diff --git a/settings.xml b/settings.xml
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--- a/settings.xml
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-<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd">
-
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>defaults</id>
-            <properties>
-                <vitro_core>../Vitroxx</vitro_core>
-            </properties>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
-
-    <activeProfiles>
-        <activeProfile>defaults</activeProfile>
-    </activeProfiles>
-</settings>
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