diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6d93cba02..f9b4662ee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -217,42 +217,6 @@
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <createDependencyReducedPom>true</createDependencyReducedPom>
-                    <filters>
-                        <filter>
-                            <artifact>*:*</artifact>
-                            <excludes>
-                                <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
-                                <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
-                                <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
-                            </excludes>
-                        </filter>
-                    </filters>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <transformers>
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
-                                    <mainClass>org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.WhisperServerService</mainClass>
-                                </transformer>
-                            </transformers>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -260,24 +224,6 @@
                 <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
             </plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <descriptors>
-                        <descriptor>assembly.xml</descriptor>
-                    </descriptors>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>make-assembly</id> <!-- this is used for inheritance merges -->
-                        <phase>package</phase> <!-- bind to the packaging phase -->
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.1.1</version>