diff --git a/clients/unshaded/pom.xml b/clients/unshaded/pom.xml
index 3f53737fa74f..ee6accd57ac9 100644
--- a/clients/unshaded/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/unshaded/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     <artifactId>tachyon-clients</artifactId>
     <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
-  <groupId>org.tachyonproject</groupId>
   <artifactId>tachyon-client-unshaded</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Tachyon Clients - Implementation</name>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index b8e469c6b3f0..4be274c5340c 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     <artifactId>tachyon-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
-  <groupId>org.tachyonproject</groupId>
   <artifactId>tachyon-common</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Tachyon Common</name>
@@ -87,35 +86,5 @@
         <filtering>true</filtering>
       </resource>
     </resources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-compile</id>
-            <phase>compile</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <compilerArgs>
-                <arg>-Xlint:none</arg>
-              </compilerArgs>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.14</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <argLine>-Djava.security.krb5.realm= -Djava.security.krb5.kdc=</argLine>
-          <redirectTestOutputToFile>${test.output.redirect}</redirectTestOutputToFile>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index e47e9badf054..c6019674d69d 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     <artifactId>tachyon-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
-  <groupId>org.tachyonproject</groupId>
   <artifactId>tachyon-examples</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Tachyon Examples</name>
diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index f9f0909db7c8..571a9f763039 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.tachyonproject</groupId>
@@ -88,39 +89,6 @@
   </dependencies>
 
   <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>default</id>
-      <activation>
-        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>default-testCompile</id>
-                <phase>test-compile</phase>
-                <configuration>
-                  <testExcludes>
-                    <exclude>**/hadoop/contract/**</exclude>
-                  </testExcludes>
-                  <compilerArgs>
-                    <arg>-Xlint:-unchecked</arg>
-                  </compilerArgs>
-                </configuration>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>testCompile</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-
     <profile>
       <id>hdfsTest</id>
       <dependencies>
@@ -133,47 +101,14 @@
       </dependencies>
       <build>
         <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>default-testCompile</id>
-                <phase>test-compile</phase>
-                <configuration>
-                  <testExcludes>
-                    <exclude>**/hadoop/contract/**</exclude>
-                  </testExcludes>
-                  <compilerArgs>
-                    <arg>-Xlint:-unchecked</arg>
-                  </compilerArgs>
-                </configuration>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>testCompile</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.14</version>
             <configuration>
-              <argLine>-Djava.security.krb5.realm= -Djava.security.krb5.kdc=</argLine>
               <systemPropertyVariables>
                 <ufs>tachyon.underfs.hdfs.LocalMiniDFSCluster</ufs>
               </systemPropertyVariables>
             </configuration>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>default-test</id>
-                <phase>test</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>test</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
@@ -197,47 +132,14 @@
       </dependencies>
       <build>
         <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>default-testCompile</id>
-                <phase>test-compile</phase>
-                <configuration>
-                  <testExcludes>
-                    <exclude>**/hadoop/contract/**</exclude>
-                  </testExcludes>
-                  <compilerArgs>
-                    <arg>-Xlint:-unchecked</arg>
-                  </compilerArgs>
-                </configuration>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>testCompile</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.14</version>
             <configuration>
-              <argLine>-Djava.security.krb5.realm= -Djava.security.krb5.kdc=</argLine>
               <systemPropertyVariables>
                 <ufs>tachyon.underfs.glusterfs.GlusterFSCluster</ufs>
               </systemPropertyVariables>
             </configuration>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>default-test</id>
-                <phase>test</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>test</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
@@ -255,34 +157,10 @@
       </dependencies>
       <build>
         <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>default-testCompile</id>
-                <phase>test-compile</phase>
-                <configuration>
-                  <testExcludes>
-                    <exclude>**/hadoop/contract/**</exclude>
-                  </testExcludes>
-                  <compilerArgs>
-                    <arg>-Xlint:-unchecked</arg>
-                  </compilerArgs>
-                </configuration>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>testCompile</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.14</version>
             <configuration>
-              <argLine>-Djava.security.krb5.realm= -Djava.security.krb5.kdc=</argLine>
               <systemPropertyVariables>
                 <ufs>tachyon.underfs.s3.S3UnderStorageCluster</ufs>
                 <!-- Change "myAccessKey" to your access key for this test -->
@@ -294,15 +172,6 @@
                 <s3Bucket>s3n://my-bucket/tachyon-test</s3Bucket>
               </systemPropertyVariables>
             </configuration>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>default-test</id>
-                <phase>test</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>test</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
@@ -310,6 +179,17 @@
 
