diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e0a649b8..d7a72c17 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,15 +2,11 @@ buildscript {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
     }
-    dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.bmuschko:gradle-nexus-plugin:2.3.1'
-    }
 }
 
 plugins {
 	id 'java'
 	id 'maven-publish'
-	id 'com.bmuschko.nexus' version "2.3.1"
 }
 
 //create a single Jar with all dependencies
@@ -82,7 +78,3 @@ extraArchive {
     javadoc = true
 }
 
-nexus {
-    repositoryUrl = 'https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2'
-    snapshotRepositoryUrl = 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots'
-}