diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e133875..230214d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,21 +65,11 @@
 			</configuration>
 		</plugin>
 		<plugin>
+			<!-- Assembly 2.4 needed its own dependencies pinned to get around a tar bug. -->
+
 			<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 			<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-			<version>2.4</version>  <!-- Plexus Archiver had bad tar support before. -->
-			<dependencies>
-				<dependency> <!-- Newer Archiver than required fixing tar bugs. -->
-					<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-					<artifactId>plexus-archiver</artifactId>
-					<version>2.4.3</version>
-				</dependency>
-				<dependency> <!-- Newer IO than Archiver required fixing another bug. -->
-					<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-					<artifactId>plexus-io</artifactId>
-					<version>2.0.8</version>
-				</dependency>
-			</dependencies>
+			<version>2.4.1</version>  <!-- Plexus Archiver had bad tar support before. -->
 			<executions>
 				<execution>  <!-- Build jar. -->
 					<id>jar-with-dependencies</id>