diff --git a/json-path-assert/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/json-path-assert/pom.xml.releaseBackup
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--- a/json-path-assert/pom.xml.releaseBackup
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@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Copyright 2010 the original author or authors.
-  ~
-  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <parent>
-        <artifactId>json-path-parent</artifactId>
-        <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
-        <version>0.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-    <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
-    <artifactId>json-path-assert</artifactId>
-    <version>0.5.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <name>json-path-assert</name>
-    <url>http://code.google.com/p/json-path/</url>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
-            <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!--
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
-            <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
-            <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-</project>