diff --git a/pom/plugin.jelly b/pom/plugin.jelly
index 44f5c1c7..dd61d27e 100644
--- a/pom/plugin.jelly
+++ b/pom/plugin.jelly
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     <util:file var="xsdAsFile" name="${xsd}"/>
     <j:if test="${not(xsdAsFile.exists())}">
       <j:set var="xsd" 
-          value="${maven.home}/maven-project-${pom.pomVersion}.xsd"/>
+          value="${maven.home}/maven-project.xsd"/>
     </j:if>
     
     <java classname="com.thaiopensource.relaxng.util.Driver" fork="true">
@@ -95,13 +95,6 @@
 
   </goal>
 
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!-- U P D A T E  P O M                                                 -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <goal name="pom:update"
-      description="Update the POM from its current version to a specified version">
-  </goal>
-
   <!-- ========================================================================== -->
   <!-- I N S T A L L  P O M                                                       -->
   <!-- ========================================================================== -->
diff --git a/pom/project.xml b/pom/project.xml
index d848421f..04f823cb 100644
--- a/pom/project.xml
+++ b/pom/project.xml
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@
       <groupId>isorelax</groupId>
       <artifactId>isorelax</artifactId>
       <version>20030108</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <!-- validator being used -->
 
@@ -101,17 +98,11 @@
       <groupId>thaiopensource</groupId>
       <artifactId>jing</artifactId>
       <version>20030619</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xerces</groupId>
       <artifactId>xerces</artifactId>
       <version>2.4.0</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root</classloader>
-      </properties>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom/xdocs/changes.xml b/pom/xdocs/changes.xml
index 15d6fef2..05cff57d 100644
--- a/pom/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/pom/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
   <body>
     <releases>
       <release version="1.4" date="in CVS">
+        <action dev="brett" type="remove" issue="MPPOM-2">
+          remove empty pom:update goal
+        </action>
         <action dev="evenisse" type="add">
           Add missing xml-apis jar.
         </action>
diff --git a/pom/xdocs/goals.xml b/pom/xdocs/goals.xml
index 61135a3c..27c021af 100644
--- a/pom/xdocs/goals.xml
+++ b/pom/xdocs/goals.xml
@@ -37,14 +37,10 @@
         <name>pom:taglib</name>
         <description>set up validation tag library</description>
       </goal>
-      <goal>
-        <name>pom:update</name>
-        <description>Update the POM from its current version to a specified version</description>
-      </goal>
       <goal>
         <name>pom:validate</name>
         <description>Validate the Maven XML project descriptor</description>
       </goal>
     </goals>
   </body>
-</document>
\ No newline at end of file
+</document>
