diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3f6d8cc914edc9efe0b6a9e53c63404dda6564b2..df40fb6ccad9e6d694e293f1759b9668529a52a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 *.jardesc
 bin/
 build/
+target/
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dac231d04b54140b5fb0051f77a0387c00447aec..443b349f4565eb736f41122233f5b48318c30af8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@
 
 
     <build>
-        <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
-        <directory>build</directory>
-        <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
-
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -71,10 +67,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.bioimageanalysis.icy</groupId>
-            <artifactId>icy-kernel</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fifesoft</groupId>
             <artifactId>rsyntaxtextarea</artifactId>