diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index d351165cf60..0b4fffe3fa4 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ xmlns:cs="antlib:com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.ant">
 
       <copy todir="${dist.dir}" includeEmptyDirs="true">
         <fileset dir="${basedir}" excludes="**/*.template **/docs/build/**/* **/ivy*.jar">
+          <include name="zookeeper-assembly/**"/>
           <include name="zookeeper-recipes/**"/>
           <include name="zookeeper-docs/**"/>
           <include name="zookeeper-contrib/**"/>
@@ -1005,6 +1006,7 @@ xmlns:cs="antlib:com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.ant">
 
       <copy todir="${dist.dir}" includeEmptyDirs="true">
         <fileset dir="${basedir}" excludes="**/*.template **/docs/build/**/* **/ivy*.jar">
+          <include name="zookeeper-assembly/**"/>
           <include name="zookeeper-recipes/**"/>
           <include name="zookeeper-docs/**"/>
           <include name="zookeeper-contrib/**"/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ec6f9f5203..0ee016fc2d5 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     <module>zookeeper-server</module>
     <module>zookeeper-client</module>
     <module>zookeeper-recipes</module>
+    <module>zookeeper-assembly</module>
   </modules>
 
   <scm>
@@ -659,28 +660,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>source-package</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>
-                single
-              </goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>${project.basedir}/source-package.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-              <finalName>zookeeper-${project.version}</finalName>
-              <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
diff --git a/source-package.xml b/source-package.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 139f99f1374..00000000000
--- a/source-package.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-<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">
-
-  <id>source-package</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>tar.gz</format>
-    <format>zip</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.basedir}/bin</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.basedir}/conf</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>conf</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.basedir}/zookeeper-client</directory>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
-      </excludes>
-      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-client</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.basedir}/zookeeper-contrib</directory>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
-      </excludes>
-      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-contrib</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.basedir}/zookeeper-docs</directory>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
-      </excludes>
-      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-docs</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.basedir}/zookeeper-it</directory>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
-      </excludes>
-      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-it</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.basedir}/zookeeper-jute</directory>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
-      </excludes>
-      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-jute</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.basedir}/zookeeper-recipes</directory>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
-      </excludes>
-      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-recipes</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.basedir}/zookeeper-server</directory>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
-      </excludes>
-      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-server</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-  <files>
-    <file>
-      <source>${project.basedir}/pom.xml</source>
-    </file>
-    <file>
-      <source>${project.basedir}/source-package.xml</source>
-    </file>
-    <file>
-      <source>${project.basedir}/LICENSE.txt</source>
-    </file>
-    <file>
-      <source>${project.basedir}/NOTICE.txt</source>
-    </file>
-    <file>
-      <source>${project.basedir}/README.md</source>
-    </file>
-    <file>
-      <source>${project.basedir}/README_packaging.txt</source>
-    </file>
-
-  </files>
-</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zookeeper-assembly/pom.xml b/zookeeper-assembly/pom.xml
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..d3be5647d11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zookeeper-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+<?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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <!--
+  /**
+   * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+   * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+   * distributed with this work for additional information
+   * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+   * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+   * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+   * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+   *
+   *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+   *
+   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   * limitations under the License.
+   */
+  -->
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+    <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+    <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+  <artifactId>zookeeper-assembly</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>Apache ZooKeeper - Assembly</name>
+  <description>ZooKeeper Assembly</description>
+
+  <properties>
+    <rw.file.permission>0644</rw.file.permission>
+    <rwx.file.permission>0755</rwx.file.permission>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zookeeper-docs</artifactId>
+      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zookeeper-jute</artifactId>
+      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zookeeper-server</artifactId>
+      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zookeeper-client</artifactId>
+      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <type>pom</type>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zookeeper-recipes</artifactId>
+      <version>3.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <type>pom</type>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>make-assembly</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>${project.basedir}/src/main/assembly/source-package.xml</descriptor>
+                <descriptor>${project.basedir}/src/main/assembly/bin-package.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+              <finalName>zookeeper-${project.version}</finalName>
+              <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+            <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zookeeper-assembly/src/main/assembly/bin-package.xml b/zookeeper-assembly/src/main/assembly/bin-package.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ce0d9acadb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zookeeper-assembly/src/main/assembly/bin-package.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+<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">
+
+  <id>bin-package</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>tar.gz</format>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <componentDescriptors>
+    <componentDescriptor>src/main/assembly/components.xml</componentDescriptor>
+  </componentDescriptors>
+
+  <moduleSets>
+    <!-- ZooKeeper jars (excluding pom projects) including 3rd party dependencies -->
+    <moduleSet>
+      <useAllReactorProjects>true</useAllReactorProjects>
+      <includes>
+        <include>org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper-server</include>
+        <include>org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper-recipes-election</include>
+        <include>org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper-recipes-lock</include>
+        <include>org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper-recipes-queue</include>
+      </includes>
+
+      <binaries>
+        <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+        <unpack>false</unpack>
+        <dependencySets>
+          <dependencySet>
+            <excludes>
+              <exclude>org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper-recipes</exclude>
+              <exclude>org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper-client</exclude>
+              <exclude>org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper-docs</exclude>
+            </excludes>
+          </dependencySet>
+        </dependencySets>
