diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 980a3ed4101..55aedb47c41 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -225,6 +225,13 @@
 		</repository>
 	</repositories>
 
+	<pluginRepositories>
+   		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>cbi</id>
+     		<url>https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/cbi-releases/</url>
+    	</pluginRepository>
+  	</pluginRepositories>
+  	
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
 			<id>platform-4.3</id>
diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.repo/pom.xml b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.repo/pom.xml
index 3b1b3f601f7..81c72c9c8d5 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.repo/pom.xml
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.cdt.repo/pom.xml
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@
 	<artifactId>org.eclipse.cdt.repo</artifactId>
 	<packaging>eclipse-repository</packaging>
 	
-	<pluginRepositories>
-   		<pluginRepository>
-			<id>cbi</id>
-     		<url>https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/cbi-releases/</url>
-    	</pluginRepository>
-  	</pluginRepositories>
-  	
 	<build>
 		<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
 	</build>