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 b13a32d..0000000
--- a/distro/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +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
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-* Massimiliano Assante (massimiliano.assante@isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy).
- 
-Maintainers
------------
- 
-* Massimiliano Assante (massimiliano.assante@isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (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} 
- 
-Documentation 
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
-    ${gcube.wikiRoot}
- 
-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 ea3663f..0000000
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<ReleaseNotes>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-widgets.invite-friends-widget.1-6-1"
-		date="2019-07-05">
-		<Change>Support #17063, modify confirmation text when invitation email has been sent</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-widgets.invite-friends-widget.1-5-0"
-		date="2017-11-29">
-		<Change>Ported to GWT 2.8.1</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-widgets.invite-friends-widget.1-4-0"
-		date="2017-05-12">
-		<Change>Ported to Java 8</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-widgets.invite-friends-widget.1-3-0"
-		date="2016-11-24">
-		<Change>Removed ASL session</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-widgets.invite-friends-widget.1-1-0"
-		date="2015-09-01">
-		<Change>fix for Bug #518 Wrong port in redirect email links (9090)
-		</Change>
-		<Change>Feature #520 Invite Friends widget to make user entered email
-			address lowercase</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-widgets.invite-friends-widget.1-0-0"
-		date="2015-07-02">
-		<Change>First Release</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-</ReleaseNotes>
diff --git a/distro/descriptor.xml b/distro/descriptor.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b3f5628..0000000
--- a/distro/descriptor.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +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>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
-		</file>
-	</files>
-</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/profile.xml b/distro/profile.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 255885a..0000000
--- a/distro/profile.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Resource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-	<ID></ID>
-	<Type>Service</Type>
-	<Profile>
-		<Description>${Description}</Description>
-		<Class>PortletWidgets</Class>
-		<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
-		<Version>${version}</Version>
-		<Packages>
-			<Software>
-				<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
-				<Version>${version}</Version>
-				<MavenCoordinates>
-					<groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
-					<artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
-					<version>${version}</version>
-				</MavenCoordinates>
-				<Files>
-					<File>target/${build.finalName}.jar</File>
-				</Files>
-			</Software>
-		</Packages>
-	</Profile>
-</Resource>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index adc4e32..294dd33 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,33 +143,6 @@
 			</resource>
 		</resources>
 		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-					<target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>test-jar</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<skipTests>true</skipTests>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
 			<!-- GWT Maven Plugin -->
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>