diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.tests/pom.xml b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.tests/pom.xml
index 75f485d7a4..7f8f2e13fd 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.tests/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.tests/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.platform</groupId>
 		<artifactId>rt.equinox.p2</artifactId>
-		<version>${releaseVersion}${qualifier}</version>
+		<version>4.34.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../../</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index e5110a62c8..cfac630120 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.platform</groupId>
     <artifactId>rt.equinox.p2</artifactId>
-    <version>${releaseVersion}${qualifier}</version>
+    <version>4.34.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.equinox.p2.examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7357c8a9d1..9b382f304a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,16 +22,9 @@
   <groupId>org.eclipse.platform</groupId>
   <artifactId>rt.equinox.p2</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>${releaseVersion}${qualifier}</version>
 
   <properties>
     <tycho.scmUrl>scm:git:https://github.com/eclipse-equinox/p2.git</tycho.scmUrl>
-    <releaseVersion>4.34.0</releaseVersion>
-    <!-- Defines the default Qualifier if no format is given-->
-    <!-- can be overriden with -Dtycho.buildqualifier.format=yyyyMMddHHmm for a dynamic qualifier or -Dqualifier=abcd for a static value -->
-    <qualifier>-SNAPSHOT</qualifier>
-    <!-- disabled for now, should be enabled later! -->
-    <addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
     <failOnJavadocErrors>true</failOnJavadocErrors>
   </properties>