diff --git a/src/releasing/maven-illuminate.sh b/src/releasing/maven-illuminate.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f22af4b9d..0000000000
--- a/src/releasing/maven-illuminate.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Check for bash (and that we haven't already been sourced).
-[ -z "$BASH_VERSION" -o -n "$MAVEN_COLOR_SCRIPT_SOURCED" ] && return
-
-# Formatting constants
-export BRIGHT=`tput bold`
-export UNDERLINE_ON=`tput smul`
-export UNDERLINE_OFF=`tput rmul`
-export TEXT_BLACK=`tput setaf 0`
-export TEXT_RED=`tput setaf 1`
-export TEXT_GREEN=`tput setaf 2`
-export TEXT_YELLOW=`tput setaf 3`
-export TEXT_BLUE=`tput setaf 4`
-export TEXT_MAGENTA=`tput setaf 5`
-export TEXT_CYAN=`tput setaf 6`
-export TEXT_WHITE=`tput setaf 7`
-export BACKGROUND_BLACK=`tput setab 0`
-export BACKGROUND_RED=`tput setab 1`
-export BACKGROUND_GREEN=`tput setab 2`
-export BACKGROUND_YELLOW=`tput setab 3`
-export BACKGROUND_BLUE=`tput setab 4`
-export BACKGROUND_MAGENTA=`tput setab 5`
-export BACKGROUND_CYAN=`tput setab 6`
-export BACKGROUND_WHITE=`tput setab 7`
-export RESET_FORMATTING=`tput sgr0`
-
-# Variables for output colors
-export GENERIC_COLOR=${BRIGHT}${TEXT_BLACK}
-export HEADER_COLOR=${TEXT_BLUE}
-export BASIC_INFO_COLOR=${BRIGHT}${TEXT_BLACK}
-
-export SUCCESS_COLOR=${BRIGHT}${TEXT_GREEN}
-export WARN_COLOR=${BRIGHT}${TEXT_YELLOW}
-export FAIL_COLOR=${BRIGHT}${TEXT_RED}
-export ERROR_COLOR=${BRIGHT}${TEXT_RED}
-
-export TEST_RUN_COLOR=${BRIGHT}${TEXT_GREEN}
-export TEST_SKIP_COLOR=${BRIGHT}${TEXT_YELLOW}
-export TEST_FAIL_COLOR=${BRIGHT}${TEXT_RED}
-export TEST_ERROR_COLOR=${BRIGHT}${TEXT_RED}
-
-# Wrapper function for Maven's mvn command.
-mvn-color()
-{
-  # echo " WARN " | perl -n -e "print if s/(.*\ warn\ .*)/\1/gi" looser matching
-  # Filter mvn output using sed
-  mvn $@ | sed -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ -------.*\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ Building\ .*\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(^---.*\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(^\ T\ E\ S\ T\ S\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(^Running .*\)/${BASIC_INFO_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(.*Test.*:.*\.\..*\)/${TEST_FAIL_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(.* test.*:.*\.\..*\)/${TEST_FAIL_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ ---\ .*\)/${BASIC_INFO_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ BUILD\ SUCCESS\)/${SUCCESS_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ BUILD\ FAILURE\)/${FAIL_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ Total\ time:\ .*\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ Finished\ at:\ .*\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ Final\ Memory:\ .*\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(\[WARNING\].*\)/${WARN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(.*\ WARN\ .*\)/${WARN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(.*\ warn\ .*\)/${WARN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(.*\ Warn\ .*\)/${WARN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(\[ERROR\].*\)/${ERROR_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(.*\ ERROR\ .*\)/${ERROR_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(.*\ error\ .*\)/${ERROR_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(.*\ Error\ .*\)/${ERROR_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/Tests run: \([^,]*\), Failures: \([^,]*\), Errors: \([^,]*\), Skipped: \([^,]*\), Time elapsed: \([^,]*\)/${GENERIC_COLOR}Tests run: ${RESET_FORMATTING}${TEST_RUN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}${GENERIC_COLOR}, Failures: ${RESET_FORMATTING}${TEST_FAIL_COLOR}\2${RESET_FORMATTING}${GENERIC_COLOR}, Errors: ${RESET_FORMATTING}${TEST_ERROR_COLOR}\3${RESET_FORMATTING}${GENERIC_COLOR}, Skipped: ${RESET_FORMATTING}${TEST_SKIP_COLOR}\4${RESET_FORMATTING}${GENERIC_COLOR}, Time elapsed: \5${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(.*\)/${GENERIC_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g"
-
-  # Make sure formatting is reset
-  echo -ne ${RESET_FORMATTING}
-}
-
-# Wrapper function for Maven's mvn command to reduce verbose output
-mvn-color-compact()
-{
-  # Filter mvn output using sed
-  mvn $@ | sed -n -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ -------.*\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ Building\ .*\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(^---.*\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(^\ T\ E\ S\ T\ S\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(^Running .*\)/${BASIC_INFO_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*Test.*:.*\.\..*\)/${TEST_FAIL_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.* test.*:.*\.\..*\)/${TEST_FAIL_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ ---\ .*\)/${BASIC_INFO_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ BUILD\ SUCCESS\)/${SUCCESS_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ BUILD\ FAILURE\)/${FAIL_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ Total\ time:\ .*\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ Finished\ at:\ .*\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ Final\ Memory:\ .*\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(\[WARNING\].*\)/${WARN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*\ WARN\ .