diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 49ace16..02e43eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,30 +47,4 @@
         </developer>
     </developers>
 
-    <!-- to be moved to a CI-specific settings.xml -->
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-    <pluginRepositories>
-        <pluginRepository>
-            <id>sonatype-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>true</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-            <releases>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </releases>
-        </pluginRepository>
-    </pluginRepositories>
-
 </project>