diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 02050e8db823..0ac9b3c1afc5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ Please see [Smile CDR][Link-SmileCDR] for information on commercial support.
 [Badge-MavenCentral]: https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/ca.uhn.hapi.fhir/hapi-fhir-base/badge.svg
 [Badge-CodeCov]: https://codecov.io/gh/hapifhir/hapi-fhir/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?token=zHfnKfQB9X
 [Badge-License]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-apache%202.0-60C060.svg
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f7979361f82e..e793344bf16c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2684,6 +2684,7 @@
 					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 					<artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 					<version>1.24</version>
+					<!--
 					<configuration>
 						<signature>
 							<groupId>net.sf.androidscents.signature</groupId>
@@ -2700,6 +2701,7 @@
 							</goals>
 						</execution>
 					</executions>
+					-->
 				</plugin>
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>