diff --git a/ci-settings.xml b/ci-settings.xml
index 8f9a52581..f7022dbc9 100644
--- a/ci-settings.xml
+++ b/ci-settings.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- <settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd">
+ <settings xmlns="https://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+   xsi:schemaLocation="https://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd">
    <servers>
      <server>
        <id>gitlab-maven</id>
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
        </configuration>
      </server>
    </servers>
- </settings>
\ No newline at end of file
+ </settings>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cc8d8dafd..000000000
--- a/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,274 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>org.springframework.samples</groupId>
-  <artifactId>spring-petclinic</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.4.RELEASE</version>
-  </parent>
-  <name>petclinic</name>
-
-  <properties>
-
-    <!-- Generic properties -->
-    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-
-    <!-- Web dependencies -->
-    <webjars-bootstrap.version>3.3.6</webjars-bootstrap.version>
-    <webjars-jquery-ui.version>1.11.4</webjars-jquery-ui.version>
-    <webjars-jquery.version>2.2.4</webjars-jquery.version>
-    <wro4j.version>1.8.0</wro4j.version>
-
-    <jacoco.version>0.8.2</jacoco.version>
-
-  </properties>
-
-  <dependencies>
-    <!-- Spring and Spring Boot dependencies -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-cache</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <!-- Databases - Uses HSQL by default -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <!-- caching -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.cache</groupId>
-      <artifactId>cache-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.ehcache</groupId>
-      <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <!-- webjars -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
-      <artifactId>webjars-locator-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jquery</artifactId>
-      <version>${webjars-jquery.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jquery-ui</artifactId>
-      <version>${webjars-jquery-ui.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
-      <artifactId>bootstrap</artifactId>
-      <version>${webjars-bootstrap.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <!-- end of webjars -->
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <!-- Spring Boot Actuator displays build-related information
-              if a META-INF/build-info.properties file is present -->
-            <goals>
-              <goal>build-info</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <additionalProperties>
-                <encoding.source>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding.source>
-                <encoding.reporting>${project.reporting.outputEncoding}</encoding.reporting>
-                <java.source>${maven.compiler.source}</java.source>
-                <java.target>${maven.compiler.target}</java.target>
-              </additionalProperties>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${jacoco.version}</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>report</id>
-            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>report</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <!-- Spring Boot Actuator displays build-related information if a git.properties
-        file is present at the classpath -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>revision</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <verbose>true</verbose>
-          <dateFormat>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ</dateFormat>
-          <generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
-          <generateGitPropertiesFilename>${project.build.outputDirectory}/git.properties
-          </generateGitPropertiesFilename>
-          <failOnNoGitDirectory>false</failOnNoGitDirectory>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>ro.isdc.wro4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>wro4j-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${wro4j.version}</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <wroManagerFactory>ro.isdc.wro.maven.plugin.manager.factory.ConfigurableWroManagerFactory</wroManagerFactory>
-          <cssDestinationFolder>${project.build.directory}/classes/static/resources/css</cssDestinationFolder>
-          <wroFile>${basedir}/src/main/wro/wro.xml</wroFile>
-          <extraConfigFile>${basedir}/src/main/wro/wro.properties</extraConfigFile>
-          <contextFolder>${basedir}/src/main/less</contextFolder>
-        </configuration>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bootstrap</artifactId>
-            <version>${webjars-bootstrap.version}</version>
-          </dependency>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
-  <!-- Apache 2 license -->
-  <licenses>
-    <license>
-      <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
-      <url>https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0</url>
-    </license>
-  </licenses>
-
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>spring-snapshots</id>
-      <name>Spring Snapshots</name>
-      <url>https://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>gitlab-maven</id>
-      <url>https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/${env.CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/maven</url>
-    </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>spring-milestones</id>
-      <name>Spring Milestones</name>
-      <url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <repository>
-      <id>gitlab-maven</id>
-      <url>https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/${env.CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/maven</url>
-    </repository>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>gitlab-maven</id>
-      <url>https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/${env.CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/maven</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>spring-snapshots</id>
-      <name>Spring Snapshots</name>
-      <url>https://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>spring-milestones</id>
-      <name>Spring Milestones</name>
-      <url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-
-</project>