diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c09d57f..664fca8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@
         </developer>
     </developers>
 
-    <prerequisites>
-        <maven>3.5.0</maven>
-    </prerequisites>
-
     <distributionManagement>
         <snapshotRepository>
             <id>ossrh</id>