diff --git a/apache-maven/pom.xml b/apache-maven/pom.xml
index a2619ced8d8..d5a41dc4959 100644
--- a/apache-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/pom.xml
@@ -111,11 +111,6 @@ under the License.
     <finalName>${distributionFileName}</finalName>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-          <artifactId>maven-remote-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.5</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
           <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>