diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1667f83..4bb61be 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ target/
 *.ipr
 *.iws
 .factorypath
+.flattened-pom.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dfdf8f9..fe68b85 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,30 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<inherited>true</inherited>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<!-- Tidy up all POMs before they are published -->
+						<id>flatten</id>
+						<phase>process-resources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>flatten</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
+							<flattenMode>oss</flattenMode>
+							<pomElements>
+								<parent>expand</parent>
+								<distributionManagement>remove</distributionManagement>
+								<repositories>remove</repositories>
+							</pomElements>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-dependencies/pom.xml
index bbcccf0..f4cb6af 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -183,6 +183,42 @@
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<inherited>false</inherited>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<!-- Flatten and simplify our own POM for install/deploy -->
+						<id>flatten</id>
+						<phase>process-resources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>flatten</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
+							<flattenMode>bom</flattenMode>
+							<pomElements>
+								<parent>expand</parent>
+								<pluginManagement>keep</pluginManagement>
+								<properties>keep</properties>
+								<repositories>remove</repositories>
+							</pomElements>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>flatten-clean</id>
+						<phase>clean</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>clean</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
 			<id>spring</id>