diff --git a/platforms/java7/connectors/websocket-jetty/pom.xml b/platforms/java7/connectors/websocket-jetty/pom.xml
index 1f95bf5..70ba1d5 100644
--- a/platforms/java7/connectors/websocket-jetty/pom.xml
+++ b/platforms/java7/connectors/websocket-jetty/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,14 @@
                   <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
                   <version>${project.version}</version>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
-                  <excludes>META-INF/*,META-INF/maven/**</excludes>
+                  <!--
+                      We can't use the typical <excludes>META-INF/**</excludes>,
+                      that avoids getting other inappropriate metadata like
+                      the pom info and DEPENDENCIES,
+                      because we need to get the "service" metadata and impl
+                      from the j8 jar.
+                  -->
+                  <includes>META-INF/services/**,**/*.class</includes>
                 </artifactItem>
               </artifactItems>
             </configuration>
@@ -79,16 +86,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <classesDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</classesDirectory>
-          <includes>
-            <include>META-INF/services/**</include>
-            <include>org/apache/edgent/javax/websocket/impl/*.class</include>
-          </includes>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/platforms/java7/test/appservice-applications/pom.xml b/platforms/java7/test/appservice-applications/pom.xml
index d4d2fab..93ec217 100644
--- a/platforms/java7/test/appservice-applications/pom.xml
+++ b/platforms/java7/test/appservice-applications/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,14 @@
                   <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
                   <version>${project.version}</version>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
-                  <excludes>META-INF/*,META-INF/maven/**</excludes>
+                  <!--
+                      We can't use the typical <excludes>META-INF/**</excludes>,
+                      that avoids getting other inappropriate metadata like
+                      the pom info and DEPENDENCIES,
+                      because we need to get the "service" metadata and impl
+                      from the j8 jar.
+                  -->
+                  <includes>META-INF/services/**,**/*.class</includes>
                 </artifactItem>
               </artifactItems>
             </configuration>
@@ -75,16 +82,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <classesDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</classesDirectory>
-          <includes>
-            <include>META-INF/services/**</include>
-            <include>org/apache/edgent/test/topology/services/*.class</include>
-          </includes>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <!-- We don't want to deploy this project to Maven -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>