diff --git a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-context/pom.xml b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-context/pom.xml
index a904c2de151..e4d38843a37 100644
--- a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-context/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-context/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,15 @@
           </resource>
         </resources>
 
-        <plugins> 
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin> 
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+              <configuration>
+              <!-- DO NOT DEPLOY (or Release) -->
+                <skip>true</skip>
+              </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> 
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> 
diff --git a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-webapp/pom.xml b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-webapp/pom.xml
index da2c45ea512..2366cb5147b 100644
--- a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,15 @@
           </resource>
         </resources>
 
-        <plugins> 
+        <plugins>
+           <plugin>
+             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+             <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+             <configuration>
+               <!-- DO NOT DEPLOY (or Release) -->
+               <skip>true</skip>
+             </configuration>
+            </plugin> 
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> 
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>