*\)/${WARN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*\ warn\ .*\)/${WARN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*\ Warn\ .*\)/${WARN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(\[ERROR\].*\)/${ERROR_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*\ ERROR\ .*\)/${ERROR_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*\ error\ .*\)/${ERROR_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*\ Error\ .*\)/${ERROR_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/Tests run: \([^,]*\), Failures: \([^,]*\), Errors: \([^,]*\), Skipped: \([^,]*\), Time elapsed: \([^,]*\)/${GENERIC_COLOR}Tests run: ${RESET_FORMATTING}${TEST_RUN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}${GENERIC_COLOR}, Failures: ${RESET_FORMATTING}${TEST_FAIL_COLOR}\2${RESET_FORMATTING}${GENERIC_COLOR}, Errors: ${RESET_FORMATTING}${TEST_ERROR_COLOR}\3${RESET_FORMATTING}${GENERIC_COLOR}, Skipped: ${RESET_FORMATTING}${TEST_SKIP_COLOR}\4${RESET_FORMATTING}${GENERIC_COLOR}, Time elapsed: \5${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp"
-
-  # Make sure formatting is reset
-  echo -ne ${RESET_FORMATTING}
-}
-
-# Wrapper function for Maven's mvn command to reduce verbose output
-mvn-color-super-compact()
-{
-  # Filter mvn output using sed
-  mvn $@ | sed -n -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ Building\ .*\)/${HEADER_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(^Running .*\)/${BASIC_INFO_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*Test.*:.*\.\..*\)/${TEST_FAIL_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.* test.*:.*\.\..*\)/${TEST_FAIL_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ BUILD\ SUCCESS\)/${SUCCESS_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ BUILD\ FAILURE\)/${FAIL_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(\[WARNING\].*\)/${WARN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*\ WARN\ .*\)/${WARN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*\ warn\ .*\)/${WARN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*\ Warn\ .*\)/${WARN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(\[ERROR\].*\)/${ERROR_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*\ ERROR\ .*\)/${ERROR_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*\ error\ .*\)/${ERROR_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/\(.*\ Error\ .*\)/${ERROR_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp" \
-               -n -e "s/Tests run: \([^,]*\), Failures: \([^,]*\), Errors: \([^,]*\), Skipped: \([^,]*\), Time elapsed: \([^,]*\)/${GENERIC_COLOR}T: ${RESET_FORMATTING}${TEST_RUN_COLOR}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}${GENERIC_COLOR}, F: ${RESET_FORMATTING}${TEST_FAIL_COLOR}\2${RESET_FORMATTING}${GENERIC_COLOR}, E: ${RESET_FORMATTING}${TEST_ERROR_COLOR}\3${RESET_FORMATTING}${GENERIC_COLOR}, S: ${RESET_FORMATTING}${TEST_SKIP_COLOR}\4${RESET_FORMATTING}/gp"
-
-  # Make sure formatting is reset
-  echo -ne ${RESET_FORMATTING}
-}
-
-# Override the mvn command with the colorized one.
-alias mvn="mvn-color"
-# Add a mvnc command to provide less verbose output
-alias mvn-c="mvn-color-compact"
-alias mvn-sc="mvn-color-super-compact"
-
-export MAVEN_COLOR_SCRIPT_SOURCED=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/releasing/releaser.sh b/src/releasing/releaser.sh
index 0870305d9b..36ee7d060a 100755
--- a/src/releasing/releaser.sh
+++ b/src/releasing/releaser.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 shopt -s expand_aliases
-source maven-illuminate.sh
 
 # Update the Quattor version used by template-library-examples (SCDB-based) to the one being released
 update_examples () {
@@ -62,11 +61,11 @@ publish_templates() {
     tag=$2
     cd configuration-modules-$1
     git checkout $tag
-    mvn-c clean compile
+    mvn -e clean compile
     # ugly hack
     if [ -d ncm-metaconfig ]; then
         cd ncm-metaconfig
-        mvn-c clean test
+        mvn -e clean test
         cd ..
     fi
     components_root=${LIBRARY_CORE_DIR}/components
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ publish_aii() {
     (
         cd aii || return
         git checkout "aii-$tag"
-        mvn-c -q clean compile
+        mvn -e -q clean compile
 
         # Copy dedicated AII templates
         cp -r aii-core/target/pan/quattor/aii/* "${dest_root}"
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ publish_aii() {
     (
         cd configuration-modules-core || return
         git checkout "configuration-modules-core-$tag"
-        mvn-c -q clean compile
+        mvn -e -q clean compile
         # Copy shared AII/core component templates
         for component in freeipa opennebula; do
             rm -Rf "${dest_root:?}/${component}"
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ if gpg-agent; then
             for r in $REPOS_MVN; do
                 echo_info "---------------- Releasing $r ----------------"
                 cd $r
-                mvn-c -q -DautoVersionSubmodules=true -Dgpg.useagent=true -Darguments=-Dgpg.useagent=true -B -DreleaseVersion=$VERSION clean release:prepare
+                mvn -e -q -DautoVersionSubmodules=true -Dgpg.useagent=true -Darguments=-Dgpg.useagent=true -B -DreleaseVersion=$VERSION clean release:prepare
                 if [[ $? -gt 0 ]]; then
                     echo_error "RELEASE FAILURE"
                     exit 1