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+%update_maven_depmap() %{warn INFO: %%update_maven_depmap is obsolete}%{nil}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