diff --git a/genomix/genomix-core/pom.xml b/genomix/genomix-core/pom.xml
index a065800..b1e20c0 100644
--- a/genomix/genomix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/genomix/genomix-core/pom.xml
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 <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>genomix</artifactId>
-	<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<name>genomix</name>
+	<artifactId>genomix-core</artifactId>
+	<name>genomix-core</name>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks</groupId>
+		<artifactId>genomix</artifactId>
+		<version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -140,38 +144,6 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
-	<distributionManagement>
-		<repository>
-			<id>hyracks-releases</id>
-			<url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/repositories/hyracks-releases/</url>
-		</repository>
-		<snapshotRepository>
-			<id>hyracks-snapshots</id>
-			<url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/repositories/hyracks-snapshots/</url>
-		</snapshotRepository>
-	</distributionManagement>
-
-	<repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<id>hyracks-public</id>
-			<url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/groups/hyracks-public/</url>
-		</repository>
-		<repository>
-			<id>jboss-public</id>
-			<url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
-		</repository>
-	</repositories>
-
-	<pluginRepositories>
-		<pluginRepository>
-			<id>hyracks-public</id>
-			<url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/groups/hyracks-public/</url>
-			<releases>
-				<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
-			</releases>
-		</pluginRepository>
-	</pluginRepositories>
-
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -240,4 +212,4 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>