diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bdad7a618a..53e9a8f0df 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@
 
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
+
         <plugin>
           <groupId>com.github.sdorra</groupId>
           <artifactId>buildfrontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -481,11 +482,13 @@
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.1.1</version>
         </plugin>
+
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.6</version>
         </plugin>
+
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -582,8 +585,10 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <!-- Note: 1.17 seems to have problems with JDK8. When updating, use > 1.17, if available!
-             https://github.com/mojohaus/animal-sniffer/issues/53 -->
+        <!--
+        Note: 1.17 seems to have problems with JDK8. When updating, use > 1.17, if available!
+        https://github.com/mojohaus/animal-sniffer/issues/53
+        -->
         <version>1.16</version>
         <configuration>
           <signature>
@@ -613,8 +618,10 @@
           <execution>
             <phase>process-classes</phase>
             <goals>
-              <!-- Prevent usage of guava annotations that would be silently ignored -> hard to find.
-                   We use legman annotations instead, that provide additional features such as weak references.  -->
+              <!--
+              Prevent usage of guava annotations that would be silently ignored -> hard to find.
+              We use legman annotations instead, that provide additional features such as weak references.
+              -->
               <goal>guava-migration-check</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
@@ -746,19 +753,6 @@
         <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
 
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <pushChanges>false</pushChanges>
-          <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
-          <releaseProfiles>release,doc,nativepkg</releaseProfiles>
-          <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
-          <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
       <!--
          fix maven troubleshooting part on
          https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/blob/develop/docs/configure-eclipse.md
@@ -770,86 +764,10 @@
         <version>2.6</version>
       </plugin>
 
-      <!-- reporting -->
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7</version>
-      </plugin>
-
     </plugins>
-
   </build>
 
-  <reporting>
-    <plugins>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3</version>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.0</version>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.12</version>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <sourceEncoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</sourceEncoding>
-          <targetJdk>${project.build.javaLevel}</targetJdk>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-    </plugins>
-  </reporting>
-
   <profiles>
-
-    <profile>
-      <id>jrebel</id>
-
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.zeroturnaround</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jrebel-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.3</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>generate-rebel-xml</id>
-                <phase>process-resources</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>generate</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-
-    </profile>
-
     <profile>
       <id>coverage</id>
 
@@ -882,7 +800,6 @@
       </build>
 
     </profile>
-
   </profiles>
 
   <distributionManagement>