diff --git a/tycho.spec b/tycho.spec
index 5e2a4c2..014dde1 100644
--- a/tycho.spec
+++ b/tycho.spec
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ sed -i -e 's/ASM9/ASM8/' \
 sed -i -e '/slf4j.api/s/org.slf4j.api/slf4j.api/' \
   tycho-bundles/tycho-bundles-external/tycho-bundles-external.product
 
+# Remove repositories section
+%pom_xpath_remove "pom:repositories" fedoraproject-p2/pom.xml
+
 # place empty mojo in place
 mkdir -p tycho-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/fedoraproject
 pushd tycho-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/fedoraproject