diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 41549481..50dc9507 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>CommaFeed</name>
 
-	<prerequisites>
-		<maven>3.1.0</maven>
-	</prerequisites>
-
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>