diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44bc7c24..ff34bb33 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@
         <url>http://code.google.com/p/maven-alfresco-archetypes/issues/detail</url>
     </issueManagement>
 
-    <scm>
-        <connection>scm:svn:${scm.url.base}/trunk</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:svn:${scm.url.base}/trunk</developerConnection>
-        <url>${scm.url.base}/trunk</url>
-    </scm>
-
     <developers>
         <developer>
             <id>gabriele.columbro</id>
@@ -137,7 +131,8 @@
             <id>release</id>
             <properties>
                 <maven.site.url>https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/content/repositories/alfresco-docs/alfresco-lifecycle-aggregator/latest</maven.site.url>
-                <project.scm.connection>scm:svn:https://maven-alfresco-archetypes.googlecode.com/svn</project.scm.connection>
+                <project.scm.url>https://maven-alfresco-archetypes.googlecode.com/svn/trunk</project.scm.url>
+                <project.scm.connection>scm:svn:${project.scm.url}</project.scm.connection>
                 <project.scm.developer.connection>${project.scm.connection}</project.scm.developer.connection>
                 <maven.release.version>2.4</maven.release.version>
                 <maven.release.goals>deploy site-deploy</maven.release.goals>