diff --git a/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml b/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
index 2adcc7c..8ecdfe1 100644
--- a/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix-dist/pom.xml
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
  !-->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 	<artifactId>hivesterix-dist</artifactId>
-	<version>0.2.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>hivesterix-dist</name>
 
 	<parent>
diff --git a/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml b/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
index 01db115..e4f5416 100644
--- a/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/hivesterix-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
  !-->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
 	<artifactId>hivesterix-runtime</artifactId>
-	<version>0.2.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>hivesterix-runtime</name>
 
 	<parent>