diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1d6f602cd..450c001490 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,23 +25,18 @@
   <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
   <version>4.5.0-M3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache Commons Collections</name>
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   <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
   <description>The Apache Commons Collections package contains types that extend and augment the Java Collections Framework.</description>
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   <url>https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-collections/</url>
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   <issueManagement>
     <system>jira</system>
     <url>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COLLECTIONS</url>
   </issueManagement>
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   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:http://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-collections.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-collections.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-collections.git</url>
   </scm>
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   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
@@ -95,7 +90,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
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   <distributionManagement>
     <site>
       <id>apache.website</id>
@@ -103,13 +97,11 @@
       <url>${commons.deployment.protocol}://people.apache.org/www/commons.apache.org/${commons.componentid}</url>
     </site>
   </distributionManagement>
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   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
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     <!--
        This is also used to generate download_xxx file name.
        To override this when generating the download page:
@@ -121,24 +113,20 @@
     -->
     <commons.componentid>collections</commons.componentid>
     <commons.module.name>org.apache.commons.collections4</commons.module.name>
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     <!-- Current 4.x release series -->
     <commons.release.version>4.5.0-M2</commons.release.version>
     <commons.release.next>4.5.0-M3</commons.release.next>
     <commons.release.desc>(Requires Java 8 or above)</commons.release.desc>
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     <!-- Previous 4.2 release on Java 7 -->
     <commons.release.2.version>4.2</commons.release.2.version>
     <commons.release.2.desc>(Requires Java 7 or above)</commons.release.2.desc>
     <!-- Override generated name -->
     <commons.release.2.name>commons-collections4-${commons.release.2.version}</commons.release.2.name>
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     <!-- Previous 4.1 release on Java 6-->
     <commons.release.3.version>4.1</commons.release.3.version>
     <commons.release.3.desc>(Requires Java 6 or above)</commons.release.3.desc>
     <!-- Override generated name -->
     <commons.release.3.name>commons-collections4-${commons.release.3.version}</commons.release.3.name>
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     <!-- Previous 3.x release on Java 1.3 -->
     <commons.release.4.version>3.2.2</commons.release.4.version>
     <commons.release.4.desc>(Requires Java 1.3 or above)</commons.release.4.desc>
@@ -148,16 +136,13 @@
     <commons.release.4.hash>sha256</commons.release.4.hash>
     <!-- This is needed until CP49 is released -->
     <commons.release.4.binary.suffix>-bin</commons.release.4.binary.suffix>
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     <commons.jira.id>COLLECTIONS</commons.jira.id>
     <commons.jira.pid>12310465</commons.jira.pid>
     <!-- The RC version used in the staging repository URL. -->
     <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
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     <commons.site.path>collections</commons.site.path>
     <commons.scmPubUrl>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/commons/content/proper/commons-collections</commons.scmPubUrl>
     <commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>site-content</commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>
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     <!--Commons Release Plugin -->
     <commons.bc.version>4.4</commons.bc.version>
     <commons.release.isDistModule>true</commons.release.isDistModule>
@@ -173,7 +158,6 @@
     <doxia.module.markdown.version>1.12.0</doxia.module.markdown.version>
     <math.mathjax.version>2.7.2</math.mathjax.version>
   </properties>
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   <build>
     <defaultGoal>clean verify apache-rat:check pmd:check checkstyle:check japicmp:cmp javadoc:javadoc</defaultGoal>
     <pluginManagement>
@@ -286,7 +270,6 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
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   <reporting>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
@@ -358,7 +341,6 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
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   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>setup-checkout</id>
@@ -404,7 +386,6 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
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   <developers>
     <developer>
       <name>Matt Benson</name>
@@ -486,7 +467,6 @@
       <id>chtompki</id>
     </developer>
   </developers>
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   <contributors>
     <contributor>
       <name>Rafael U. C. Afonso</name>
@@ -825,5 +805,4 @@
       <name>Arturo Bernal</name>
     </contributor>
   </contributors>
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 </project>