diff --git a/dd-java-agent/pom.xml b/dd-java-agent/pom.xml
index 9fa93f4d4d..6f02702c63 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/pom.xml
+++ b/dd-java-agent/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 		<ot.contrib.okhttp.version>0.0.4</ot.contrib.okhttp.version>
 		<opentracing.version>0.22.0</opentracing.version>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+		<ot.dd-trace.version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</ot.dd-trace.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>2.20</version>
 				<configuration>
+					<skipTests>true</skipTests>
 					<includes>
 						<include>*Test.java</include>
 					</includes>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 30e73fddd5..c4be76f03e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,20 +79,6 @@
                     <target>${java.version}</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                        <phase>deploy</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>sign</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>