diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/hivscreening/AbstractObject.java b/api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/hivscreening/AbstractObject.java
index b26213e..23da432 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/hivscreening/AbstractObject.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/hivscreening/AbstractObject.java
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
 
 import javax.persistence.*;
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.UUID;
 
 @MappedSuperclass
 public abstract class AbstractObject extends BaseOpenmrsObject implements Serializable {
     public AbstractObject() {
-        setUuid(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -21,14 +19,6 @@ public Integer getId() {
     public void setId(Integer integer) {
     }
 
-    @Basic
-    @Access(AccessType.PROPERTY)
-    @Column(name = "uuid", length = 38, unique = true, nullable = false)
-    @Override
-    public String getUuid() {
-        return super.getUuid();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void setUuid(String uuid) {
         super.setUuid(uuid);
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1677a6b..5f3319c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -129,18 +129,45 @@
 		<repository>
 			<id>openmrs-repo</id>
 			<name>OpenMRS Nexus Repository</name>
-			<url>http://mavenrepo.openmrs.org/nexus/content/repositories/public</url>
+			<url>https://mavenrepo.openmrs.org/public</url>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>openmrs-releases</id>
+			<name>OpenMRS Release Repository</name>
+			<url>https://mavenrepo.openmrs.org/releases</url>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>openmrs-snapshots</id>
+			<name>OpenMRS Snapshots Repository</name>
+			<url>https://mavenrepo.openmrs.org/snapshots</url>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+			<releases>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</releases>
 		</repository>
 	</repositories>
-
+	
 	<pluginRepositories>
 		<pluginRepository>
 			<id>openmrs-repo</id>
-			<name>OpenMRS Nexus Repository</name>
-			<url>http://mavenrepo.openmrs.org/nexus/content/repositories/public</url>
+			<name>OpenMRS Public Repository</name>
+			<url>https://mavenrepo.openmrs.org/public</url>
+		</pluginRepository>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>openmrs-snapshots</id>
+			<name>OpenMRS Public Repository</name>
+			<url>https://mavenrepo.openmrs.org/snapshots</url>
 			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
 			</snapshots>
+			<releases>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</releases>
 		</pluginRepository>
 	</pluginRepositories>