diff --git a/.project b/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d428a15f..000000000
--- a/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>spring-datastore-keyvalue-dist</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.maven.ide.eclipse.maven2Builder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.maven.ide.eclipse.maven2Nature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aac51b028..63c1bcd4f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <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>org.springframework.data	</groupId>
+	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-datastore-keyvalue-dist</artifactId>
 	<name>Spring Datastore Key-Value Distribution</name>
 	<version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>