diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75d4b4e..a3e8420 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
-This source repository contains ONAP common code, which is shared by 'policy-drools-pdp' and 'policy-engine'. The settings file only needs to support the standard Maven repositories (e.g. central = http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/), and any proxy settings needed in your environment.
-
-To build it using Maven 3, run: mvn clean install
+This source repository contains ONAP common code, which is shared by
+'policy-drools-pdp' and 'policy-engine'. To build it:
+1. using Maven 3
+2. git clone http://gerrit.onap.org/r/oparent and copy
+oparent/settings.xml to ~/.m2
+3. mvn clean install
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0bda7f1..c9810fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.onap.oparent</groupId>
+		<artifactId>oparent</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath/>
+	</parent>
+
 	<groupId>org.onap.policy.common</groupId>
 	<artifactId>common-modules</artifactId>
 	<version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -50,35 +57,7 @@
 		<module>site-manager</module>
 	</modules>
 
-	<repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<id>ecomp-snapshots</id>
-			<name>ONAP Snapshots Repository</name>
-			<url>${nexusproxy}/${snapshots.path}</url>
-		</repository>
-		<repository>
-			<id>ecomp-releases</id>
-			<name>ONAP Release Repository</name>
-			<url>${nexusproxy}/${releases.path}</url>
-		</repository>
-		<repository>
-			<id>ecomp-staging</id>
-			<name>ONAP Staging Repository</name>
-			<url>${nexusproxy}/${staging.path}</url>
-		</repository>
-	</repositories>
-	
 	<distributionManagement>
-		<repository>
-			<id>ecomp-releases</id>
-			<name>ONAP Release Repository</name>
-			<url>${nexusproxy}/${releases.path}</url>
-		</repository>
-		<snapshotRepository>
-			<id>ecomp-snapshots</id>
-			<name>ONAP Snapshot Repository</name>
-			<url>${nexusproxy}/${snapshots.path}</url>
-		</snapshotRepository>
 		<site>
 			<id>ecomp-site</id>
 			<url>dav:${nexusproxy}${sitePath}</url>
@@ -107,49 +86,6 @@
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-				<artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.9</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<extraExtensions>
-						<!-- Used to add or change the header style <fileTypeYouAreMapping> 
-							fileTypeMappedInto </fileTypeYouAreMapping> -->
-						<drl>java</drl>
-						<ccf>properties</ccf>
-
-						<!-- Because the typical sql comment type confuses the update algorithm -->
-						<sql>java</sql>
-					</extraExtensions>
-					<licenseName>apache_v2</licenseName>
-
-					<inceptionYear>2017</inceptionYear>
-					<organizationName>AT&amp;T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.</organizationName>
-
-					<!-- Once you have established the tags and delimiter, they cannot be 
-						changed -->
-					<processStartTag>============LICENSE_START=======================================================</processStartTag>
-					<processEndTag>============LICENSE_END=========================================================</processEndTag>
-					<sectionDelimiter>================================================================================</sectionDelimiter>
-					<addJavaLicenseAfterPackage>false</addJavaLicenseAfterPackage>
-					<canUpdateCopyright>true</canUpdateCopyright>
-					<canUpdateDescription>true</canUpdateDescription>
-					<canUpdateLicense>true</canUpdateLicense>
-					<emptyLineAfterHeader>true</emptyLineAfterHeader>
-					<roots>
-						<!-- Default is src, target/generated-sources, target/processed-sources -->
-
-						<!-- Everything except the files in the excludes section -->
-						<root>/</root>
-					</roots>
-					<excludes>
-						<!-- Files which are to be excluded. The pom.xml is excluded because 
-							the start/end tags and the delimiters are in the body of the file. This confuses 
-							the algorithm. So, this file must be manually updated with a license header. -->
-						<exclude>pom.xml</exclude>
-					</excludes>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
 			  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 			  <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
 			  <version>3.6</version>