diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f34d01b66..4aed69a7a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,26 +83,6 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
-      <!-- Add NOTICE and LICENSE to generated JAR -->
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>process</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <resourceBundles>
-                <resourceBundle>org.apache:apache-jar-resource-bundle:1.4</resourceBundle>
-              </resourceBundles>
-              <properties>
-                  <addLicense>true</addLicense>
-              </properties>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
         <executions>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/NOTICE.txt b/src/main/resources/NOTICE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..625b5e070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/NOTICE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Apache HttpComponents Client - ${project.name}
+Copyright 1999-2009 The Apache Software Foundation
+
+This product includes software developed by
+The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).