diff --git a/buildConfig/assemblyDesc.xml b/buildConfig/assemblyDesc.xml
index 308e339ef39f9eb1497cd310b2bc13af7a753841..ce4fc57e65d3388108362762fc7d07afd27099fd 100644
--- a/buildConfig/assemblyDesc.xml
+++ b/buildConfig/assemblyDesc.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.0.0.xsd">
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 	<formats>
 		<format>zip</format>
 	</formats>
+	<dependencySets>
+		<dependencySet>
+			<outputDirectory>/lib</outputDirectory>
+			<unpack>false</unpack>
+		</dependencySet>
+	</dependencySets>
 	<fileSets>
 		<fileSet>
 			<directory>${project.basedir}/buildConfig</directory>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d014a89ccdecd3f570ecc2a348f07104b419903..e25be37d9728285644320c9f301100bc489fbdf2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,24 +49,6 @@
 	</dependencies>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
-			<!-- Is it really needed? -->
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<id>copy-dependencies</id>
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-
 			<!-- Gets info from git, e.g. hash and datetime -->
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -91,27 +73,21 @@
 			<!-- Packs everything in a zip -->
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<archive>
-						<manifest>
-							<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
-							<classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
-							<mainClass>eu.simstadt.regionchooser.RegionChooserFX</mainClass>
-						</manifest>
-					</archive>
-					<descriptors>
-						<descriptor>${basedir}/buildConfig/assemblyDesc.xml</descriptor>
-					</descriptors>
-					<finalName>RegionChooser_${project.version}_${scmBranch}_${timestamp}_${buildNumber}</finalName>
-					<appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-				</configuration>
+				<version>3.2.0</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
-						<id>make-assembly</id> <!-- this is used for inheritance merges -->
-						<phase>package</phase> <!-- bind to the packaging phase -->
+						<id>regionchooser</id>
+						<phase>package</phase>
 						<goals>
 							<goal>single</goal>
 						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<descriptors>
+								<descriptor>${basedir}/buildConfig/assemblyDesc.xml</descriptor>
+							</descriptors>
+							<finalName>RegionChooser_${project.version}_${scmBranch}_${timestamp}_${buildNumber}</finalName>
+							<appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+						</configuration>
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>