Exclude META-INF/maven folder from the generated jar file
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/META-INF/maven/**</exclude>
<exclude>log4j.xml</exclude>
</excludes>
<archive>
<manifestEntries>
<SCM-Revision>${artifactId}-${version}-${build.number}</SCM-Revision>
</manifestEntries>
<addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>

