diff --git a/.settings.xml b/.settings.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<settings>
-  <servers>
-	<server>
-	  <id>repo.spring.io</id>
-	  <username>${env.CI_DEPLOY_USERNAME}</username>
-	  <password>${env.CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD}</password>
-	</server>
-  </servers>
-  <profiles>
-	<profile>
-      <!--
-          N.B. this profile is only here to support users and IDEs that do not use Maven 3.3. 
-          It isn't needed on the command line if you use the wrapper script (mvnw) or if you use 
-          a native Maven with the right version. Eclipse users should points their Maven tooling to
-          this settings file, or copy the profile into their ~/.m2/settings.xml.
-      -->
-	  <id>spring</id>
-	  <activation><activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault></activation>
-	  <repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-snapshots</id>
-			<name>Spring Snapshots</name>
-			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot-local</url>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-		</repository>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-milestones</id>
-			<name>Spring Milestones</name>
-			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone-local</url>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-		</repository>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-releases</id>
-			<name>Spring Releases</name>
-			<url>http://repo.spring.io/release</url>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-		</repository>
-	  </repositories>
-	  <pluginRepositories>
-		<pluginRepository>
-			<id>spring-snapshots</id>
-			<name>Spring Snapshots</name>
-			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot-local</url>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-		</pluginRepository>
-		<pluginRepository>
-			<id>spring-milestones</id>
-			<name>Spring Milestones</name>
-			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone-local</url>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-		</pluginRepository>
-	  </pluginRepositories>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-</settings>