diff --git a/dhp-applications/pom.xml b/dhp-applications/pom.xml
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--- a/dhp-applications/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>
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-        <artifactId>dhp</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../</relativePath>
-    </parent>
-    <artifactId>dhp-applications</artifactId>
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-    <modules>
-        <module>dhp-collector-worker</module>
-        <module>dhp-is-mapper</module>
-    </modules>
-
-
-
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dhp-common</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-
-
-</project>