diff --git a/registry-dist/pom.xml b/registry-dist/pom.xml
index f80150b0f1..04e51f0180 100644
--- a/registry-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/registry-dist/pom.xml
@@ -70,19 +70,6 @@
         <final.Name>hortonworks-registry</final.Name>
     </properties>
 
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>with-mysql-jar</id>
-            <dependencies>
-                <dependency>
-                    <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-                    <version>${mysql-connector-java.version}</version>
-                </dependency>
-            </dependencies>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
-
     <build>
         <finalName>${final.Name}-${project.version}</finalName>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/registry-dist/src/main/assembly/binary.xml b/registry-dist/src/main/assembly/binary.xml
index e09c9bdc47..a32881745c 100644
--- a/registry-dist/src/main/assembly/binary.xml
+++ b/registry-dist/src/main/assembly/binary.xml
@@ -46,14 +46,6 @@
                 </exclude>
             </excludes>
         </dependencySet>
-        <dependencySet>
-            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
-            <outputDirectory>bootstrap/lib</outputDirectory>
-            <unpack>false</unpack>
-            <includes>
-                <include>mysql:mysql-connector-java</include>
-            </includes>
-        </dependencySet>
     </dependencySets>
 
     <fileSets>