diff --git a/gradle/maven-pom-editor.gradle b/gradle/maven-pom-editor.gradle
index 978d4826..0d8d9cb3 100644
--- a/gradle/maven-pom-editor.gradle
+++ b/gradle/maven-pom-editor.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ def customizePom(gradleProject, pom) {
 					id = 'jxblum'
 					name = "John Blum"
 					email = "info@vmware.com"
-					role = "Spring for Apache Geode Lead Developer"
 				}
 			}
 			scm {