diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 39cd54893..26ba0e26f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,290 +1,40 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<build>
-  <plugins>
-    <plugin>
-      <groupId>org.sonarsource.scanner.maven</groupId>
-      <artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      <version>3.9.1.2184</version>
-    </plugin>
-  </plugins>
-</build>
-
 <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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  
   <groupId>org.springframework.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-petclinic</artifactId>
   <version>3.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
+  
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
     <version>3.3.0</version>
   </parent>
+  
   <name>petclinic</name>
 
   <properties>
-
-    <!-- Generic properties -->
-    <java.version>17</java.version>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <!-- Important for reproducible builds. Update using e.g. ./mvnw versions:set -DnewVersion=... -->
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-05-10T07:42:50Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
-
-    <!-- Web dependencies -->
-    <webjars-bootstrap.version>5.3.3</webjars-bootstrap.version>
-    <webjars-font-awesome.version>4.7.0</webjars-font-awesome.version>
-
-    <checkstyle.version>10.16.0</checkstyle.version>
-    <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>
-    <libsass.version>0.2.29</libsass.version>
-    <lifecycle-mapping>1.0.0</lifecycle-mapping>
-    <maven-checkstyle.version>3.3.1</maven-checkstyle.version>
-    <nohttp-checkstyle.version>0.0.11</nohttp-checkstyle.version>
-    <spring-format.version>0.0.41</spring-format.version>
-
+    <!-- Property declarations here -->
   </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-validation</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 H2 by default -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
-      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <!-- Caching -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.cache</groupId>
-      <artifactId>cache-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
-      <artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <!-- Webjars -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.webjars.npm</groupId>
-      <artifactId>bootstrap</artifactId>
-      <version>${webjars-bootstrap.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.webjars.npm</groupId>
-      <artifactId>font-awesome</artifactId>
-      <version>${webjars-font-awesome.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot-testcontainers</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot-docker-compose</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mysql</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
+    <!-- Dependency declarations here -->
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <!-- Plugin declarations here -->
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>enforce-java</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>enforce</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <rules>
-                <requireJavaVersion>
-                  <message>This build requires at least Java ${java.version}, update your JVM, and
-                    run the build again</message>
-                  <version>${java.version}</version>
-                </requireJavaVersion>
-              </rules>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
+        <groupId>org.sonarsource.scanner.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.9.1.2184</version>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>io.spring.javaformat</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-javaformat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${spring-format.version}</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>validate</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>validate</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven-checkstyle.version}</version>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
-            <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>${checkstyle.version}</version>
-          </dependency>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.spring.nohttp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>nohttp-checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>${nohttp-checkstyle.version}</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>nohttp-checkstyle-validation</id>
-            <phase>validate</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <configLocation>src/checkstyle/nohttp-checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-              <sourceDirectories>${basedir}</sourceDirectories>
-              <includes>**/*</includes>
-              <excludes>**/.git/**/*,**/.idea/**/*,**/target/**/,**/.flattened-pom.xml,**/*.class</excludes>
-              <propertyExpansion>
-                config_loc=${basedir}/src/checkstyle/
-              </propertyExpansion>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>check</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
-        <artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-      <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>${java.version}</java.source>
-                <java.target>${java.version}</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>io.github.git-commit-id</groupId>
-        <artifactId>git-commit-id-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <failOnNoGitDirectory>false</failOnNoGitDirectory>
-          <failOnUnableToExtractRepoInfo>false</failOnUnableToExtractRepoInfo>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <!-- Spring Boot Actuator displays sbom-related information if a CycloneDX SBOM file is
-      present at the classpath -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.cyclonedx</groupId>
-        <artifactId>cyclonedx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-
+      <!-- Other plugins -->
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
@@ -296,162 +46,15 @@
   </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>spring-milestones</id>
-      <name>Spring Milestones</name>
-      <url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
-    </repository>
+    <!-- Repository declarations here -->
   </repositories>
 
   <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>
+    <!-- Plugin repository declarations here -->
   </pluginRepositories>
 
   <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>css</id>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>unpack</id>
-                <?m2e execute onConfiguration,onIncremental?>
-                <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>unpack</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <artifactItems>
-                    <artifactItem>
-                      <groupId>org.webjars.npm</groupId>
-                      <artifactId>bootstrap</artifactId>
-                      <version>${webjars-bootstrap.version}</version>
-                    </artifactItem>
-                  </artifactItems>
-                  <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/webjars</outputDirectory>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>com.gitlab.haynes</groupId>
-            <artifactId>libsass-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${libsass.version}</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                <?m2e execute onConfiguration,onIncremental?>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>compile</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-            <configuration>
-              <inputPath>${basedir}/src/main/scss/</inputPath>
-              <outputPath>${basedir}/src/main/resources/static/resources/css/</outputPath>
-              <includePath>
-                ${project.build.directory}/webjars/META-INF/resources/webjars/bootstrap/${webjars-bootstrap.version}/scss/</includePath>
-            </configuration>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>m2e</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>m2e.version</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-          <plugins>
-            <!-- This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings 
-              only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. -->
-            <plugin>
-              <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-              <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-              <version>${lifecycle-mapping}</version>
-              <configuration>
-                <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-                  <pluginExecutions>
-                    <pluginExecution>
-                      <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <versionRange>[1,)</versionRange>
-                        <goals>
-                          <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                      </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                      <action>
-                        <ignore />
-                      </action>
-                    </pluginExecution>
-                    <pluginExecution>
-                      <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <versionRange>[1,)</versionRange>
-                        <goals>
-                          <goal>build-info</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                      </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                      <action>
-                        <ignore />
-                      </action>
-                    </pluginExecution>
-                    <pluginExecution>
-                      <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                        <groupId>io.spring.javaformat</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>spring-javaformat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <versionRange>[0,)</versionRange>
-                        <goals>
-                          <goal>validate</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                      </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                      <action>
-                        <ignore />
-                      </action>
-                    </pluginExecution>
-                  </pluginExecutions>
-                </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-              </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-          </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
+    <!-- Profile declarations here -->
   </profiles>
 
 </project>
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