diff --git a/distro/LICENSE b/distro/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d9616a..0000000
--- a/distro/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-${gcube.license}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/README b/distro/README
deleted file mode 100644
index f8ae7f9..0000000
--- a/distro/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-The gCube System - ${name}
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-${description}
- 
- 
-${gcube.description}
- 
-${gcube.funding}
- 
- 
-Version
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-${version} (${buildDate})
- 
-Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes.
- 
- 
-Authors
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-* Fabio Simeoni (fabio.simeoni@fao.org), FAO of the UN, Italy
-
- 
- 
-Maintainers
------------
- 
-* Lucio Lelii (lucio.lelii@isti.cnr.it), CNR, Italy
- 
- 
-Download information
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-Source code is available from SVN: 
-    ${scm.url}
- 
-Binaries can be downloaded from the gCube website: 
-   ${gcube.website}
- 
- 
-Installation
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-Installation documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
-    ${gcube.wikiRoot}/Integration_and_Interoperability_Facilities_Framework:_Client_Libraries_Framework
- 
- 
-Documentation 
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
-    ${gcube.wikiRoot}/Integration_and_Interoperability_Facilities_Framework:_Client_Libraries_Framework
- 
- 
-Support 
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool:
-    ${gcube.issueTracking}
- 
- 
-Licensing
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a42bf3..0000000
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<ReleaseNotes>
-	<Changeset component="common-scope-1.0.0" date="2012-1-27">
-		<Change>First Release</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="common-scope-1.1.0" date="2013-01-11">
-		<Change>Scope can now be propagated in Callable and Runnable tasks via ScopedTasks</Change>
-		<Change>Scopes can now be manipulated through ScopeBean objects</Change>
-		<Change>Scope maps are now versioned and newer versions take precedence at startup</Change>
-		<Change>Scope maps can now be successfully looked up in VRE scopes (bug fix)</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-		<Changeset component="common-scope-1.2.0" date="2013-01-27">
-		<Change>Replaced Google's reflections with common-configuration-scanner</Change>
-		<Change>Lowered log level on scope settings to DEBUG</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-</ReleaseNotes>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/descriptor.xml b/distro/descriptor.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a5af171..0000000
--- a/distro/descriptor.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<assembly
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
-	<id>servicearchive</id>
-	<formats>
-		<format>tar.gz</format>
-	</formats>
-	<baseDirectory>/</baseDirectory>
-	<fileSets>
-		<fileSet>
-			<directory>${distroDirectory}</directory>
-			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
-			<useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
-			<includes>
-				<include>README</include>
-				<include>LICENSE</include>
-				<include>changelog.xml</include>
-                                <include>profile.xml</include>
-			</includes>
-			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
-			<filtered>true</filtered>
-		</fileSet>
-	</fileSets>
-	<files>
-		<file>
-			<source>target/${build.finalName}.${project.packaging}</source>
-			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
-		</file>
-
-	</files>
-</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/profile.xml b/distro/profile.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 91c49e4..0000000
--- a/distro/profile.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Resource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-	<ID />
-	<Type>Service</Type>
-	<Profile>
-		<Description>${description}</Description>
-		<Class>Common</Class>
-		<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
-		<Version>1.0.0</Version>
-		<Packages>
-			<Software>
-				<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
-				<Version>${version}</Version>
-				<MavenCoordinates>
-					<groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
-					<artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
-					<version>${version}</version>
-				</MavenCoordinates>
-				<Files>
-					<File>${build.finalName}.jar</File>
-				</Files>
-			</Software>
-		</Packages>
-	</Profile>
-</Resource>
-
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c746167..508bc54 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 	<version>1.3.1</version>
 	<name>Common Scope</name>
 	<description>Scope-related APIs</description>
-	<properties>
-		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
-	</properties>
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem/${project.artifactId}.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem/${project.artifactId}.git</developerConnection>
@@ -31,6 +28,12 @@
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
+	
+	<properties>
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+	</properties>
+	
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.core</groupId>