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 ## Building Hibernate Eclipse Tools
 
 To build _Hibernate Eclipse Tools_ requires specific versions of Java (1.6+) and
-+Maven (3.1+). See this [link](https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-devdoc/blob/master/building/readme.md) for more information on how to setup, run and configure build.
++Maven (3.1+). Check [here](https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-devdoc/blob/master/building) for more information on how to setup, run and configure build.
 
 This command will run the build:
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ This command will run the build:
 
 If you just want to check if things compiles/builds you can run:
 
-    $ mvn clean verify -DskipTest=true
+    $ mvn clean verify -DskipTests
 
 But *do not* push changes without having the new and existing unit tests pass!
  
diff --git a/docs/contribute/contribute.md b/docs/contribute/contribute.md
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@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ We are using [Tycho](https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology) and [Mave
 
 <img src="images/mvn-version.png" width="600" />
 
-Building the project is as simple as issuing `mvn clean install` or `mvn clean verify`. This will include running all the tests of the project. Because this takes a while, you might want to skip this step. Do this by adding the 'skipTests' parameter: `mvn clean install -DskipTests=true`.
+Building the project is as simple as issuing `mvn clean install` or `mvn clean verify`. This will include running all the tests of the project. Because this takes a while, you might want to skip this step. Do this by adding the 'skipTests' parameter: `mvn clean install -DskipTests`.
 
 <img src="images/mvn-clean-install.png" width="600" />