diff --git a/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle b/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle
index f5ea5d53eb..bf68c10679 100644
--- a/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle
+++ b/gradle/maven-deployment.gradle
@@ -48,21 +48,4 @@ def customizePom(pom, gradleProject) {
         builder.length = 0 // delete existing content
         builder.append(file("build/pom.xml").text)
     }
-}
-
-task generatePom {
-    group = 'Build'
-    description = 'Generates the Maven pom.xml'
-
-    ext.generatedPomFileName = 'pom.xml'
-
-    inputs.files('**/*.gradle')
-    outputs.files(generatedPomFileName)
-
-    doLast() {
-        def p = pom {}
-        customizePom(p, project)
-        p.writeTo(generatedPomFileName)
-    }
-
 }
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