diff --git a/jpackage-utils/misc/macros.jpackage b/jpackage-utils/misc/macros.jpackage
index 1978e14..37129ba 100644
--- a/jpackage-utils/misc/macros.jpackage
+++ b/jpackage-utils/misc/macros.jpackage
@@ -162,13 +162,7 @@ EOF\
 #
 # update_maven_depmap updates the main maven depmap
 #
-%update_maven_depmap() \
-echo -e "<dependencies>\\n" > %{_mavendepmapdir}/maven2-depmap.xml\
-if [ -d %{_mavendepmapfragdir} ] && [ -n "`find %{_mavendepmapfragdir} -type f`" ]; then\
-cat %{_mavendepmapfragdir}/* >> %{_mavendepmapdir}/maven2-depmap.xml\
-fi\
-echo -e "</dependencies>\\n" >> %{_mavendepmapdir}/maven2-depmap.xml\
-%{nil}
+%update_maven_depmap() %{warn INFO: %%update_maven_depmap is obsolete}%{nil}
 
 #==============================================================================
 # ---- default icons directories as per the icon theme freedesktop spec