diff --git a/JenkinsJobs/Releng/publishToMaven.jenkinsfile b/JenkinsJobs/Releng/publishToMaven.jenkinsfile
index 50dd4559357..7dbc820af2e 100644
--- a/JenkinsJobs/Releng/publishToMaven.jenkinsfile
+++ b/JenkinsJobs/Releng/publishToMaven.jenkinsfile
@@ -88,13 +88,84 @@ pipeline {
 						}
 						steps {
 							dir("publish-${PROJECT}"){
-								sh '''
-									GIT_REL_PATH="${WORKSPACE}/git-repo/eclipse.platform.releng/publish-to-maven-central"
-									SCRIPT=${GIT_REL_PATH}/publishProject.sh
+								sh '''#!/bin/sh -xe
+									gpg --batch --import "${KEYRING}"
+									for fpr in $(gpg --list-keys --with-colons  | awk -F: '/fpr:/ {print $10}' | sort -u); do
+										echo -e "5\ny\n" |  gpg --batch --command-fd 0 --expert --edit-key ${fpr} trust
+									done
 									
-									cp ${GIT_REL_PATH}/project-pom.xml .
-									chmod 744 ${SCRIPT}
-									${SCRIPT}
+									if [ ${PROJECT} == platform ]; then
+										GPG_KEY_ID=CC641282
+									elif [ ${PROJECT} == pde ]; then
+										GPG_KEY_ID=86085154
+									elif [ ${PROJECT} == jdt ]; then
+										GPG_KEY_ID=B414F87E
+									else
+										echo "Unexpected project: '$PROJECT'"
+										exit 1
+									fi
+									
+									# Copy configuration pom into clean directory to stop maven from finding the .mvn folder of this git-repository
+									cp "${WORKSPACE}/git-repo/eclipse.platform.releng/publish-to-maven-central/project-pom.xml" project-pom.xml
+									configurationPom=$(pwd)/project-pom.xml
+									
+									for pomFile in ${REPO}/org/eclipse/${PROJECT}/*/*/*.pom; do
+										set +x
+										pomFolder=$(dirname ${pomFile#${REPO}/}) # name of folder, with leading REPO path stripped of
+										version=$(basename ${pomFolder})
+										if [[ $version == *-SNAPSHOT ]]; then
+											URL=https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/eclipse-snapshots/
+											MAVEN_REPO=repo.eclipse.org
+											MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/${pomFolder%-SNAPSHOT}
+											echo "Checking ${MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL}"
+											if curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail "$MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL"; then
+												echo "The released version of file "${pomFile}" is already present at $MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL."
+											fi
+										else
+											URL=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/
+											MAVEN_REPO=ossrh
+											MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/${pomFolder}
+											echo "Checking ${MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL}"
+											if curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail "$MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL"; then
+												echo "Skipping file "${pomFile}" which is already present at $MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL"
+												continue;
+											fi
+										fi
+									
+										file=$(echo "${pomFile}" | sed -e "s|\\(.*\\)\\.pom|\\1.jar|")
+										sourcesFile=$(echo "${pomFile}" | sed -e "s|\\(.*\\)\\.pom|\\1-sources.jar|")
+										javadocFile=$(echo "${pomFile}" | sed -e "s|\\(.*\\)\\.pom|\\1-javadoc.jar|")
+										echo "${file}"
+									
+										if [ -f "${sourcesFile}" ]; then
+											echo "${sourcesFile}"
+											SOURCES_ARG="-Dsources=${sourcesFile}"
+										else
+											SOURCES_ARG=""
+											# If the -sources.jar is missing, and the main jar contains .class files, then we won't be able to promote this to Maven central.
+											if unzip -l ${file} | grep -q -e '.class$'; then 
+												echo "BUILD FAILURE ${file} contains .class files and requires a ${sourcesFile}"
+												exit 1
+											else
+												echo "Missing ${sourcesFile} but ${file} contains no .class files."
+											fi; 
+										fi
+									
+										if [ -f "${javadocFile}" ]; then
+											echo "${javadocFile}"
+											JAVADOC_ARG="-Djavadoc=${javadocFile}"
+										else
+											JAVADOC_ARG=""
+											echo "Missing ${javadocFile}"
+										fi
+										set -x
+									
+										mvn -f "${configurationPom}" -s ${SETTINGS} --no-transfer-progress \\
+											gpg:sign-and-deploy-file -Dgpg.key.id=${GPG_KEY_ID} \\
+											-Durl=${URL} -DrepositoryId=${MAVEN_REPO} \\
+											-DpomFile=${pomFile} -Dfile=${file} \\
+											${SOURCES_ARG} ${JAVADOC_ARG}
+									done
 								'''
 							}
 						}
@@ -107,8 +178,7 @@ pipeline {
 		always {
 			archiveArtifacts allowEmptyArchive: true, artifacts: '\
 				repo/**, baseline-next.txt, \
-				repo-validation/coordinates.txt,\
-				publish-*/.log/*'
+				repo-validation/coordinates.txt'
 		}
 		unsuccessful {
 			emailext subject: "Publication of Maven artifacts failed",
diff --git a/eclipse.platform.releng/publish-to-maven-central/publishProject.sh b/eclipse.platform.releng/publish-to-maven-central/publishProject.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bf2584ec02..00000000000
--- a/eclipse.platform.releng/publish-to-maven-central/publishProject.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#*******************************************************************************
-# Copyright (c) 2016, 2025 GK Software SE and others.
