diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4a8162dc8f..2b6480ca45 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -245,27 +245,8 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
                 <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>fetch-slingshot-messages</id>
-                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                              <copy todir="${project.build.outputDirectory}/alfresco/messages" overwrite="true">
-                                 <!-- for activity messages based on activity type -->
-                                 <fileset dir="${basedir}/../slingshot/config/alfresco/site-webscripts/org/alfresco/components/dashlets" includes="activity-list.get*.properties" />
-                                 <!-- note: remove ".get" since it seems to confuse java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle -->
-                                 <mapper type="regexp" from="^(activity-list).get(.*\.properties)$$" to="\1\2" />
-                              </copy>
-                              <copy todir="${project.build.outputDirectory}/alfresco/messages" overwrite="true">
-                                 <!-- for role.* messages -->
-                                 <fileset dir="${basedir}/../slingshot/config/alfresco/messages" includes="slingshot*.properties" />
-                              </copy>
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
+                    <!-- TODO: Airwolf temp... removing fetch-slingshot-messages. Does this move to the cloud build? -->
+                    
                     <!-- ACE-2318 Bring alfresco-jmxrmi.* from repository -->
                     <execution>
                         <id>fetch-jmxrmi-properties</id>