diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1329b1cf2..b54a8f4bc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,14 +37,6 @@
   <name>Apache Archiva</name>
   <url>http://archiva.apache.org</url>
 
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <repository>
-      <id>vmbuild.staging</id>
-      <name>Apache Release Staging Repository on VMBuild</name>
-      <url>http://vmbuild.apache.org/archiva/repository/archiva-releases-stage</url>
-    </repository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
   <modules>
     <module>archiva-cli</module>
     <module>archiva-modules</module>