diff --git a/.travis/build-site.sh b/.travis/build-site.sh
index fe2a2b711a..a4f30dc5bc 100644
--- a/.travis/build-site.sh
+++ b/.travis/build-site.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fi
     echo -e "Finished executing ./mvnw install\n\n"
 
     echo -e "\n\nExecuting ./mvnw site site:stage...\n\n"
-    travis_wait ./mvnw site site:stage -Psite -B -V -q
+    travis_wait ./mvnw site site:stage -DskipTests=true -Psite -B -V -q
     echo -e "Finished executing ./mvnw site site:stage...\n\n"
 )
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e5c5a9133..9f3c428966 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
         <checkstyle.version>2.17</checkstyle.version>
         <pmd.plugin.version>3.8</pmd.plugin.version>
         <java.version>1.7</java.version>
-        <jacoco.version>0.7.9</jacoco.version>
         <ant.version>1.9.6</ant.version>
         <javadoc.plugin.version>2.10.4</javadoc.plugin.version>
         <antlr.version>4.5.2-1</antlr.version>
@@ -728,18 +727,6 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
                 </reportSets>
             </plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${surefire.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${jacoco.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -984,23 +971,6 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
             <properties>
                 <java.version>1.8</java.version>
             </properties>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                      <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-                      <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                      <version>${jacoco.version}</version>
-                      <executions>
-                          <execution>
-                              <id>default-prepare-agent</id>
-                              <goals>
-                                  <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
-                              </goals>
-                          </execution>
-                      </executions>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
         </profile>
 
         <profile>
@@ -1030,7 +1000,7 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
                     <plugin>
                       <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                       <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                      <version>${jacoco.version}</version>
+                      <version>0.7.9</version>
                       <executions>
                           <execution>
                               <id>default-prepare-agent</id>