diff --git a/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml b/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
index 982862b..b3c1d3c 100644
--- a/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
@@ -135,22 +135,6 @@
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.13</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
-					<argLine>-enableassertions -Xmx2047m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
-						-Djava.util.logging.config.file=src/test/resources/logging.properties</argLine>
-					<includes>
-						<include>**/test/optimizer/*TestSuite.java</include>
-						<include>**/test/optimizer/*Test.java</include>
-						<include>**/test/runtimefunction/*TestSuite.java</include>
-						<include>**/test/runtimefunction/*Test.java</include>
-					</includes>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>2.5</version>
 				<executions>
diff --git a/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml b/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
index cf2345a..04625d1 100644
--- a/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
   			<version>1_0_2</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.8.1</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hive-cli</artifactId>
 			<version>0.11.0</version>
diff --git a/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml b/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
index c1bde65..260659d 100644
--- a/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix-serde/pom.xml
@@ -69,11 +69,5 @@
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.8.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a88173..e49ac83 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<name>hivesterix</name>
 
+	<parent>
+	  <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+	  <artifactId>fullstack</artifactId>
+	  <version>0.2.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+
 	<properties>
 		<jvm.extraargs />
 	</properties>
@@ -55,19 +61,6 @@
 				<artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>1.2</version>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.13</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
-					<argLine>-enableassertions
-						-Djava.util.logging.config.file=${user.home}/logging.properties
-						-Xdebug
-						-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=8000,suspend=n
-						${jvm.extraargs}</argLine>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>