diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 62bfe5d..a59bee6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -241,18 +241,6 @@
                         </manifestEntries>
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>default-jar</id>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <archive>
-                                <manifestEntries>
-                                    <Multi-Release>true</Multi-Release>
-                                </manifestEntries>
-                            </archive>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
             </plugin>
 
             <!-- prevent the site plugin from deploying to the scm url -->