diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f264a1..0000000
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-asfStandardBuild()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3f961e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+spring-utils is DEPRECATED and not under further development
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ff4770..e6f4798 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
   <version>2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <artifactId>spring-utils</artifactId>
-  <name>Spring Utils Goodies</name>
+  <name>Redback Components :: Spring Utils</name>
   <description>Contains some spring goodies.</description>
 
   <properties>
@@ -90,14 +90,6 @@
 
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4</version>
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
-
-    
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
@@ -105,19 +97,13 @@
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
-      <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4jVersion}</version>
+      <version>${log4j.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>