diff --git a/scripts/default/opensearch/build.sh b/scripts/default/opensearch/build.sh
index 98fac22b95..62da06fcb3 100755
--- a/scripts/default/opensearch/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/default/opensearch/build.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ mkdir -p $OUTPUT/plugins
 cp ${distributions}/*.zip ./$OUTPUT/plugins
 
 # Publish plugin zips to maven
-./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
 ./gradlew publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
 mkdir -p $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch
 cp -r ./build/local-staging-repo/org/opensearch/. $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch