diff --git a/modules/maven/s2i/artifacts/opt/jboss/container/maven/s2i/maven-overrides b/modules/maven/s2i/artifacts/opt/jboss/container/maven/s2i/maven-overrides
index ab5e9f09..9c5cb770 100644
--- a/modules/maven/s2i/artifacts/opt/jboss/container/maven/s2i/maven-overrides
+++ b/modules/maven/s2i/artifacts/opt/jboss/container/maven/s2i/maven-overrides
@@ -3,22 +3,6 @@ function maven_init_var_MAVEN_LOCAL_REPO() {
   MAVEN_LOCAL_REPO="${MAVEN_LOCAL_REPO:-${_MAVEN_S2I_ARCHIVED_REPO}}"
 }
 
-# Overrides basic functionality by looking fore settings.xml in <source>/configuration
-function maven_init_var_MAVEN_SETTINGS_XML() {
-  if [ -f "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_XML}" ]; then
-    :
-  elif [ -f "${S2I_SOURCE_DIR}/configuration/settings.xml" ]; then
-    MAVEN_SETTINGS_XML="${HOME}/.m2/settings.xml"
-    mkdir -p $(dirname "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_XML}")
-    cp "${S2I_SOURCE_DIR}/configuration/settings.xml" "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_XML}"
-  elif [ -f "${HOME}/.m2/settings.xml" ]; then
-    MAVEN_SETTINGS_XML="${HOME}/.m2/settings.xml"
-  else
-    MAVEN_SETTINGS_XML="${_MAVEN_S2I_SETTINGS_XML}"
-    cp "${JBOSS_CONTAINER_MAVEN_DEFAULT_MODULE}/jboss-settings.xml" "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_XML}"
-  fi
-}
-
 # Overrides basic functionality by copying over archived maven repository
 function maven_init_local_repo() {
   # unpack artifacts from previous build