diff --git a/settings.xml b/settings.xml
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--- a/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.2.0"
-          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.2.0
-                      https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.2.0.xsd">
-
-    <servers>
-        <server>
-            <id>deegree-snapshots</id>
-            <username>${repo.username}</username>
-            <password>${repo.password}</password>
-        </server>
-        <server>
-            <id>deegree-releases</id>
-            <username>${repo.username}</username>
-            <password>${repo.password}</password>
-        </server>
-        <server>
-            <id>deegree-restricted</id>
-            <name>${repo.username}</name>
-            <password>${repo.username}</password>
-        </server>
-    </servers>
-    <mirrors>
-        <mirror>
-            <id>jaspersoft-third-party-mirror</id>
-            <mirrorOf>jaspersoft-third-party</mirrorOf>
-            <url>http://jaspersoft.jfrog.io/jaspersoft/third-party-ce-artifacts/</url>
-            <blocked>false</blocked>
-        </mirror>
-        <mirror>
-            <id>terracotta-releases</id>
-            <mirrorOf>terracotta-releases</mirrorOf>
-            <url>http://www.terracotta.org/download/reflector/releases/</url>
-            <blocked>false</blocked>
-        </mirror>
-        <mirror>
-            <id>releases.java.net</id>
-            <mirrorOf>releases.java.net</mirrorOf>
-            <url>http://maven.java.net/content/repositories/releases/</url>
-            <blocked>false</blocked>
-        </mirror>
-        <mirror>
-            <id>netbeans</id>
-            <mirrorOf>netbeans</mirrorOf>
-            <url>http://bits.netbeans.org/nexus/content/groups/netbeans</url>
-            <blocked>false</blocked>
-        </mirror>
-        <mirror>
-            <id>jvnet-nexus-staging</id>
-            <mirrorOf>netbeans</mirrorOf>
-            <url>http://maven.java.net/content/repositories/staging/</url>
-            <blocked>false</blocked>
-        </mirror>
-    </mirrors>
-</settings>