diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 990e9855d0..49f3d54879 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>1.4.1</version>
-                    <executions>
+<!--                    <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <id>enforce-no-snapshots</id>
                             <goals>
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@
                                 <fail>true</fail>
                             </configuration>
                         </execution>
-                    </executions>
+                    </executions> -->
                 </plugin>
                 <!-- NB must be declare *before* the license-maven-plugin -->
                 <plugin>