diff --git a/examples/maven/flink-v1.7/covid/pom.xml b/examples/maven/flink-v1.7/covid/pom.xml
index 9de20b0..bd6c5b9 100644
--- a/examples/maven/flink-v1.7/covid/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/maven/flink-v1.7/covid/pom.xml
@@ -37,22 +37,7 @@ under the License.
 		<log4j.version>2.24.1</log4j.version>
 	</properties>
 
-	<repositories>
-
-		<repository>
-			<id>apache.snapshots</id>
-			<name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name>
-			<url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-			<releases>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</releases>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-		</repository>
-	</repositories>
-
-	<dependencies>
+    <dependencies>
 		<!-- Apache Flink dependencies -->
 		<!-- These dependencies are provided, because they should not be packaged into the JAR file. -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/examples/maven/flink-v2/covid/pom.xml b/examples/maven/flink-v2/covid/pom.xml
index c8ee7f2..5d93a27 100644
--- a/examples/maven/flink-v2/covid/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/maven/flink-v2/covid/pom.xml
@@ -37,21 +37,6 @@ under the License.
 		<log4j.version>2.24.1</log4j.version>
 	</properties>
 
-	<repositories>
-
-		<repository>
-			<id>apache.snapshots</id>
-			<name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name>
-			<url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
-			<releases>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</releases>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-		</repository>
-	</repositories>
-
 	<dependencies>
 		<!-- Apache Flink dependencies -->
 		<!-- These dependencies are provided, because they should not be packaged into the JAR file. -->