diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/pom.xml
index f669b6db1..dd92dfed9 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-common/pom.xml
@@ -71,12 +71,4 @@
       <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/pom.xml
index aab356f55..cc2ef1ab8 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/pom.xml
@@ -38,12 +38,4 @@
     <module>archiva-metadata-consumer</module>
   </modules>
 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-model/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-model/pom.xml
index 1d8201102..87aae18cd 100755
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-model/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-model/pom.xml
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-        <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.modello</groupId>
         <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>