diff --git a/linkcheck/project.xml b/linkcheck/project.xml
index 189507cc..b77556bc 100644
--- a/linkcheck/project.xml
+++ b/linkcheck/project.xml
@@ -145,11 +145,4 @@
       <url>http://werkz.sourceforge.net/</url>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  <versions>
-    <version>
-      <id>1.2</id>
-      <name>1.2</name>
-      <tag>MAVEN_LINKCHECK_1_2</tag>
-    </version>
-  </versions>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugin/project.xml b/plugin/project.xml
index 1bd2e327..2d712369 100644
--- a/plugin/project.xml
+++ b/plugin/project.xml
@@ -88,16 +88,4 @@
       <url>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/jelly/libs/xml/</url>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  <versions>
-    <version>
-      <id>1.2</id>
-      <name>1.2</name>
-      <tag>MAVEN_PLUGIN_1_2</tag>
-    </version>
-    <version>
-      <id>1.3</id>
-      <name>1.3</name>
-      <tag>MAVEN_PLUGIN_1_3</tag>
-    </version>
-  </versions>
 </project>