diff --git a/pmd-perl/pom.xml b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
index 4e3a5c1a42..c8f60fde5c 100644
--- a/pmd-perl/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-perl/pom.xml
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@
     </properties>
 
     <build>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -31,35 +25,6 @@
                     </delimiters>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
-                <artifactId>pmd-build</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>pmd-clean</id>
-                        <phase>clean</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <echo>PMD specific tasks: cleaning generated markdown</echo>
-                                <delete quiet="true">
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/rules/" includes="**/*.md" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/markdown/" includes="mergedruleset.xml" />
-                                    <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/site/" includes="site.xml" />
-                                </delete>
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <dependencies>
@@ -67,10 +32,6 @@
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
             <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mozilla</groupId>
-            <artifactId>rhino</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>