diff --git a/pmd-eclipse-pmd/build.properties b/pmd-eclipse-pmd/build.properties
index aa2d3d5a78..c0c5285733 100644
--- a/pmd-eclipse-pmd/build.properties
+++ b/pmd-eclipse-pmd/build.properties
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 bin.includes = plugin.xml,\
-               plugin.properties,\
-               plugin_fr.properties,\
                toc.xml,\
                doc.zip,\
                schema/,\
                lib/,\
-               pmd-core.jar,\
-               META-INF/
-src.includes = plugin.properties,\
-               plugin.xml,\
-               plugin_fr.properties,\
+               pmd-core.jar
+src.includes = plugin.xml,\
                schema/,\
-               toc.xml,\
-               META-INF/
+               toc.xml
 source.pmd-core.jar = src/
 output.pmd-core.jar = bin/
diff --git a/pmd-eclipse-runtime/build.properties b/pmd-eclipse-runtime/build.properties
index 75978407da..e5cfdccc26 100644
--- a/pmd-eclipse-runtime/build.properties
+++ b/pmd-eclipse-runtime/build.properties
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 source.pmd-runtime.jar = src/
 output.pmd-runtime.jar = bin/
-bin.includes = META-INF/,\
-               pmd-runtime.jar,\
+bin.includes = pmd-runtime.jar,\
                plugin.xml,\
                plugin_fr.properties,\
-               plugin.properties,\
-               lib/
-src.includes = META-INF/,\
-               plugin.properties,\
+               plugin.properties
+src.includes = plugin.properties,\
                plugin.xml,\
                plugin_fr.properties
diff --git a/pmd-eclipse-ui/build.properties b/pmd-eclipse-ui/build.properties
index 7ef64ed5cf..40e730275b 100644
--- a/pmd-eclipse-ui/build.properties
+++ b/pmd-eclipse-ui/build.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 bin.includes = plugin.xml,\
-               META-INF/,\
                icons/,\
                pmd-ui.jar,\
                messages.properties,\
@@ -9,8 +8,7 @@ bin.includes = plugin.xml,\
 jars.compile.order = pmd-ui.jar
 source.pmd-ui.jar = src/
 output.pmd-ui.jar = bin/
-src.includes = META-INF/,\
-               messages.properties,\
+src.includes = messages.properties,\
                nl/,\
                plugin.properties,\
                plugin.xml,\