diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index afead06..f38ccc8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@
     </repository>
   </repositories>
 
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>hyracks-public</id>
+      <url>http://obelix.ics.uci.edu/nexus/content/groups/hyracks-public/</url>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+
   <modules>
     <module>hyracks-api</module>
     <module>hyracks-dataflow-common</module>
@@ -63,7 +73,6 @@
     <module>hyracks-storage-common</module>
     <module>hyracks-storage-am-btree</module>
     <module>hyracks-storage-am-invertedindex</module>
-    <module>hyracks-maven-plugin</module>
     <module>hyracks-test-support</module>
     <module>hyracks-tests</module>
     <module>hyracks-server</module>