diff --git a/scm-plugins/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/pom.xml
index 5467725199..441e72793c 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@
         <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
         <filtering>true</filtering>
         <includes>
-          <include>META-INF/scm/plugin.xml</include>
           <include>sonia/scm/version/*</include>
         </includes>
       </resource>