+      </binaries>
+    </moduleSet>
+  </moduleSets>
+
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <!-- ZooKeeper generated documents -->
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-docs/target/html</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>docs</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+      <directoryMode>${rwx.file.permission}</directoryMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <!-- License files for 3rd party libs -->
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-server/src/main/resources/lib</directory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>*.txt</include>
+      </includes>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+    </fileSet>
+
+    <!-- Add source jars "manually", as the :source classiffier doesn't work in moduleSets -->
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-server/target</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>zookeeper-*-sources.jar</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-jute/target</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>zookeeper-*-sources.jar</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-recipes/zookeeper-recipes-election/target</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>zookeeper-*-sources.jar</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-recipes/zookeeper-recipes-lock/target</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>zookeeper-*-sources.jar</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-recipes/zookeeper-recipes-queue/target</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>zookeeper-*-sources.jar</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+
+  <files>
+    <file>
+      <source>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-server/src/main/resources/lib/cobertura/README.txt</source>
+      <outputDirectory>lib/cobertura</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+    </file>
+    <file>
+      <source>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-server/src/main/resources/lib/jdiff/zookeeper_3.1.1.xml</source>
+      <outputDirectory>lib/jdiff</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+    </file>
+  </files>
+
+</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zookeeper-assembly/src/main/assembly/components.xml b/zookeeper-assembly/src/main/assembly/components.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2510db1ba85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zookeeper-assembly/src/main/assembly/components.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+-->
+
+<component>
+  <!-- Resources that both bin and source package include -->
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/..</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>.</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>NOTICE.txt</include>
+        <include>LICENSE.txt</include>
+        <include>README.md</include>
+        <include>README_packaging.txt</include>
+      </includes>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../conf</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>conf</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+      <directoryMode>${rwx.file.permission}</directoryMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../bin</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rwx.file.permission}</fileMode>
+      <directoryMode>${rwx.file.permission}</directoryMode>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</component>
diff --git a/zookeeper-assembly/src/main/assembly/source-package.xml b/zookeeper-assembly/src/main/assembly/source-package.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bb894589eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zookeeper-assembly/src/main/assembly/source-package.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+<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">
+
+  <id>source-package</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>tar.gz</format>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <componentDescriptors>
+    <componentDescriptor>src/main/assembly/components.xml</componentDescriptor>
+  </componentDescriptors>
+
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-assembly</directory>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-assembly</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+      <directoryMode>${rwx.file.permission}</directoryMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-client</directory>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-client</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+      <directoryMode>${rwx.file.permission}</directoryMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-contrib</directory>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-contrib</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+      <directoryMode>${rwx.file.permission}</directoryMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-docs</directory>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-docs</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+      <directoryMode>${rwx.file.permission}</directoryMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-it</directory>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-it</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+      <directoryMode>${rwx.file.permission}</directoryMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-jute</directory>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-jute</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+      <directoryMode>${rwx.file.permission}</directoryMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-recipes</directory>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-recipes</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+      <directoryMode>${rwx.file.permission}</directoryMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../zookeeper-server</directory>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+      <outputDirectory>zookeeper-server</outputDirectory>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+      <directoryMode>${rwx.file.permission}</directoryMode>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+  <files>
+    <file>
+      <source>${project.basedir}/../pom.xml</source>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+    </file>
+    <file>
+      <source>${project.basedir}/src/main/assembly/source-package.xml</source>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+    </file>
+    <file>
+      <source>${project.basedir}/src/main/assembly/bin-package.xml</source>
+      <fileMode>${rw.file.permission}</fileMode>
+    </file>
+  </files>
+</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zookeeper-client/pom.xml b/zookeeper-client/pom.xml
index ecf166d4856..e72624e193f 100755
--- a/zookeeper-client/pom.xml
+++ b/zookeeper-client/pom.xml
@@ -48,25 +48,4 @@
     </profile>
   </profiles>
 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>source-package</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zookeeper-contrib/pom.xml b/zookeeper-contrib/pom.xml
index a25f42fb55e..6d7e6f220a7 100755
--- a/zookeeper-contrib/pom.xml
+++ b/zookeeper-contrib/pom.xml
@@ -55,25 +55,6 @@
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
-
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>source-package</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
   </build>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zookeeper-docs/pom.xml b/zookeeper-docs/pom.xml
index 403f322a9fb..33fc172492a 100644
--- a/zookeeper-docs/pom.xml
+++ b/zookeeper-docs/pom.xml
@@ -54,22 +54,6 @@
           <copyDirectories>images,skin</copyDirectories>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>source-package</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/zookeeper-jute/pom.xml b/zookeeper-jute/pom.xml
index 9c5678bf6ff..9bb696e9a7d 100755
--- a/zookeeper-jute/pom.xml
+++ b/zookeeper-jute/pom.xml
@@ -145,22 +145,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>source-package</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <!-- spotbugs does not make sense for generated code -->
         <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
diff --git a/zookeeper-recipes/pom.xml b/zookeeper-recipes/pom.xml
index 104abdd0638..70513338191 100755
--- a/zookeeper-recipes/pom.xml
+++ b/zookeeper-recipes/pom.xml
@@ -62,25 +62,4 @@
     <module>zookeeper-recipes-queue</module>
   </modules>
 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>source-package</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zookeeper-server/pom.xml b/zookeeper-server/pom.xml
index 325bc79462e..33cf27fb966 100755
--- a/zookeeper-server/pom.xml
+++ b/zookeeper-server/pom.xml
@@ -260,23 +260,6 @@
           </systemPropertyVariables>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>source-package</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>