diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 45e9a946a..a59413aa0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,21 +56,12 @@
         </license>
     </licenses>
 
-
     <scm>
         <url>https://github.com/biomedcentral/spring-data-elasticsearch</url>
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/biomedcentral/spring-data-elasticsearch.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com:biomedcentral/spring-data-elasticsearch.git</developerConnection>
     </scm>
 
-    <!--<repositories>-->
-        <!--<repository>-->
-            <!--<id>spring-release</id>-->
-            <!--<name>Spring Maven Release Repository</name>-->
-            <!--<url>http://repo.springsource.org/libs-release</url>-->
-        <!--</repository>-->
-    <!--</repositories>-->
-
     <ciManagement>
         <system>Travis</system>
         <url>https://travis-ci.org/BioMedCentralLtd/spring-data-elasticsearch</url>