diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/AssemblerConfigurationSource.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/AssemblerConfigurationSource.java
index 49a14279..e80ffc83 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/AssemblerConfigurationSource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/AssemblerConfigurationSource.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.apache.maven.archiver.MavenArchiveConfiguration;
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.filtering.MavenReaderFilter;
@@ -123,11 +122,6 @@ public interface AssemblerConfigurationSource {
      */
     List<MavenProject> getReactorProjects();
 
-    /**
-     * @return The remote repositories.
-     */
-    List<ArtifactRepository> getRemoteRepositories();
-
     /**
      * @return Is this a test run.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/mojos/AbstractAssemblyMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/mojos/AbstractAssemblyMojo.java
index d5eeea79..57bf066a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/mojos/AbstractAssemblyMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/mojos/AbstractAssemblyMojo.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.maven.archiver.MavenArchiveConfiguration;
 import org.apache.maven.archiver.MavenArchiver;
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
@@ -111,12 +110,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractAssemblyMojo extends AbstractMojo implements Assem
     @Parameter(defaultValue = "true")
     private boolean ignoreDirFormatExtensions;
 
-    /**
-     *
-     */
-    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.remoteArtifactRepositories}", required = true, readonly = true)
-    private List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories;
-
     /**
      * Contains the full list of projects in the reactor.
      */
@@ -750,11 +743,6 @@ public void setWorkDirectory(final File workDirectory) {
         this.workDirectory = workDirectory;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public List<ArtifactRepository> getRemoteRepositories() {
-        return remoteRepositories;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean isDryRun() {
         return dryRun;