diff --git a/rm-automation/pom.xml b/rm-automation/pom.xml
index 1e208166bd..72c3776526 100644
--- a/rm-automation/pom.xml
+++ b/rm-automation/pom.xml
@@ -1,45 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <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">
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
+      <artifactId>alfresco-rm-parent</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   </parent>
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-   <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
    <artifactId>alfresco-rm-automation</artifactId>
-   <version>2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <properties>
       <selenium.version>2.45.0</selenium.version>
       <spring.version>4.0.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
       <!-- Within the rm-automation project only, we want source code to be Java 8. -->
       <maven.build.sourceVersion>1.8</maven.build.sourceVersion>
-      <maven.build.testSourceVersion>1.8</maven.build.testSourceVersion>
-      <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>
    <build>
       <plugins>
-         <plugin>
-            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2</version>
-            <configuration>
-               <source>${maven.build.sourceVersion}</source>
-               <target>${maven.build.sourceVersion}</target>
-            </configuration>
-            <executions>
-               <execution>
-                  <id>default-testCompile</id>
-                  <phase>process-test-sources</phase>
-                  <goals>
-                     <goal>testCompile</goal>
-                  </goals>
-                  <configuration>
-                     <source>${maven.build.testSourceVersion}</source>
-                     <target>${maven.build.testSourceVersion}</target>
-                  </configuration>
-               </execution>
-            </executions>
-         </plugin>
          <!-- Additional source folder to be added: source/compatibility -->
          <plugin>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.1</version>
             <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>add-test-source</id>
@@ -56,7 +36,6 @@
          </plugin>
          <plugin>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.18</version>
             <configuration>
                <redirectTestOutputToFile>false</redirectTestOutputToFile>
                <suiteXmlFiles>