-#
-# This program and the accompanying materials
-# are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
-# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
-# https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
-#
-# Contributors:
-#     Stephan Herrmann - initial API and implementation
-#********************************************************************************
-
-#PROJECT=jdt
-#PROJECT=pde
-#PROJECT=platform
-
-gpg --batch --import "${KEYRING}"
-for fpr in $(gpg --list-keys --with-colons  | awk -F: '/fpr:/ {print $10}' | sort -u); do
-	echo -e "5\ny\n" |  gpg --batch --command-fd 0 --expert --edit-key ${fpr} trust
-done
-
-if [ ${PROJECT} == platform ]; then
-	GPG_KEY_ID=CC641282
-elif [ ${PROJECT} == pde ]; then
-	GPG_KEY_ID=86085154
-elif [ ${PROJECT} == jdt ]; then
-	GPG_KEY_ID=B414F87E
-else
-	echo "Unexpected project: '$PROJECT'"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ -z ${REPO} ]]; then
-	echo 'Required environment variable 'REPO' is not defined.'
-	exit 1
-fi
-PROJECT_PATH=org/eclipse/${PROJECT}
-
-if [ ! -d ${REPO} ]
-then
-	echo "No repo at ${REPO}"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "==== Copy artifacts from ${REPO}/${PROJECT_PATH} ===="
-
-if [ -d ${PROJECT_PATH} ]
-then
-	rm -r ${PROJECT_PATH}/*
-else
-	mkdir -p ${PROJECT_PATH}
-fi
-cp -r ${REPO}/${PROJECT_PATH}/* ${PROJECT_PATH}/
-
-
-echo "==== UPLOAD ===="
-
-mkdir .log
-
-for pomFile in ${PROJECT_PATH}/*/*/*.pom
-do
-	pomFolder=`dirname ${pomFile}`
-	version=`basename ${pomFolder}`
-	if [[ $version == *-SNAPSHOT ]]; then
-		URL=https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/eclipse-snapshots/
-		REPO=repo.eclipse.org
-		MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/${pomFolder%-SNAPSHOT}
-		echo "Checking ${MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL}"
-		if curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail "$MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL"; then
-			echo "The released version of file $pomFile is already present at $MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL."
-		fi
-	else
-		URL=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/
-		REPO=ossrh
-		MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/${pomFolder}
-		echo "Checking ${MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL}"
-		if curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail "$MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL"; then
-			echo "Skipping file $pomFile which is already present at $MAVEN_CENTRAL_URL"
-			continue;
-		fi
-	fi
-
-	file=`echo $pomFile | sed -e "s|\(.*\)\.pom|\1.jar|"`
-	sourcesFile=`echo $pomFile | sed -e "s|\(.*\)\.pom|\1-sources.jar|"`
-	javadocFile=`echo $pomFile | sed -e "s|\(.*\)\.pom|\1-javadoc.jar|"`
-
-	echo -e "\t${file}"
-
-	if [ -f "${sourcesFile}" ]; then
-		echo -e "\t${sourcesFile}"
-		SOURCES_ARG="-Dsources=${sourcesFile}"
-	else
-		SOURCES_ARG=""
-		# If the -sources.jar is missing, and the main jar contains .class files, then we won't be able to promote this to Maven central.
-		if unzip -l ${file} | grep -q -e '.class$'; then 
-			echo "BUILD FAILURE ${file} contains .class files and requires a ${sourcesFile}" | tee -a .log/upload.txt
-		else
-			echo -e "\tMissing ${sourcesFile} but ${file} contains no .class files."
-		fi; 
-	fi
-
-	if [ -f "${javadocFile}" ]; then
-		echo -e "\t${javadocFile}"
-		JAVADOC_ARG="-Djavadoc=${javadocFile}"
-	else
-		JAVADOC_ARG=""
-		echo -e "\tMissing ${javadocFile}"
-	fi
-
-	echo "mvn -f project-pom.xml -s ${SETTINGS} gpg:sign-and-deploy-file -Dgpg.key.id=${GPG_KEY_ID} -Durl=${URL} -DrepositoryId=${REPO} -DpomFile=${pomFile} -Dfile=${file} ${SOURCES_ARG} ${JAVADOC_ARG}"
-	mvn \
-		-f project-pom.xml \
-		-s ${SETTINGS} \
-		gpg:sign-and-deploy-file \
-		-Dgpg.key.id=${GPG_KEY_ID} \
-		-Durl=${URL} \
-		-DrepositoryId=${REPO} \
-		-DpomFile=${pomFile} \
-		-Dfile=${file} \
-		${SOURCES_ARG} \
-		${JAVADOC_ARG} \
-		>> .log/upload.txt
-done
-
-ls -la .log
-
-grep "BUILD FAILURE" .log/*
-if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
-	echo "Deployment failed, see logs for details"
-	exit 1
-fi