diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 2b6c79860f..afffa593a5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -361,53 +361,6 @@
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<profiles>
-		<profile>
-			<id>release</id>
-			<build>
-				<plugins>
-					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.6</version>
-						<executions>
-							<execution>
-								<id>sign-artifacts</id>
-								<phase>verify</phase>
-								<goals>
-									<goal>sign</goal>
-								</goals>
-							</execution>
-						</executions>
-					</plugin>
-					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-						<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>3.0.0</version>
-						<executions>
-							<execution>
-								<id>attach-sources</id>
-								<goals>
-									<goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-								</goals>
-							</execution>
-						</executions>
-					</plugin>
-					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-						<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>2.10.3</version>
-						<executions>
-							<execution>
-								<id>attach-javadocs</id>
-								<goals>
-									<goal>jar</goal>
-								</goals>
-							</execution>
-						</executions>
-					</plugin>
-				</plugins>
-			</build>
-		</profile>
 		<profile>
 			<id>spring</id>
 			<activation>