diff --git a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9303170..0000000
--- a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>org.iota</groupId>
-    <artifactId>jota</artifactId>
-    <name>JOTA</name>
-    <version>0.9.2</version>
-    <description>JOTA library is a simple Java wrapper around IOTA Node's JSON-REST HTTP interface.</description>
-    <licenses>
-        <license>
-            <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
-            <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
-            <distribution>repo</distribution>
-        </license>
-    </licenses>
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${java-version}</source>
-                    <target>${java-version}</target>
-                    <testSource>${java-version}</testSource>
-                    <testTarget>${java-version}</testTarget>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.3</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <filters>
-                                <filter>
-                                    <artifact>*:*</artifact>
-                                    <excludes>
-                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
-                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
-                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
-                                    </excludes>
-                                </filter>
-                            </filters>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.12.4</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skipTests>${skipTests}</skipTests>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>build-extras</id>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0.1</version>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>attach-sources</id>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>jar</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.10.4</version>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>jar</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                                <configuration>
-                                    <show>private</show>
-                                    <nohelp>true</nohelp>
-                                    <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
-                                </configuration>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <show>private</show>
-                            <nohelp>true</nohelp>
-                            <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.6</version>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                                <phase>package</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>sign</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-            <properties>
-                <gpg.keyname>${env.GPG_KEYNAME}</gpg.keyname>
-                <gpg.passphrase>${env.GPG_PASSPHRASE}</gpg.passphrase>
-            </properties>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-                    <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-    <properties>
-        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
-        <java-version>1.7</java-version>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-</project>
-
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 48bc214..4ab43fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,13 +59,6 @@
             <version>1.7.21</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/ch.qos.logback/logback-classic -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.7</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-io/commons-io -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
@@ -95,32 +88,6 @@
                     <testTarget>${java-version}</testTarget>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.3</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <filters>
-                                <filter>
-                                    <artifact>*:*</artifact>
-                                    <excludes>
-                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
-                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
-                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
-                                    </excludes>
-                                </filter>
-                            </filters>
-                            <!-- Additional configuration. -->
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>