diff --git a/helloworld/pom.xml b/helloworld/pom.xml
index ee25e75..6e1b3a7 100644
--- a/helloworld/pom.xml
+++ b/helloworld/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<version>2.1.3.RELEASE</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Spring AMQP Hello World</name>
-	<url>http://www.spring.io</url>
+	<url>https://www.spring.io</url>
 	<description>
 		<![CDATA[
       This project shows the usage of Spring AMQP integration classes.
@@ -180,31 +180,4 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
-	<pluginRepositories>
-		<pluginRepository>
-			<id>Codehaus</id>
-			<url>http://repository.codehaus.org/</url>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-		</pluginRepository>
-	</pluginRepositories>
-	<distributionManagement>
-		<downloadUrl>http://www.springframework.org/download</downloadUrl>
-		<site>
-			<id>staging</id>
-			<url>file:///${user.dir}/target/staging/org.springframework.batch.archetype/${project.artifactId}</url>
-		</site>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-release</id>
-			<name>Spring Release Repository</name>
-			<url>file:///${user.dir}/target/staging/release</url>
-		</repository>
-		<snapshotRepository>
-			<id>spring-snapshot</id>
-			<name>Spring Snapshot Repository</name>
-			<url>file:///${user.dir}/target/staging/snapshot</url>
-		</snapshotRepository>
-	</distributionManagement>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de8b895..d964cee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,28 +40,10 @@
 		</profile>
 	</profiles>
 	<scm>
-		<url>http://github.com/SpringSource/spring-amqp-samples</url>
+		<url>https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-amqp-samples</url>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-amqp-samples.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-amqp-samples.git</developerConnection>
 	</scm>
-	<distributionManagement>
-		<!-- see 'staging' profile for dry-run deployment settings -->
-		<downloadUrl>http://github.com/SpringSource/spring-amqp-samples</downloadUrl>
-		<site>
-			<id>spring-site</id>
-			<url>scp://static.springframework.org/var/www/domains/springframework.org/static/htdocs/spring-amqp/docs/${project.version}</url>
-		</site>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-milestone</id>
-			<name>Spring Milestone Repository</name>
-			<url>s3://maven.springframework.org/milestone</url>
-		</repository>
-		<snapshotRepository>
-			<id>spring-snapshot</id>
-			<name>Spring Snapshot Repository</name>
-			<url>s3://maven.springframework.org/snapshot</url>
-		</snapshotRepository>
-	</distributionManagement>
 	<build>
 		<extensions>
 			<extension>
diff --git a/stocks/pom.xml b/stocks/pom.xml
index e27adc2..c708e7f 100644
--- a/stocks/pom.xml
+++ b/stocks/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<version>2.1.3.RELEASE</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 	<name>Spring Rabbit Stocks</name>
-	<url>http://www.spring.io</url>
+	<url>https://www.spring.io</url>
 	<description>
 		<![CDATA[
       This project shows the usage of Spring Rabbit integration classes.
@@ -215,31 +215,4 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
-	<pluginRepositories>
-		<pluginRepository>
-			<id>Codehaus</id>
-			<url>http://repository.codehaus.org/</url>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-		</pluginRepository>
-	</pluginRepositories>
-	<distributionManagement>
-		<downloadUrl>http://www.springframework.org/download</downloadUrl>
-		<site>
-			<id>staging</id>
-			<url>file:///${user.dir}/target/staging/org.springframework.batch.archetype/${project.artifactId}</url>
-		</site>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-release</id>
-			<name>Spring Release Repository</name>
-			<url>file:///${user.dir}/target/staging/release</url>
-		</repository>
-		<snapshotRepository>
-			<id>spring-snapshot</id>
-			<name>Spring Snapshot Repository</name>
-			<url>file:///${user.dir}/target/staging/snapshot</url>
-		</snapshotRepository>
-	</distributionManagement>
-
 </project>