diff --git a/vaadin/pom.xml b/vaadin/pom.xml
index 145a6af293..ec69e240e2 100644
--- a/vaadin/pom.xml
+++ b/vaadin/pom.xml
@@ -70,17 +70,6 @@
                 <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
                 <artifactId>vaadin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${vaadin.plugin.version}</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>update-theme</goal>
-                            <goal>update-widgetset</goal>
-                            <goal>compile</goal>
-                            <!-- Comment out compile-theme goal to use on-the-fly theme compilation -->
-                            <goal>compile-theme</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>