diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4dfdefd9b..cae2d34bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@
                 <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.4.2</version>
                 <configuration>
diff --git a/settings.xml b/settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7480a1434..000000000
--- a/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
-                      http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
-
-	<activeProfiles>
-		<activeProfile>github</activeProfile>
-	</activeProfiles>
-
-	<profiles>
-		<profile>
-			<id>github</id>
-			<repositories>
-				<repository>
-					<id>central</id>
-					<url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
-					<releases>
-						<enabled>true</enabled>
-					</releases>
-					<snapshots>
-						<enabled>true</enabled>
-					</snapshots>
-				</repository>
-			</repositories>
-		</profile>
-	</profiles>
-
-	<servers>
-		<server>
-			<id>github</id>
-			<username>${env.GITHUB_USERNAME}</username>
-			<password>${env.GITHUB_TOKEN}</password>
-		</server>
-	</servers>
-</settings>
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