diff --git a/google-auth-library-java/appengine/pom.xml b/google-auth-library-java/appengine/pom.xml
index 77bdd254cc7a..aeee4698cf79 100644
--- a/google-auth-library-java/appengine/pom.xml
+++ b/google-auth-library-java/appengine/pom.xml
@@ -12,12 +12,7 @@
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+
 
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diff --git a/google-auth-library-java/credentials/pom.xml b/google-auth-library-java/credentials/pom.xml
index 7d80fde4a5ac..2687919c9979 100644
--- a/google-auth-library-java/credentials/pom.xml
+++ b/google-auth-library-java/credentials/pom.xml
@@ -11,12 +11,7 @@
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+
 
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diff --git a/google-auth-library-java/oauth2_http/pom.xml b/google-auth-library-java/oauth2_http/pom.xml
index 30311fc42007..1fc92d4799ff 100644
--- a/google-auth-library-java/oauth2_http/pom.xml
+++ b/google-auth-library-java/oauth2_http/pom.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,7 @@
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diff --git a/google-auth-library-java/pom.xml b/google-auth-library-java/pom.xml
index 0020399949aa..34ce2dfa9691 100644
--- a/google-auth-library-java/pom.xml
+++ b/google-auth-library-java/pom.xml
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@
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+
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diff --git a/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml b/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
index 5f82d49cbd28..14569b2a9e63 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-pom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -130,21 +130,7 @@
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+
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diff --git a/java-bigquery/benchmark/pom.xml b/java-bigquery/benchmark/pom.xml
index b74f5a79a0db..7af75c54172c 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigquery/benchmark/pom.xml
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diff --git a/java-bigquery/samples/pom.xml b/java-bigquery/samples/pom.xml
index c6ac76b1ddce..e338d0bcafc9 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigquery/samples/pom.xml
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diff --git a/java-bigquery/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/java-bigquery/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 1903381ad750..5049ffbcdea0 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigquery/samples/snippets/pom.xml
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diff --git a/java-bigquerystorage/pom.xml b/java-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
index a4da1dca24ca..2f3f51aaa7b1 100644
--- a/java-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
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diff --git a/java-bigquerystorage/samples/pom.xml b/java-bigquerystorage/samples/pom.xml
index 3fa08e0b8769..39fd3cfab38e 100644
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diff --git a/java-datastore/samples/pom.xml b/java-datastore/samples/pom.xml
index 41074b3957d7..493229dfd8f4 100644
--- a/java-datastore/samples/pom.xml
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diff --git a/java-logging-logback/samples/pom.xml b/java-logging-logback/samples/pom.xml
index 20c2f8317398..c0c20c78d160 100644
--- a/java-logging-logback/samples/pom.xml
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@@ -43,14 +43,7 @@
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diff --git a/java-logging/samples/pom.xml b/java-logging/samples/pom.xml
index db6680766245..613273dc037f 100644
--- a/java-logging/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/java-logging/samples/pom.xml
@@ -44,14 +44,7 @@
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diff --git a/java-samples/pom.xml b/java-samples/pom.xml
index 27dbe258840f..1dafc5575d67 100644
--- a/java-samples/pom.xml
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diff --git a/java-spanner-jdbc/samples/pom.xml b/java-spanner-jdbc/samples/pom.xml
index c36572ade921..1e5f31774f05 100644
--- a/java-spanner-jdbc/samples/pom.xml
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diff --git a/java-spanner/samples/pom.xml b/java-spanner/samples/pom.xml
index d72a58cea5d7..724466f433d0 100644
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diff --git a/java-storage-nio/samples/pom.xml b/java-storage-nio/samples/pom.xml
index df0c94a1ad1e..88117699c51a 100644
--- a/java-storage-nio/samples/pom.xml
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diff --git a/java-storage/samples/pom.xml b/java-storage/samples/pom.xml
index 65ef20b76226..7b45a2889483 100644
--- a/java-storage/samples/pom.xml
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diff --git a/java-storage/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml b/java-storage/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml
index 197de326bf5f..58a2230132c2 100644
--- a/java-storage/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml
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+
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diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
index da49819c86bb..7fb96c87af2e 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gapic-generator-java/pom.xml
@@ -40,42 +40,7 @@
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+
 
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diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/pom.xml
index 558194b4f78d..dd934576d992 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-platform-java/gax-java/pom.xml
@@ -264,25 +264,6 @@
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 </project>
diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/hermetic_build/library_generation/owlbot/templates/java_library/samples/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/hermetic_build/library_generation/owlbot/templates/java_library/samples/pom.xml
index 5fc52b15263b..c4657b099f0c 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/hermetic_build/library_generation/owlbot/templates/java_library/samples/pom.xml
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@@ -43,14 +43,7 @@
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diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/hermetic_build/library_generation/templates/root-pom.xml.j2 b/sdk-platform-java/hermetic_build/library_generation/templates/root-pom.xml.j2
index 56704aa4e483..f62a0352294c 100644
--- a/sdk-platform-java/hermetic_build/library_generation/templates/root-pom.xml.j2
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diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/hermetic_build/library_generation/tests/resources/test_monorepo_postprocessing/pom-golden.xml b/sdk-platform-java/hermetic_build/library_generation/tests/resources/test_monorepo_postprocessing/pom-golden.xml
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+++ b/sdk-platform-java/hermetic_build/library_generation/tests/resources/test_monorepo_postprocessing/pom-golden.xml
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diff --git a/sdk-platform-java/pom.xml b/sdk-platform-java/pom.xml
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-  <distributionManagement>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-      <url>https://google.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
-      <url>https://google.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-    </repository>
-  </distributionManagement>
+
   <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <!-- profile for nexus-staging:release invocation -->
-      <id>release-staging-repository</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <!-- The root project not using nexus-staging-maven-plugin when signing -->
-          <name>!gpg.executable</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <!-- The root project runs nexus-staging:release task -->
-            <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.0</version>
-            <extensions>true</extensions>
-            <configuration>
-              <serverId>sonatype-nexus-staging</serverId>
-              <nexusUrl>https://google.oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-              <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
-            </configuration>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
+
 
     <profile>
       <id>full-project-coverage</id>