diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index 6e74dbc..a96e40f 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptor>src/assembly/distribution.xml</descriptor>
-        </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>create-archive</id>
@@ -46,6 +43,11 @@
             <goals>
               <goal>single</goal>
             </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>src/assembly/distribution.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
@@ -64,6 +66,14 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <!-- We don't want to deploy the distributions to Maven -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/platforms/android/distribution/pom.xml b/platforms/android/distribution/pom.xml
index 44bd8e6..dded491 100644
--- a/platforms/android/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/platforms/android/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <descriptor>src/assembly/distribution.xml</descriptor>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
@@ -46,6 +45,11 @@
             <goals>
               <goal>single</goal>
             </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>src/assembly/distribution.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
@@ -64,6 +68,14 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <!-- We don't want to deploy the distributions to Maven -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/platforms/java7/distribution/pom.xml b/platforms/java7/distribution/pom.xml
index ab2f332..4b90bb7 100644
--- a/platforms/java7/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/platforms/java7/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <descriptor>src/assembly/distribution.xml</descriptor>
-        </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>create-archive</id>
@@ -46,6 +43,11 @@
             <goals>
               <goal>single</goal>
             </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>src/assembly/distribution.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+            </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
@@ -64,6 +66,14 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <!-- We don't want to deploy the distributions to Maven -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/src/site/asciidoc/releasing.adoc b/src/site/asciidoc/releasing.adoc
index 3212d83..39ca1ca 100644
--- a/src/site/asciidoc/releasing.adoc
+++ b/src/site/asciidoc/releasing.adoc
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 In this phase the previously prepared release is built, tested and deployed to the remote repo configured in the pom.
 To be 100% sure the build doesn't require any files eventually omitted from source control, the `release:perform` step checks out the previously created tag to a directory `target/checkout` and runs the build there.
 
-    mvn release:perform -DreleaseProfiles=platform-android,platform-java7,distribution
+    mvn release:perform -DreleaseProfiles=platform-android,platform-java7
 
 After this step is successful, all artifacts are located in a so-called `staging repository` at https://repository.apache.org/