diff --git a/deploy/plugin.jelly b/deploy/plugin.jelly
index 685bc224..060a95cd 100644
--- a/deploy/plugin.jelly
+++ b/deploy/plugin.jelly
@@ -160,28 +160,4 @@
 
   </define:taglib>
 
-  <!-- ========================================================================== -->
-  <!-- D E P L O Y  P O M                                                         -->
-  <!-- ========================================================================== -->
-  <!-- POMs are deployed in the form ${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.pom  -->
-  <!-- to match the same versioning convention as JARs. Having the POMs           -->
-  <!-- deployed during each release will allow someone to build any               -->
-  <!-- version of a project reliably.                                             -->
-  <!-- ========================================================================== -->
-
-  <goal name="deploy:pom"
-        description="Deploy POM to the central repository.">
-
-    <copy file="project.xml" tofile="${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.pom"/>
-
-    <deploy:artifact
-      artifact="${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.pom"
-      type="poms"
-      assureDirectoryCommand="mkdir -p"
-    />
-    
-    <delete file="${pom.artifactId}-${pom.currentVersion}.pom"/>
-    
-  </goal>
-
 </project>