diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 68d0dd85..158d904e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 <profiles>
     <profile>
-        <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+        <id>release</id>
         <build>
             <plugins>
                 <plugin>
@@ -77,6 +77,19 @@
     </profile>
 </profiles>
 
+<build>
+    <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.2</version>
+            <configuration>
+                <skip>true</skip> 
+            </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+</build>
+
 <properties>
     <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
diff --git a/sdk/pom.xml b/sdk/pom.xml
index 3590fae2..d2b9ad09 100644
--- a/sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/pom.xml
@@ -195,18 +195,7 @@
                     <importOrder/>
                 </java>
             </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.7</version>
-            <extensions>true</extensions>
-            <configuration>
-                <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-                <nexusUrl>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-                <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
-            </configuration>
-        </plugin>
+    	</plugin>
         <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>