diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml b/maven-project/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
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--- a/maven-project/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
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@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-distributed with this work for additional information
-regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-specific language governing permissions and limitations
-under the License.
--->
-
-<component-set>
-  <components>  
-  </components>
-</component-set>