diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b0ca441635..a500fa5925 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@
     <distributionId>apache-maven</distributionId>
     <distributionShortName>Maven</distributionShortName>
     <distributionName>Apache Maven</distributionName>
-    <siteDeployUrl>scp://people.apache.org/www/maven.apache.org/ref/${project.version}/</siteDeployUrl>
-    <siteUrl>http://maven.apache.org/ref/${project.version}/</siteUrl>
     <maven.site.path>ref/3-LATEST</maven.site.path>
   </properties>
 
@@ -420,7 +418,6 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2</version>
           <dependencies><!-- TODO remove when upgrading m-site-p to 3.3 -->
             <dependency>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
@@ -432,7 +429,6 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0-beta-2</version>
           <configuration>
             <content>${project.build.directory}/staging/${maven.site.path}</content>
             <checkoutDirectory>${maven.site.cache}/${maven.site.path}</checkoutDirectory>