diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d19fda4bb..85bbf196ca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,11 +143,6 @@
                 <version>2.9</version>
                 <type>maven-plugin</type>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
@@ -890,11 +885,6 @@
                         <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.5.1</version>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jaxb2-maven-plugin</artifactId>