diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-apps/pom.xml b/dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-apps/pom.xml
index 314a0f3141a4..86219ce61309 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-apps/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-apps/pom.xml
@@ -18,107 +18,56 @@
 
   <build>
     <finalName>dhis-web-apps</finalName>
-  </build>
 
-  <profiles>
-    <!-- nodejs is downloaded locally to clone bundled apps -->
-    <profile>
-      <id>local</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>!env.CI</name>
-          <!-- Activates when CI is not defined -->
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
-            <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.15.0</version>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
+        <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <installDirectory>target</installDirectory>
+          <environmentVariables>
+            <BUILD_DIR>${project.build.directory}</BUILD_DIR>
+            <ARTIFACT_ID>${project.artifactId}</ARTIFACT_ID>
+            <APPS>./apps-to-bundle.json</APPS>
+            <DEFAULT_BRANCH>master</DEFAULT_BRANCH>
+          </environmentVariables>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+
+          <execution>
+            <id>install node and npm</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
             <configuration>
-              <installDirectory>target</installDirectory>
-              <environmentVariables>
-                <BUILD_DIR>${project.build.directory}</BUILD_DIR>
-                <ARTIFACT_ID>${project.artifactId}</ARTIFACT_ID>
-                <APPS>./apps-to-bundle.json</APPS>
-                <DEFAULT_BRANCH>master</DEFAULT_BRANCH>
-              </environmentVariables>
+              <nodeVersion>v16.13.2</nodeVersion>
             </configuration>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>install node and npm</id>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                <configuration>
-                  <nodeVersion>v20.17.0</nodeVersion>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
+          </execution>
 
-              <execution>
-                <id>npm install</id>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>npm</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-              </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>npm install</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>npm</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+          </execution>
 
-              <execution>
-                <id>bundle-apps</id>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>npm</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                <configuration>
-                  <arguments>run bundle-apps</arguments>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-    <!-- nodejs is present on CI (GitHub, Jenkins) to clone bundled apps -->
-    <profile>
-      <id>ci</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>env.CI</name>
-          <value>true</value>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-            <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <execution>
+            <id>clone apps</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>npm</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
             <configuration>
-              <executable>npm</executable>
-              <arguments>
-                <argument>run</argument>
-                <argument>bundle-apps</argument>
-              </arguments>
-              <environmentVariables>
-                <BUILD_DIR>${project.build.directory}</BUILD_DIR>
-                <ARTIFACT_ID>${project.artifactId}</ARTIFACT_ID>
-                <APPS>./apps-to-bundle.json</APPS>
-                <DEFAULT_BRANCH>master</DEFAULT_BRANCH>
-              </environmentVariables>
+              <arguments>run bundle-apps</arguments>
             </configuration>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>bundle-apps</id>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>exec</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <phase>package</phase>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
+          </execution>
+
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/dhis-2/pom.xml b/dhis-2/pom.xml
index 2b10a730f7a8..722f97407742 100644
--- a/dhis-2/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
   <properties>
     <!-- Build Properties -->
     <rootDir/>
-    <!-- Custom source directory property, as <build><sourceDirectory> cannot
+    <!-- Custom source directory property, as <build><sourceDirectory> cannot 
       be set in a profile. See https://github.com/awhitford/lombok.maven/issues/17#issuecomment-136606104 -->
     <sourceDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDir>
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
     <surefireArgLine>-Xmx2024m --illegal-access=permit</surefireArgLine>
 
-    <!-- Needed so we can disable running tests when the default profile
+    <!-- Needed so we can disable running tests when the default profile 
       is used (activated by default). It does not honor -DskipTests otherwise https://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/skipping-tests.html -->
     <skipTests>false</skipTests>
 
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@
     <!-- Maven plugin versions -->
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-    <maven-exec-plugin.version>3.4.1</maven-exec-plugin.version>
     <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-resources-plugin.version>
     <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.0.0-M7</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
     <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
@@ -1643,8 +1642,8 @@
         <version>${mockito.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
-      <!-- Depend only on mockito-inline (includes mockito-core already)
-        if you must use mockStatic (can you rewrite your code, so it's not necessary
+      <!-- Depend only on mockito-inline (includes mockito-core already) 
+        if you must use mockStatic (can you rewrite your code, so it's not necessary 
         ;)), otherwise depend on mockito-core only -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
@@ -1889,11 +1888,6 @@
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-          <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven-exec-plugin.version}</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>