diff --git a/examples/maven.xml b/examples/maven.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c2b1bd29..00000000
--- a/examples/maven.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<!-- 
-/*
- * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
- * 
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
- -->
-<project default="plugin">
-
-</project>
-    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/project.xml b/examples/project.xml
index ca397eef..43257cc3 100644
--- a/examples/project.xml
+++ b/examples/project.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
   <!-- build information for the project -->
 
   <build>
+    <defaultGoal>plugin</defaultGoal>
     <resources>
       <resource>
         <directory>${basedir}</directory>