diff --git a/memcached/pom.xml b/memcached/pom.xml
index 7f6044a3889532182520476ed67cf8992de3face..d1156b4c145d7de4895f95766f2eb68f43763836 100644
--- a/memcached/pom.xml
+++ b/memcached/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ LICENSE file.
 
   <artifactId>memcached-binding</artifactId>
   <name>memcached binding</name>
-  <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <dependencies>