diff --git a/maven/maven-plugins/pom.xml b/maven/maven-plugins/pom.xml
index 61804d2..8ddc33b 100644
--- a/maven/maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -257,34 +257,5 @@
         </plugins>
       </reporting>
     </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>maven-2</id>
-      <activation>
-        <file>
-          <!--  This employs that the basedir expression is only recognized by Maven 3.x (see MNG-2363) -->
-          <missing>${basedir}</missing>
-        </file>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-            <configuration>
-              <!-- see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-5346 -->
-              <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>
-            </configuration>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>mojo-descriptor</id>
-                <goals><!-- Maven 2 does not support phase overriding: need to add an execution -->
-                  <goal>descriptor</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>    
   </profiles>
 </project>