diff --git a/api/maven-release.txt b/api/maven-release.txt
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-#
-# Copyright (c) 2013, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
-#
-# This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
-# terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0, which is available at
-# http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-#
-
-mvn clean package source:jar gpg:sign install:install deploy:deploy