diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 007a0c9..6d3f3ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -510,29 +510,7 @@
 					<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.6</version>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<id>copy-profile</id>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<phase>process-resources</phase>
-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>${webappDirectory}</outputDirectory>
-							<resources>
-								<resource>
-									<directory>${distroDirectory}</directory>
-									<filtering>true</filtering>
-								</resource>
-							</resources>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
+
 			<!-- Enunciate Maven plugin -->
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>com.webcohesion.enunciate</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/changelog.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/changelog.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index dd99c8b..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/changelog.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<ReleaseNotes>
-    <Changeset component="org.gcube.data-access.storagehub-webapp.1.0.5"
-		date="2019-04-04">
-		<Change>Active wait for lock in case of item creation added</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.data-access.storagehub-webapp.1.0.0"
-		date="2015-07-01">
-		<Change>First commit</Change>
-	</Changeset>
-</ReleaseNotes>
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diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/descriptor.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/descriptor.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9de2a06..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/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>/home/lucio/eclipse-workspace/storagehub-webapp_BRANCH/distro</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/storagehub.war</source>
-			<outputDirectory>/storagehub</outputDirectory>
-		</file>
-	</files>
-
-</assembly>
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