diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9bee3bdf96ee9e469d869863dcfef2fd6d21c8da..7163d611bd91403710847d54ee5fc56875ee8b45 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,12 +108,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <repository>
       <id>repo.jenkins-ci.org</id>
       <url>http://repo.jenkins-ci.org/public/</url>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
+      <!-- allow snapshots -->
     </repository>
   </repositories>
 
@@ -121,12 +116,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <pluginRepository>
       <id>repo.jenkins-ci.org</id>
       <url>http://repo.jenkins-ci.org/public/</url>
-      <releases>
-        <enabled>true</enabled>
-      </releases>
-      <snapshots>
-        <enabled>false</enabled>
-      </snapshots>
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>