diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8ccced30..1f933484a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -141,17 +141,6 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
-      <plugin> 
-        <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId> 
-        <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId> 
-        <version>2.2</version> 
-        <configuration> 
-        <server>tomcat-development-server</server> 
-        <url>http://144.38.196.10:8080/manager/text</url> 
-        <warFile>target\petclinic.war</warFile> 
-        <path>/petclinic</path> 
-        </configuration> 
-        </plugin> 
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>