diff --git a/eclipse-distribution/org.springframework.boot.ide.product.e428/pom.xml b/eclipse-distribution/org.springframework.boot.ide.product.e428/pom.xml
index 84453bba5..152d36055 100644
--- a/eclipse-distribution/org.springframework.boot.ide.product.e428/pom.xml
+++ b/eclipse-distribution/org.springframework.boot.ide.product.e428/pom.xml
@@ -321,18 +321,13 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.7</version>
 				<executions>
 
 					<execution>
 						<id>update-nightly-downloads</id>
 						<phase>verify</phase>
 						<configuration>
-							<skip>${skip.update-nightly-download-page}</skip>
 							<target>
-								<taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties" />
-								<taskdef resource="org/springframework/build/aws/ant/antlib.xml" />
-
 								<copy file="${project.build.directory}/../../common/html/nightly-generic-snippet-incl-apple-m1.html" tofile="${project.build.directory}/sts4-nightly-${dist.target.major}.html" overwrite="true"/>
 		
 								<replace file="${project.build.directory}/sts4-nightly-${dist.target.major}.html" token="@QUALIFIER@" value="${unqualifiedVersion}.${p2.qualifier}" summary="yes" />
@@ -392,13 +387,6 @@
 					</execution>
 
 				</executions>
-				<dependencies>
-					<dependency>
-						<groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
-						<artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
-						<version>20020829</version>
-					</dependency>
-				</dependencies>
 			</plugin>
 
 		</plugins>
diff --git a/eclipse-distribution/org.springframework.boot.ide.product.e429/pom.xml b/eclipse-distribution/org.springframework.boot.ide.product.e429/pom.xml
index 8f0ef3c71..8019fd8d6 100644
--- a/eclipse-distribution/org.springframework.boot.ide.product.e429/pom.xml
+++ b/eclipse-distribution/org.springframework.boot.ide.product.e429/pom.xml
@@ -320,15 +320,12 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.7</version>
 				<executions>
 
-
 					<execution>
 						<id>update-nightly-downloads</id>
 						<phase>verify</phase>
 						<configuration>
-							<skip>${skip.update-nightly-download-page}</skip>
 							<target>
 								<copy file="${project.build.directory}/../../common/html/nightly-generic-snippet-incl-apple-m1.html" tofile="${project.build.directory}/sts4-nightly-${dist.target.major}.html" overwrite="true"/>
 
@@ -387,13 +384,6 @@
 						</goals>
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
-				<dependencies>
-					<dependency>
-						<groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
-						<artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
-						<version>20020829</version>
-					</dependency>
-				</dependencies>
 			</plugin>
 
 		</plugins>
diff --git a/eclipse-distribution/org.springframework.boot.ide.product.e430/pom.xml b/eclipse-distribution/org.springframework.boot.ide.product.e430/pom.xml
index ecf7ca00a..6fa4ab69b 100644
--- a/eclipse-distribution/org.springframework.boot.ide.product.e430/pom.xml
+++ b/eclipse-distribution/org.springframework.boot.ide.product.e430/pom.xml
@@ -321,15 +321,12 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.7</version>
 				<executions>
 
-
 					<execution>
 						<id>update-nightly-downloads</id>
 						<phase>verify</phase>
 						<configuration>
-							<skip>${skip.update-nightly-download-page}</skip>
 							<target>
 								<copy file="${project.build.directory}/../../common/html/nightly-generic-snippet-incl-apple-m1.html" tofile="${project.build.directory}/sts4-nightly-${dist.target.major}.html" overwrite="true"/>
 
@@ -390,13 +387,6 @@
 					</execution>
 
 				</executions>
-				<dependencies>
-					<dependency>
-						<groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
-						<artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
-						<version>20020829</version>
-					</dependency>
-				</dependencies>
 			</plugin>
 
 		</plugins>
diff --git a/eclipse-distribution/pom.xml b/eclipse-distribution/pom.xml
index 0820b778d..e478cd3b1 100644
--- a/eclipse-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/eclipse-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@
 				<dist.type>release</dist.type>
 				<dist.path.repo>${dist.type}/TOOLS/sts4/update/${unqualifiedVersion}.${p2.qualifier}/${dist.target.major}</dist.path.repo>
 				<dist.path.product>${dist.type}/STS4/${unqualifiedVersion}.${p2.qualifier}/dist/${dist.target.major}</dist.path.product>
-				<skip.update-nightly-download-page>true</skip.update-nightly-download-page>
-
 				<sts4-language-servers-version>today</sts4-language-servers-version> <!-- this should be overridden in the build with the concrete ls version to include-->
 			</properties>
 		</profile>
@@ -126,12 +124,8 @@
 		<profile>
 			<id>gitactions</id>
 			<properties>
-				<vm-signing.ssh.key>~/.ssh/id_rsa</vm-signing.ssh.key>
-				<dist.accessKey>${env.tools_s3_access_key}</dist.accessKey>
-				<dist.secretKey>${env.tools_s3_secret_key}</dist.secretKey>
 				<gpg.passphrase>${env.gpg_passphrase}</gpg.passphrase>
 				<gpg.keyname>${env.gpg_keyname}</gpg.keyname>
-				<skip.update-nightly-download-page>true</skip.update-nightly-download-page>
 			</properties>
 		</profile>
 
@@ -681,20 +675,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>1.6</version>
-					<dependencies>
-						<dependency>
-							<groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
-							<artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
-							<version>1.0b3</version>
-							<exclusions>
-								<exclusion>
-									<groupId>ant</groupId>
-									<artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-								</exclusion>
-							</exclusions>
-						</dependency>
-					</dependencies>
+					<version>1.7</version>
 				</plugin>
 
 			</plugins>
diff --git a/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.ls.integration.repository/pom.xml b/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.ls.integration.repository/pom.xml
index 9301aef58..0d18610a6 100644
--- a/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.ls.integration.repository/pom.xml
+++ b/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.ls.integration.repository/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.6</version>
+				<version>1.7</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>generate-s3-upload-info</id>