diff --git a/SpringMVCHandlers/pom.xml b/SpringMVCHandlers/pom.xml
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--- a/SpringMVCHandlers/pom.xml
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@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-<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>com.baeldung</groupId>
-	<artifactId>SpringMVCHandlers</artifactId>
-	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<name>SpringMVCHandlers Maven Webapp</name>
-	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
-
-	<properties>
-		<springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</springframework.version>
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
-	</properties>
-
-	<dependencies>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>3.1.0</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-			<version>${springframework.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-			<version>${springframework.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${springframework.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-	</dependencies>
-	<build>
-		<pluginManagement>
-			<plugins>
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-					<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-					<configuration>
-						<source>1.7</source>
-						<target>1.7</target>
-					</configuration>
-				</plugin>
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-					<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
-					<configuration>
-						<warSourceDirectory>src/main/webapp</warSourceDirectory>
-						<warName>springMVCHandlers</warName>
-						<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
-					</configuration>
-				</plugin>
-			</plugins>
-		</pluginManagement>
-		<finalName>springMVCHandlers</finalName>
-	</build>
-</project>