diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8efaf6d..4b3e8f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -308,21 +308,6 @@ under the License.
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0-beta-6</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <!--
-            - The site needs to be built prior to deploy,
-            - because it is included in the assembly.
-            -->
-          <goals>site deploy</goals>
-          <!-- Pass these arguments to the deploy plugin. -->
-          <arguments>-Prelease</arguments>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
         <!--
           - Many of JCL's tests use tricky techniques to place the generated
           - JCL jarfiles on the classpath in various configurations. This means
@@ -520,4 +505,4 @@ under the License.
     <maven.compile.source>1.2</maven.compile.source>
     <maven.compile.target>1.1</maven.compile.target>
   </properties>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>