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 6c12ffd..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
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-* Massimiliano Assante (massimiliano.assante-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy).
-* Costantino Perciante (costantino.perciante-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy).
- 
- 
-Maintainers
------------
- 
-* Massimiliano Assante (massimiliano.assante-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy).
-* Costantino Perciante (costantino.perciante-AT-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}/
-    ${gcube.wikiRoot}/
- 
-Support 
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool:
-    ${gcube.issueTracking}
- 
- 
-Licensing
---------------------------------------------------
- 
-This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
diff --git a/distro/profile.xml b/distro/profile.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a741ef..0000000
--- a/distro/profile.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Resource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-	<ID></ID>
-	<Type>Library</Type>
-	<Profile>
-		<Description>${description}</Description>
-		<Class>Portal</Class>
-		<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
-		<Version>${version}</Version>
-		<Packages>
-			<Software>
-				<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
-				<Version>${version}</Version>
-				<MavenCoordinates>
-					<groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
-					<artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
-					<version>${version}</version>
-				</MavenCoordinates>
-				<Files>
-					<File>${build.finalName}.jar</File>
-				</Files>
-			</Software>
-		</Packages>
-	</Profile>
-</Resource>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a00240..03dbdbd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -146,29 +146,6 @@
 					<skipTests>true</skipTests>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<descriptors>
-						<descriptor>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>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>