Disabling Maven Meta Information

By default, Maven generated archives include the META-INF/maven directory, which contains the pom.xml file used to build the archive, and a pom.properties file that includes some basic properties in a small, easier to read format.

To disable the generation of these files, include the following configuration for your plugin (in this example, the WAR plugin is used):

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.6</version>
        <configuration>
          <archive>
            <addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
          </archive>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

Configuring the Manifest

The archive configuration also accepts manifest configuration. See Guide to Working with Manifests for more information.