diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3ca896c13..ba62408f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -298,43 +298,6 @@
               <artifactId>plexus-sec-dispatcher</artifactId>
               <version>1.4</version>
             </dependency>
-            <!-- SCM -->
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
-              <artifactId>maven-scm-api</artifactId>
-              <version>2.0.0</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
-              <artifactId>maven-scm-manager-plexus</artifactId>
-              <version>2.0.0</version>
-              <scope>runtime</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
-              <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-hg</artifactId>
-              <version>2.0.0</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
-              <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-svn-commons</artifactId>
-              <version>2.0.0</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
-              <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-svnexe</artifactId>
-              <version>2.0.0</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
-              <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-git-commons</artifactId>
-              <version>2.0.0</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
-              <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-gitexe</artifactId>
-              <version>2.0.0</version>
-            </dependency>
           </dependencies>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>