diff --git a/playbooks/java-libraries/promote.yaml b/playbooks/java-libraries/promote.yaml
index 58aeb4a..f2b294a 100644
--- a/playbooks/java-libraries/promote.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/java-libraries/promote.yaml
@@ -6,15 +6,6 @@
     - install-maven
 
   tasks:
-    - name: Clean and prepare release
-      command: mvn release:clean release:prepare
-      args:
-        chdir: "{{ library_path }}"
-      environment:
-        MAVEN_HOME: "/opt/apache-maven-3.8.8"
-        PATH: "{{ ansible_env.PATH }}:/opt/apache-maven-3.8.8/bin"
-      become: yes
-
     - name: Perform release
       command: mvn release:perform
       args: