diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a522a46..a4613cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <groupId>eu.dnetlib</groupId>
     <artifactId>uoa-monitor-service</artifactId>
     <version>1.0.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>war</packaging>