diff --git a/library/pom.xml b/library/pom.xml
index ad68ab07..0d7dcd44 100644
--- a/library/pom.xml
+++ b/library/pom.xml
@@ -22,18 +22,6 @@
         <url>https://github.com/ZUGFeRD/mustangproject</url>
         <tag>core-2.3.2</tag>
     </scm>
-    <repositories>
-        <repository><!-- for jargs -->
-            <id>sonatype-oss-public</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/</url>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </releases>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
             <id>internal.repo</id>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d5a4dff..57bbcc93 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,17 +67,6 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.0</version>
-                <extensions>true</extensions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-                    <nexusUrl>https://ossrh-staging-api.central.sonatype.com/</nexusUrl>
-                    <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/validator/pom.xml b/validator/pom.xml
index 711313c8..40ecbe39 100644
--- a/validator/pom.xml
+++ b/validator/pom.xml
@@ -12,19 +12,6 @@
 
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <!-- for jargs -->
-            <id>sonatype-oss-public</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/</url>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </releases>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.deploy.skip>false