diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
index 7811f79aa..8096c57b3 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
@@ -60,13 +60,6 @@
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>clirr-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <skip>true</skip> <!-- TODO(gapic_upgrade): remove after first release -->
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>