diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 88dcfc7c5..3fbb98cfe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 <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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-parent</artifactId>
     <version>1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>