diff --git a/plexus-component-annotations/pom.xml b/plexus-component-annotations/pom.xml
index de33969f..59177f79 100644
--- a/plexus-component-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-component-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
   <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
 
   <name>Plexus :: Component Annotations (deprecated)</name>
-  <description>Plexus Component "Java 5" Annotations, to describe plexus components properties in java sources with
+  <description>Plexus Component Java Annotations, to describe plexus components properties in java sources with
     standard annotations instead of javadoc annotations.</description>
 </project>
diff --git a/plexus-component-metadata/README.txt b/plexus-component-metadata/README.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2156e127..00000000
--- a/plexus-component-metadata/README.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-The org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.cdc  package contains some classes copied from the container
-before it started using the "default" role hints.
-
-This can be removed once all supported maven versions are using a container newer than 1.0-alpha-19.
diff --git a/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml b/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
index b3641c0a..e1d391eb 100644
--- a/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-component-metadata/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
 
   <name>Plexus :: Component Metadata (Maven Plugin) (deprecated)</name>
-  <description>A Maven plugin to generate Plexus Components descriptors from source javadoc tags and Java 5 class annotations.</description>
+  <description>A Maven plugin to generate Plexus Components descriptors from source javadoc tags and Java class annotations.</description>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.2</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -71,31 +70,12 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
-  <build>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.8.2</version>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-    </pluginManagement>
-  </build>
-
   <reporting>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
-          <failOnError>false</failOnError>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
 
diff --git a/plexus-container-default/pom.xml b/plexus-container-default/pom.xml
index bc4ba912..56f7d781 100644
--- a/plexus-container-default/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-container-default/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <forkMode>once</forkMode>
           <excludes>
             <exclude>**/Test*.java</exclude>
             <exclude>**/Abstract*.java</exclude>
@@ -81,15 +80,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-  <reporting>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
-          <failOnError>false</failOnError>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </reporting>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab151abb..a5084c0a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,15 +123,6 @@
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-          <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.7</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <check>false</check>
-            <skip>true</skip>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -139,22 +130,6 @@
             <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.3.0</version>
-          <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
-              <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-              <version>9.3</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
-              <artifactId>maven-shared-resources</artifactId>
-              <version>5</version>
-            </dependency>
-          </dependencies>
-        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>