diff --git a/myfaces-html5-core/pom.xml b/myfaces-html5-core/pom.xml
index 1d49f65..12f7199 100644
--- a/myfaces-html5-core/pom.xml
+++ b/myfaces-html5-core/pom.xml
@@ -33,17 +33,23 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.shared</groupId>
+            <artifactId>myfaces-shared-html5</artifactId>
+            <version>${myfaces-shared-html5-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.buildtools</groupId>
+            <artifactId>myfaces-builder-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>${myfaces-builder-annotations-version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
             <version>1.1.1</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.shared</groupId>
-            <artifactId>myfaces-shared-html5</artifactId>
-            <version>${shared-core-version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
             <version>2.1</version>
@@ -65,11 +71,6 @@
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.buildtools</groupId>
-            <artifactId>myfaces-builder-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.5</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
             <version>1.3.1</version>
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.buildtools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>myfaces-builder-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <version>${myfaces-builder-plugin-version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <!-- first, build metadata. components and stuff will 
                         be generated from this. -->
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.buildtools</groupId>
                         <artifactId>myfaces-builder-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.0.6</version>
+                        <version>${myfaces-builder-plugin-version}</version>
                         <executions>
                             <!-- first, build metadata. facelets tag documentation will be generated from this. -->
                             <execution>
@@ -358,4 +359,9 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
+    <properties>
+        <myfaces-builder-plugin-version>1.0.8</myfaces-builder-plugin-version>
+        <myfaces-builder-annotations-version>1.0.5</myfaces-builder-annotations-version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
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diff --git a/myfaces-html5-examples/pom.xml b/myfaces-html5-examples/pom.xml
index c5f28dc..6c78bed 100644
--- a/myfaces-html5-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/myfaces-html5-examples/pom.xml
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@
     		<artifactId>myfaces-html5-core</artifactId>
     		<version>${project.version}</version>
     	</dependency>
-        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.shared</groupId>
             <artifactId>myfaces-shared-html5</artifactId>
-            <version>${shared-core-version}</version>
+            <version>${myfaces-shared-html5-version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -78,20 +77,12 @@
             <version>1.2.13</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
             <artifactId>el-api</artifactId>
             <version>1.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.buildtools</groupId>
-            <artifactId>myfaces-builder-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.5</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8a0e81..1c3685d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,73 +42,6 @@
         <module>myfaces-html5-examples</module>
     </modules>
 
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>java.net</id>
-            <url>http://download.java.net/maven/2</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-
-        <repository>
-            <id>Maven2 Repo1</id>
-            <name>Maven2 Repo1</name>
-            <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
-            <layout>legacy</layout>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-
-        <repository>
-            <id>java.net.2</id>
-            <name>java.net Maven 2 Repository</name>
-            <url>http://download.java.net/maven/2</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-
-        <repository>
-            <id>codehaus</id>
-            <name>codehaus</name>
-            <url>http://repository.codehaus.org</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-
-        <repository>
-            <id>jboss</id>
-            <name>jboss</name>
-            <url>http://repository.jboss.com/maven2</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-
-        <!-- necessary! -->
-        <repository>
-            <id>myfaces-snapshots</id>
-            <name>myfaces-snapshots</name>
-            <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-
-    </repositories>
-
-    <pluginRepositories>
-        <!-- for myfaces builder plugin -->
-        <pluginRepository>
-            <id>myfaces-snapshots</id>
-            <name>myfaces-snapshots</name>
-            <url>http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository</url>
-        </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.core</groupId>
@@ -203,7 +136,7 @@
     
     <properties>
         <myfaces-core-version>2.0.1</myfaces-core-version>
-        <shared-core-version>4.0.6-SNAPSHOT</shared-core-version>
+        <myfaces-shared-html5-version>4.0.6-SNAPSHOT</myfaces-shared-html5-version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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