diff --git a/xtable-utilities/pom.xml b/xtable-utilities/pom.xml
index d9f64f65f..175b47578 100644
--- a/xtable-utilities/pom.xml
+++ b/xtable-utilities/pom.xml
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@
                     </transformers>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-deploy-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skip>true</skip>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>