diff --git a/scm-it/pom.xml b/scm-it/pom.xml
index 9064a39fc1..efcc59d212 100644
--- a/scm-it/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-it/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@
         <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
+          <!--
+            We need no war file.
+            We only use war packaging for the jetty plugin.
+            In order to avoid deploying huge useless artifacts,
+            we will create an empty war file.
+            This is useless too, but it should be small.
+          -->
+          <packagingExcludes>**</packagingExcludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>