diff --git a/jetty-util/src/main/assembly/plugin.xml b/jetty-util/src/main/assembly/plugin.xml
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index df75220d6e0..00000000000
--- a/jetty-util/src/main/assembly/plugin.xml
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@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2"
-          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
-
-    <id>plugin</id>
-    <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-
-    <formats>
-        <format>zip</format>
-    </formats>
-
-    <fileSets>
-        <fileSet>
-            <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
-            <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
-            <includes>
-                <include>${project.build.finalName}.jar</include>
-            </includes>
-        </fileSet>
-    </fileSets>
-
-</assembly>
-