diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3411a5dc85d..6a47dd0e2ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -360,34 +360,6 @@
       <version>${commons-lang-version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>oss.sonatype.org</id>
-      <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases</url>
-    </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>oss.sonatype.org-snapshot</id>
-      <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-    </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>scala-tools.org</id>
-      <name>Scala-Tools Maven2 Repository</name>
-      <url>http://scala-tools.org/repo-releases</url>
-    </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>jboss</id>
-      <url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
-    </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>codehaus</id>
-      <name>repository.codehaus.org</name>
-      <url>http://repository.codehaus.org</url>
-    </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>codehaus-snapshots</id>
-      <url>http://snapshots.repository.codehaus.org</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
   <properties>
     <scala-version>2.9.1-1</scala-version>
     <scala-test-version>1.6.1</scala-test-version>