diff --git a/postgresql-jdbc.spec b/postgresql-jdbc.spec
index d29e8f1..ac7e132 100644
--- a/postgresql-jdbc.spec
+++ b/postgresql-jdbc.spec
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 Summary:	JDBC driver for PostgreSQL
 Name:		postgresql-jdbc
 Version:  42.2.18
-Release:	3%{?dist}
+Release:	4%{?dist}
 License:	BSD
 URL:		http://jdbc.postgresql.org/
 
@@ -59,13 +59,11 @@ Provides:	pgjdbc = %version-%release
 BuildArch:	noarch
 BuildRequires:	java-devel >= 1.8
 BuildRequires:	maven-local
-BuildRequires:	maven-javadoc-plugin
-BuildRequires:	maven-enforcer-plugin
-BuildRequires:	maven-plugin-bundle
+BuildRequires:  maven-enforcer-plugin
+BuildRequires:  maven-plugin-bundle
 BuildRequires:	classloader-leak-test-framework
 
 BuildRequires:	mvn(com.ongres.scram:client)
-BuildRequires:	mvn(org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin)
 BuildRequires:	mvn(org.apache.maven.surefire:surefire-junit-platform)
 BuildRequires:	mvn(org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api)
 BuildRequires:	mvn(org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine)
@@ -106,6 +104,8 @@ find -type f \( -name "*.jar" -or -name "*.class" \) | xargs rm -f
 # Build parent POMs in the same Maven call.
 %pom_xpath_remove "pom:plugin[pom:artifactId = 'maven-shade-plugin']"
 
+%pom_remove_plugin -r :maven-javadoc-plugin
+
 # compat symlink: requested by dtardon (libreoffice), reverts part of
 # 0af97ce32de877 commit.
 %mvn_file org.postgresql:postgresql %{name}/postgresql %{name} postgresql
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ opts="-f"
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 30 2020 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj@redhat.com> - 42.2.18-4
+- remove unnecessary maven-plugin-* dependencies (#1976951)
+
 * Fri Apr 16 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 42.2.18-3
 - Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA on Apr 15th 2021. Related: rhbz#1947937