diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.console/.gitignore b/org.eclipse.jgit.console/.gitignore
index 7bfe4ab211c16958e37c3a3c8147ad264de0efc4..934e0e06ffa0a2aeedbe1341d321549336719cc0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.console/.gitignore
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.console/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
+/bin
 /target
-/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
-/.project
-/.classpath
-/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.console/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.console/pom.xml
index c84587a5a04f53b3c8a89abce91904678d81817a..1dea0d8409017ca341068e994c4f767a149e0363 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.console/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.console/pom.xml
@@ -82,20 +82,6 @@
     </resources>
 
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <instructions>
-            <Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment>J2SE-1.6</Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment>
-            <Import-Package>
-              com.jcraft.jsch;version="${jsch-version}",
-              *
-            </Import-Package>
-          </instructions>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/.gitignore b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/.gitignore
index 7bfe4ab211c16958e37c3a3c8147ad264de0efc4..934e0e06ffa0a2aeedbe1341d321549336719cc0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/.gitignore
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
+/bin
 /target
-/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
-/.project
-/.classpath
-/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/pom.xml
index 3680bdde375e19ea67ab7d4fc3b459fd3c043e39..095d21a2d0228753ea332935772bcddfd73746fc 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.junit/pom.xml
@@ -88,19 +88,6 @@
     </resources>
 
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <instructions>
-            <Import-Package>
-              junit.framework;version="${junit-version}",
-              *
-            </Import-Package>
-          </instructions>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/.gitignore b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/.gitignore
index 7351243d9dbd52f43e2740089788855b43f4975e..934e0e06ffa0a2aeedbe1341d321549336719cc0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/.gitignore
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
+/bin
 /target
-/.project
-/.classpath
-/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/.gitignore b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/.gitignore
index ab3bd25ad8b720cf8ea54ee2eb8c5b349f2ac039..b5bbb0ab81f290601ec9b655edc319bd85ad3efb 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/.gitignore
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
+/bin
 /target
-/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
 /trash
-/.project
-/.classpath
-/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.ui/.gitignore b/org.eclipse.jgit.ui/.gitignore
index 7bfe4ab211c16958e37c3a3c8147ad264de0efc4..934e0e06ffa0a2aeedbe1341d321549336719cc0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.ui/.gitignore
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.ui/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
+/bin
 /target
-/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
-/.project
-/.classpath
-/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.ui/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.ui/pom.xml
index bc47ed3d05a152bcb6d81a4c19ee013b4627c4d6..a0e9089cea81c5a076c527aacff8b354e834c3b0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.ui/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.ui/pom.xml
@@ -82,20 +82,6 @@
     </resources>
 
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <instructions>
-            <Import-Package>
-              !javax.swing.*,
-              com.jcraft.jsch;version="${jsch-version}",
-              *
-            </Import-Package>
-          </instructions>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/.gitignore b/org.eclipse.jgit/.gitignore
index 7bfe4ab211c16958e37c3a3c8147ad264de0efc4..934e0e06ffa0a2aeedbe1341d321549336719cc0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/.gitignore
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
+/bin
 /target
-/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
-/.project
-/.classpath
-/.settings/org.maven.ide.eclipse.prefs
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit/pom.xml
index a751da3fa324e40a6e301150b7a14818747f7c58..066002a7fe63825633f2a29f93e1369ed365cb11 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/pom.xml
@@ -82,21 +82,6 @@
     </resources>
 
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <instructions>
-            <Import-Package>
-              !org.xml.sax.*,
-              !javax.crypto.*,
-              com.jcraft.jsch;version="${jsch-version}",
-              *
-            </Import-Package>
-          </instructions>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b9e00027e179156b8db99acce765958993aba5ee..a5887288c9de109703303c5da259b4dee108fc44 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -140,28 +140,6 @@
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.0.1</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <manifestLocation>META-INF</manifestLocation>
-            <instructions>
-              <Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment>J2SE-1.5</Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment>
-              <Bundle-DocURL>${jgit-url}</Bundle-DocURL>
-              <Bundle-Vendor>%provider_name</Bundle-Vendor>
-              <Bundle-Name>%plugin_name</Bundle-Name>
-              <Bundle-Description>%plugin_description</Bundle-Description>
-              <Bundle-Localization>plugin</Bundle-Localization>
-              <Bundle-Copyright>${jgit-copyright}</Bundle-Copyright>
-              <Bundle-License>http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php</Bundle-License>
-              <Bundle-SymbolicName>${project.artifactId}</Bundle-SymbolicName>
-              <Bundle-Version>$(replace;$(project.version);-SNAPSHOT;"").$(tstamp;yyyyMMdd-HHmm)</Bundle-Version>
-              <_versionpolicy>[$(version;==;$(@)),$(version;+;$(@)))</_versionpolicy>
-            </instructions>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -237,20 +215,6 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <filesets>
-            <fileset>
-              <directory>${basedir}</directory>
-              <includes>
-                <include>META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</include>
-              </includes>
-            </fileset>
-          </filesets>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>