     <profile>
       <id>contractTest</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <testExcludes combine.self="override"/>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
@@ -318,29 +198,11 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-compile</id>
-            <phase>compile</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <compilerArgs>
-                <arg>-Xlint:none</arg>
-              </compilerArgs>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.14</version>
         <configuration>
-          <argLine>-Djava.security.krb5.realm= -Djava.security.krb5.kdc=</argLine>
-          <redirectTestOutputToFile>${test.output.redirect}</redirectTestOutputToFile>
+          <testExcludes>
+            <!--By default we skip tests in hadoop/contract, unless contractTest profile is used-->
+            <exclude>**/hadoop/contract/**</exclude>
+          </testExcludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
@@ -348,17 +210,6 @@
              should remove this when this class can be exposed in a better way. -->
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <archive>
-            <manifest>
-              <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
-            </manifest>
-          </archive>
-          <excludes>
-            <exclude>**/log4j.properties</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-        </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 53aed894f614..9377d7682e5f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -274,37 +274,49 @@
   </dependencyManagement>
 
   <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.2</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <source>${java.version}</source>
+            <target>${java.version}</target>
+            <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+            <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
+            <compilerArgs>
+              <arg>-Xlint:none</arg>
+            </compilerArgs>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.14</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <argLine>-Djava.security.krb5.realm= -Djava.security.krb5.kdc=</argLine>
+            <redirectTestOutputToFile>${test.output.redirect}</redirectTestOutputToFile>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <archive>
+              <manifest>
+                <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+              </manifest>
+            </archive>
+            <excludes>
+              <exclude>**/log4j.properties</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
-      <!--
-            <plugin>
-              <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-              <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-              <version>1.2.1</version>
-              <executions>
-                <execution>
-                  <id>Version Calculation</id>
-                  <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-                  <goals>
-                    <goal>exec</goal>
-                  </goals>
-                  <configuration>
-                    <executable>${basedir}/bin/thrift-gen.sh</executable>
-                  </configuration>
-                </execution>
-              </executions>
-            </plugin>
-      -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>${java.version}</source>
-          <target>${java.version}</target>
-          <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-          <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/servers/pom.xml b/servers/pom.xml
index 4c017597add5..185bea3da9f9 100644
--- a/servers/pom.xml
+++ b/servers/pom.xml
@@ -127,60 +127,9 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-compile</id>
-            <phase>compile</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <compilerArgs>
-                <arg>-Xlint:none</arg>
-              </compilerArgs>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-testCompile</id>
-            <phase>test-compile</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <compilerArgs>
-                <arg>-Xlint:-unchecked</arg>
-              </compilerArgs>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>testCompile</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.14</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <argLine>-Djava.security.krb5.realm= -Djava.security.krb5.kdc=</argLine>
-          <redirectTestOutputToFile>${test.output.redirect}</redirectTestOutputToFile>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <archive>
-            <manifest>
-              <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
-            </manifest>
-          </archive>
-          <excludes>
-            <exclude>**/log4j.properties</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-        </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
diff --git a/shell/pom.xml b/shell/pom.xml
index f18b85197537..c10da3aac54b 100644
--- a/shell/pom.xml
+++ b/shell/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     <artifactId>tachyon-parent</artifactId>
     <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
-  <groupId>org.tachyonproject</groupId>
   <artifactId>tachyon-shell</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Tachyon Shell</name>
@@ -69,37 +68,4 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>default-compile</id>
-            <phase>compile</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <compilerArgs>
-                <arg>-Xlint:none</arg>
-              </compilerArgs>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.14</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <argLine>-Djava.security.krb5.realm= -Djava.security.krb5.kdc=</argLine>
-          <redirectTestOutputToFile>${test.output.redirect}</redirectTestOutputToFile>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
 </project>