diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b480d82c..4e55dde3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -146,11 +146,6 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.19</version>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7</version>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>