diff --git a/p3c-pmd/pom.xml b/p3c-pmd/pom.xml
index d966e39ca..94575aef8 100644
--- a/p3c-pmd/pom.xml
+++ b/p3c-pmd/pom.xml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
+     <!-- <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>1.6</version>
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
-      </plugin>
+      </plugin>-->
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>