diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 5cca4e3..9aa25e0 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -6,19 +6,13 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 			<attribute name="org.eclipse.jst.component.nondependency" value=""/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e74a9dc..62715f2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
 		<!-- GWT needs at least java 1.6 -->
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.gcube.distribution</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-portal-bom</artifactId>
-				<version>LATEST</version>
+				<version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
@@ -126,15 +126,14 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.7</source>
-					<target>1.7</target>
+					<source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
+					<target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.2</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<goals>
@@ -143,65 +142,13 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
-
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.12</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<skipTests>true</skipTests>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.5</version>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<id>copy-profile</id>
-						<phase>install</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>target</outputDirectory>
-							<resources>
-								<resource>
-									<directory>${distroDirectory}</directory>
-									<filtering>true</filtering>
-									<includes>
-										<include>profile.xml</include>
-									</includes>
-								</resource>
-							</resources>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<descriptors>
-						<descriptor>${distroDirectory}/descriptor.xml</descriptor>
-					</descriptors>
-					<archive>
-						<manifest>
-							<mainClass>fully.qualified.MainClass</mainClass>
-						</manifest>
-					</archive>
-				</configuration>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<id>servicearchive</id>
-						<phase>install</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>single</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 </project>