diff --git a/project.properties b/project.properties
index 98998301..48c7c23c 100644
--- a/project.properties
+++ b/project.properties
@@ -15,14 +15,11 @@
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #====================================================================
-# WARNING: All these properties are inherited by the plugin projects
+# WARNING: All these properties are for the master build only and
+# should *not* be inherited by the plugin projects. Plugin projects
+# must now inherit from /etc/project.xml.
 #====================================================================
 
-# Display the date on the Maven web site
-maven.xdoc.date = left
-maven.xdoc.date.format = dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm z
-maven.xdoc.distributionUrl=http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/maven/plugins
-
 # Enable HTML to xdoc transformation
 maven.html2xdoc.enabled=true
 
@@ -33,13 +30,6 @@ maven.dashboard.aggregators = csall,clovertpc,cloverloc,cloverncloc,junittests,j
 # Clover aggregator can extract Clover data
 maven.clover.report.xml=true
 
-# Checkstyle plugin settings
-maven.checkstyle.header.file = ${basedir}/../checkstyle-license.txt
-maven.checkstyle.properties = ${basedir}/../checkstyle.xml
-
-# License plugin settings
-maven.license.licenseFile=${basedir}/../LICENSE.txt
-
 # Multiproject plugin settings
 maven.multiproject.navigation=independent
 maven.multiproject.overviewPage.title=Maven Optional Plugins