diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f972462..a542ee5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -231,12 +231,6 @@
                             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
                             <configuration>
                                 <tasks>
-                                    <taskdef name="licence" classname="com.sun.tools.LicenceTask">
-                                        <classpath>
-                                            <pathelement path="lib/lic.jar" />
-                                        </classpath>
-                                    </taskdef>
-
                                     <!--<mkdir dir="build/automata" />-->
 
                                     <!-- delete old files to avoid corruption -->
@@ -249,9 +243,6 @@
                                         <arg path="src/com/sun/xml/xsom/impl/parser/state" />
                                         <arg path="src/xmlschema.rng" />
                                     </java>
-                                    <licence licence="licenceheader.txt">
-                                        <fileset dir="src/" includes="com/sun/xml/xsom/impl/parser/state/*.java" />
-                                    </licence>
                                 </tasks>
                             </configuration>
                             <goals>