diff --git a/scm/plugin.jelly b/scm/plugin.jelly
index 9eca4047..66609f98 100644
--- a/scm/plugin.jelly
+++ b/scm/plugin.jelly
@@ -125,13 +125,9 @@
   </goal>
 
   <goal name="scm:update" prereqs="scm:find-connection" description="Update the project in the current directory from SCM">
-    <j:set var="msg" value="Updating from ${scmConnection}"/>
-    <j:set var="value" value="${maven.scm.tag}"/>
-    <j:if test="${!empty(value)}">
-      <j:set var="msg" value="${msg}; using tag: ${value}" />  
-    </j:if> 
-    <ant:echo>${msg}</ant:echo>
+    <ant:echo>Updating from SCM</ant:echo>
 
+    <!-- Connection may not be used, but is needed for correct operation of Maven SCM at this point and for the tag in SVN if that were implemented -->
     <scm:update url="${scmConnection}" workingDirectory="${basedir}" username="${maven.scm.username}" password="${maven.scm.password}" />
   </goal>