diff --git a/plugin-maven/build.gradle b/plugin-maven/build.gradle
index 44b7d7222d..f5257e065c 100644
--- a/plugin-maven/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-maven/build.gradle
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ String libVersion = version.endsWith('-SNAPSHOT') ?
 dependencies {
 	if (version.endsWith('-SNAPSHOT') || (rootProject.spotlessChangelog.versionNext == rootProject.spotlessChangelog.versionLast)) {
 		implementation project(':lib')
-		implementation project(':lib').sourceSets.sortPom.output
 		implementation project(':lib-extra')
 	} else {
 		implementation "com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-lib:${libVersion}"