Note : You should update the build.xml and NOT the maven-build.xml .
The build.xml uses the import task of Ant. So, you could overwrite generated targets in the build.xml . For instance:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- ====================================================================== --> <!-- Ant build file (http://ant.apache.org/) for Ant 1.6.2 or above. --> <!-- ====================================================================== --> <project name="%PROJECT_ARTIFACTID%" default="jar" basedir="."> <!-- ====================================================================== --> <!-- Import maven-build.xml into the current project --> <!-- ====================================================================== --> <import file="maven-build.xml"/> <!-- ====================================================================== --> <!-- Help target --> <!-- ====================================================================== --> <target name="help"> <echo message="Please run: $ant -projecthelp"/> </target> <!-- ====================================================================== --> <!-- Overwrite the jar target from maven-build.xml --> <!-- ====================================================================== --> <target name="jar"> <echo message="Nothing to do."/> </target> </project>