diff --git a/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt b/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt
index 9a555bf..bdb3661 100644
--- a/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt
+++ b/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ class SonatypePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
             addParentPublishToNexusTasks()
 
             disallowPublishTasks()
-
-            tasks.named("closeRepository") {
-                mustRunAfter("publishToNexus")
-            }
         }
     }