diff --git a/pom/plugin.jelly b/pom/plugin.jelly
index 1276b1c2..a5eb334f 100644
--- a/pom/plugin.jelly
+++ b/pom/plugin.jelly
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@
   <!-- set up validation tag library -->
 
   <d:taglib uri="pom">
+    <!--
     <d:jellybean
       name="validate"
       className="org.apache.maven.Validator"
       method="execute"
     />
+    -->
     
     <d:jellybean
       name="contentvalidator"
diff --git a/pom/project.xml b/pom/project.xml
index 2f27e211..7c85ee23 100644
--- a/pom/project.xml
+++ b/pom/project.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@
       </properties>
     </dependency>
     <!-- runtime dependency for validate taglib -->
-
+    
+    <!--
     <dependency>
       <id>xsdlib</id>
       <version>20020414</version>
@@ -135,5 +136,6 @@
         <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
+    -->
   </dependencies>
 </project>