diff --git a/spring-integration-samples/loanshark/pom.xml b/spring-integration-samples/loanshark/pom.xml
index 55ca1945c7..9cf95a57cb 100644
--- a/spring-integration-samples/loanshark/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-samples/loanshark/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.springframework.integration.samples</groupId>
-		<artifactId>spring-integration-samples</artifactId>
-		<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	</parent>
+	<groupId>org.springframework.integration.samples</groupId>
+	<version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<artifactId>loanshark</artifactId>
 	<name>Spring Integration Loan Shark Sample</name>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>