diff --git a/src/samples/adaptive/pom.xml b/src/samples/adaptive/pom.xml
index db9cb224e..f185669c6 100644
--- a/src/samples/adaptive/pom.xml
+++ b/src/samples/adaptive/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+<!-- <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
+</project> -->
diff --git a/src/samples/alwaysencrypted/pom.xml b/src/samples/alwaysencrypted/pom.xml
index 57dacc776..d25b975aa 100644
--- a/src/samples/alwaysencrypted/pom.xml
+++ b/src/samples/alwaysencrypted/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+<!-- <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
+</project> -->
diff --git a/src/samples/azureactivedirectoryauthentication/pom.xml b/src/samples/azureactivedirectoryauthentication/pom.xml
index 2553013a5..8c1acabb3 100644
--- a/src/samples/azureactivedirectoryauthentication/pom.xml
+++ b/src/samples/azureactivedirectoryauthentication/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<!-- <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc</groupId>
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
+</project> -->
diff --git a/src/samples/connections/pom.xml b/src/samples/connections/pom.xml
index 434b6e64e..bbc06a442 100644
--- a/src/samples/connections/pom.xml
+++ b/src/samples/connections/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<!-- <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc</groupId>
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
+</project> -->
diff --git a/src/samples/constrained/pom.xml b/src/samples/constrained/pom.xml
index bfb368f24..330ab1830 100644
--- a/src/samples/constrained/pom.xml
+++ b/src/samples/constrained/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-</project>
+</project> -->
diff --git a/src/samples/dataclassification/pom.xml b/src/samples/dataclassification/pom.xml
index 5497763df..c7743021c 100644
--- a/src/samples/dataclassification/pom.xml
+++ b/src/samples/dataclassification/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
+</project> -->
diff --git a/src/samples/datatypes/pom.xml b/src/samples/datatypes/pom.xml
index 80df733e7..9052880a9 100644
--- a/src/samples/datatypes/pom.xml
+++ b/src/samples/datatypes/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+<!-- <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
+</project> -->
diff --git a/src/samples/resultsets/pom.xml b/src/samples/resultsets/pom.xml
index 590647080..c54636cd4 100644
--- a/src/samples/resultsets/pom.xml
+++ b/src/samples/resultsets/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<!-- <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc</groupId>
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
+</project> -->
diff --git a/src/samples/sparse/pom.xml b/src/samples/sparse/pom.xml
index 9313d22c2..3e7b15c94 100644
--- a/src/samples/sparse/pom.xml
+++ b/src/samples/sparse/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<!-- <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc</groupId>
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
+</project> -->