diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a014c39972..0ef9837845 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -588,38 +588,6 @@
           <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-            <phase>verify</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>sign</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <!-- We don't want to use the default release profile because it
-               causes the JavaDoc and source jars to be deployed twice. -->
-          <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
-          <!-- Activate a custom profile called "release" -->
-          <arguments>-Prelease</arguments>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
-          <addVersionToProjectName>true</addVersionToProjectName>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.8</version>