diff --git a/sea/.cvsignore b/sea/.cvsignore
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index d573ee91..00000000
--- a/sea/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-*~
-target
-velocity.log
-maven.log
diff --git a/sea/plugin.jelly b/sea/plugin.jelly
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index 068629ce..00000000
--- a/sea/plugin.jelly
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-
-<project 
-  xmlns:j="jelly:core"
-  xmlns:define="jelly:define"
-  xmlns:maven="jelly:maven">
-
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!-- S E L F  C O N T A I N E D  A R C H I V E                          -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-  <!-- Create a self contained archive for Unix systems which understand  -->
-  <!-- the tar and gzip commands.                                         -->
-  <!--                                                                    -->
-  <!-- NOTE: This is a first attempt so I'm sure some adjustments will    -->
-  <!-- have to be made for other Unices. I only use Linux.                -->
-  <!-- ================================================================== -->
-
-  <!--
-   |
-   | Usage:
-   |
-   | <sea:create
-   |   sourceDirectory="/path/to/contents"
-   |   seaName="foo"
-   | />
-   |
-   | This will produce a self extracting file called foo.sh in
-   | ${maven.build.dir} which contains the contents of ${sourceDirectory}.
-   |
-   -->
-
-  <define:taglib uri="sea">
-    <!--
-     |
-     | @sourceDirectory
-     | @seaName
-     | @workdir
-     | @notice
-     |
-     -->
-    <define:tag name="create">
-    
-      <mkdir dir="${maven.build.dir}"/>
-      
-      <!-- 
-       |
-       | Work around for Ant requiring specifics on which files get
-       | special perm treatment. When including the JRE the Ant tar task makes
-       | it very difficult to get the perms correct in the include JRE
-       | directory.
-       |
-       -->
-      
-      <chmod
-        file="${plugin.dir}/sea-tar"
-        perm="+x"/>
-      
-      <exec
-        executable="${plugin.dir}/sea-tar">
-        <arg value="${seaName}"/>
-        <arg value="${sourceDirectory}"/>
-        <arg value="${maven.build.dir}"/>
-      </exec>
-      
-      <filter token="NOTICE" value="${pom.name} v${pom.currentVersion} - starting installation... please wait"/>
-      <filter token="WORK_DIR" value="${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}"/>
-      
-      <copy 
-        file="${plugin.resources}/sea-header"
-        tofile="${maven.build.dir}/project-sea-header"
-        overwrite="true"
-        filtering="true"
-      />
-      
-      <!--
-       |
-       | Concatenate the sea-header with the tarball we just made.
-       |
-       -->
-      <maven:concat outputFile="${maven.build.dir}/${seaName}.sh">
-        <maven:input file="${maven.build.dir}/project-sea-header"/>
-        <maven:input file="${maven.build.dir}/${seaName}.tar.gz"/>
-      </maven:concat>
-      
-      <!--
-       |
-       | Flip on the +x bit so all users have to do is run it!
-       |
-       -->
-      <chmod file="${maven.build.dir}/${seaName}.sh" perm="+x"/>
-      
-      <!--
-       |
-       | The archive has been packaged up in a self-extracting ball
-       | so we don't need the originals anymore.
-       |
-       -->
-      <delete file="${maven.build.dir}/${seaName}.tar"/>
-      <delete file="${maven.build.dir}/${seaName}.tar.gz"/>
-      <delete file="${maven.build.dir}/project-sea-header"/>
-
-    </define:tag>
-  </define:taglib>
-  
-</project>
diff --git a/sea/project.xml b/sea/project.xml
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index de8a1a0c..00000000
--- a/sea/project.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
-<project>
-  <extend>../project.xml</extend>
-  <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
-  <id>maven-sea-plugin</id>
-  <name>Maven Self Extracting Archive Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.0</currentVersion>
-  <description/>
-  <shortDescription>Create self extracting archive</shortDescription>
-  <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/deploy/</url>
-  <siteDirectory>/www/maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/sea/</siteDirectory>
-  <repository>
-    <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic:maven-plugins/sea/</connection>
-    <url>http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/maven-plugins/sea/</url>
-  </repository>
-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <name>dIon Gillard</name>
-      <id>dion</id>
-      <email>dion@multitask.com.au</email>
-      <organization>Multitask Consulting</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Documentation</role>
-      </roles>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Stéphane Mor</name>
-      <id>smor</id>
-      <email>stephanemor@yahoo.fr</email>
-      <organization>Hasgard Systèmes et Réseaux</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Java Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <name>Jason van Zyl</name>
-      <id>jvanzyl</id>
-      <email>jason@zenplex.com</email>
-      <organization>Zenplex</organization>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Architect</role>
-        <role>Release Manager</role>
-      </roles>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
-</project>
diff --git a/sea/sea-tar b/sea/sea-tar
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index 1353d325..00000000
--- a/sea/sea-tar
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-SEA_NAME=$1
-SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$2
-TARGET_DIR=$3
-
-tar -cvzf ${TARGET_DIR}/${SEA_NAME}.tar.gz -C ${SOURCE_DIRECTORY} `ls ${SOURCE_DIRECTORY}`
diff --git a/sea/src/plugin-resources/sea-header b/sea/src/plugin-resources/sea-header
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index 71f6ff09..00000000
--- a/sea/src/plugin-resources/sea-header
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-echo ""
-echo @NOTICE@
-echo ""
-
-# create a temp directory to extract to.
-#export WRKDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/selfextract.XXXXXX`
-export WORK_DIR="@WORK_DIR@"
-mkdir $WORK_DIR
-
-SKIP=`awk '/^__ARCHIVE_FOLLOWS__/ { print NR + 1; exit 0; }' $0`
-
-# Take the TGZ portion of this file and pipe it to tar.
-tail +$SKIP $0 | tar xz -C $WORK_DIR
-
-# execute the installation script
-
-#PREV=`pwd`
-#cd $WORK_DIR
-#./install.sh
-
-# delete the temp files
-#cd $PREV
-#rm -rf $WORK_DIR
-
-exit 0
-
-__ARCHIVE_FOLLOWS__