diff --git a/external/mqtt-assembly/pom.xml b/external/mqtt-assembly/pom.xml
index 5ba105e6f36c7..33f7f08c9cbdc 100644
--- a/external/mqtt-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/external/mqtt-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <sbt.project.name>streaming-mqtt-assembly</sbt.project.name>
-    <spark.jar.dir>scala-${scala.binary.version}</spark.jar.dir>
-    <spark.jar.basename>spark-streaming-mqtt-assembly-${project.version}.jar</spark.jar.basename>
-    <spark.jar>${project.build.directory}/${spark.jar.dir}/${spark.jar.basename}</spark.jar>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -61,7 +58,6 @@
       <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
       <configuration>
         <shadedArtifactAttached>false</shadedArtifactAttached>
-        <outputFile>${spark.jar}</outputFile>
         <artifactSet>
           <includes>
             <include>*:*</include>