertexing/pom.xml b/vertexing/pom.xml
index 17438d3fed6f2f6251aeb5bd6bd4b47f81d8cb5b..2fa751dac97af0fba9bfe5b6674c91b6692169e9 100644
--- a/vertexing/pom.xml
+++ b/vertexing/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>org.lcsim</groupId>
     <artifactId>lcsim-parent</artifactId>
     <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>