diff --git a/distro/descriptor.xml b/distro/descriptor.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 524c315..0000000
--- a/distro/descriptor.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +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>servicearchive</id>
-	<formats>
-		<format>tar.gz</format>
-	</formats>
-	<baseDirectory>/</baseDirectory>
-	<fileSets>
-		<fileSet>
-			<directory>${distroDirectory}</directory>
-			<outputDirectory>${file.separator}</outputDirectory>
-			<useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
-			<includes>
-				<include>profile.xml</include>
-			</includes>
-			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
-			<filtered>true</filtered>
-		</fileSet>
-	</fileSets>
-	<files>
-		<file>
-			<source>target${file.separator}${build.finalName}.${project.packaging}</source>
-			<outputDirectory>${file.separator}${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
-		</file>
-	</files>
-</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b66280d..d28e4a5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -180,25 +180,6 @@
 	<build>
 
 		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<descriptors>
-						<descriptor>${distroDirectory}/descriptor.xml</descriptor>
-					</descriptors>
-				</configuration>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<id>servicearchive</id>
-						<phase>install</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>single</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
-
 			<!-- excludes probe package from jar -->
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>