diff --git a/.github/settings.xml b/.github/settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ab7ee0ea9..000000000
--- a/.github/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
-
-   <servers>
-      <server>
-         <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-         <username>${env.SONATYPE_USERNAME}</username>
-         <password>${env.SONATYPE_PASSWORD}</password>
-      </server>
-      <server>
-         <id>ossrh</id>
-         <username>${env.SONATYPE_USERNAME}</username>
-         <password>${env.SONATYPE_PASSWORD}</password>
-      </server>
-   </servers>
-
-</settings>