diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e40d5577..6cbdec2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ jobs:
           server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
           gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
           gpg-passphrase: GPG_PASSPHRASE
-      - name: Setup Maven 3.9
-        # Under Maven 3.10, central-publishing-maven-plugin 0.11.0 adds maven-metadata-local.xml to the bundle, which Central rejects
-        run: |
-          curl -sSfL https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.16/apache-maven-3.9.16-bin.tar.gz | tar xz -C "$RUNNER_TEMP"
-          echo "$RUNNER_TEMP/apache-maven-3.9.16/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
       - name: Publish release
         run: bash github-build.sh
         env: