diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 948e3cb4a..9583980e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -204,19 +204,6 @@
 
 		</profile>
 
-		<profile>
-			<id>release</id>
-			<build>
-				<plugins>
-					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.jfrog.buildinfo</groupId>
-						<artifactId>artifactory-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<inherited>false</inherited>
-					</plugin>
-				</plugins>
-			</build>
-		</profile>
-
 		<profile>
 			<id>benchmarks</id>
 			<modules>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
index 4a187ede1..3b77eeff3 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-				<artifactId>wagon-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
 				<artifactId>asciidoctor-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml
index 553b16f3d..fdce5612e 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	
+
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<log4j>1.2.16</log4j>
+		<project.root>${basedir}/..</project.root>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>