diff --git a/target/profile.xml b/target/profile.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index fa6abdc..0000000
--- a/target/profile.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Resource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-	<ID />
-	<Type>Service</Type>
-	<Profile>
-		<Description>A collection of Encryption utilities</Description>
-		<Class>Common</Class>
-		<Name>common-utils-encryption</Name>
-		<Version>1.0.1</Version>
-		<MavenCoordinates>
-            <groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
-            <artifactId>common-utils-encryption</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> 
- 		</MavenCoordinates>
-		<Packages>
-			<Software>
-				<Description>A collection of Encryption utilities</Description>
-				<Name>common-utils-encryption</Name>
-				<Version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</Version>
-				<MavenCoordinates>
-					<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
-					<artifactId>common-utils-encryption</artifactId>
-					<version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-				</MavenCoordinates>
-				<Files>
-					<File>common-utils-encryption-1.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar</File>
-				</Files>
-			</Software>
-		</Packages>
-	</Profile>
-
-</Resource>
-