Maven Sucks

I've recently been working on a GWT based web application when we decided to given Maven a try. This has turned out to be a bad idea. We've spent more time trying to get Maven configured and building correctly then we will ever save from it's dependency management.

So, I'm spending the day de-Mavenizing our project and thought I would share a valuable piece of information: How to uninstall Maven from Eclipse Helios.

1. In Eclipse, open the "About Eclipse" (in Windows, this is under the "Help" menu, in OSX, this is under "Eclipse" menu.)
   
2. Click on "Installation Details->Installed Software" and find the Maven entry. Uninstall that.
3. Close Eclipse
4. Navigate to your Eclipse installation folder and find the "plugins" folder. Delete everything with the words "maven" in it (files AND folders.)
5. Start up Eclipse

Maven should now be removed from your Eclipse. You will probably need to edit the Builders in your Project properties to remove any remnants of Maven builds.

Enjoy using Ant! (or anything else.)