diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f22b7eb..9af4a35 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -169,23 +169,6 @@
 							<goal>single</goal>
 						</goals>
 					</execution>
-					<execution>
-						<id>tar.gz</id>
-						<configuration>
-							<appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-							<descriptors>
-								<descriptor>tar-gz.xml</descriptor>
-							</descriptors>
-						</configuration>
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>single</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-					<execution>
-						<id>make-servicearchive</id>
-						<phase>package</phase>
-					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
diff --git a/tar-gz.xml b/tar-gz.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e41c0e6..0000000
--- a/tar-gz.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<assembly
-	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
-	<id>tar.gz</id>
-	<formats>
-		<format>tar.gz</format>
-	</formats>
-	<baseDirectory>${file.separator}</baseDirectory>
-	<fileSets>
-		<fileSet>
-			<directory>target${file.separator}libs</directory>
-			<outputDirectory>${file.separator}</outputDirectory>
-			<useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
-			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
-		</fileSet>
-	</fileSets>
-	<files>
-		<file>
-			<source>target${file.separator}${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jar</source>
-			<filtered>true</filtered>
-		</file>
-	</files>
-</assembly>
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