diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dae9123..b9dadd9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,52 +107,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <!-- the Sling instance is provisioned from the model in src/main/provisioning/model.txt -->
-                <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
-                <artifactId>slingstart-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.16</version>
-                <extensions>true</extensions>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>prepare-launchpad-package</id>
-                        <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>prepare-package</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>build-launchpad-package</id>
-                        <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>package</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                         <id>start-container-before-IT</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>start</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                         <id>stop-container-after-IT</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>stop</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <usePomDependencies>true</usePomDependencies>
-                    <attachArtifact>false</attachArtifact>
-                    <servers>
-                        <server>
-                            <id>singleinstance</id>
-                            <port>${http.port}</port>
-                            <vmOpts>${sling.vm.options}</vmOpts>
-                        </server>
-                    </servers>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>