diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/PluginDescriptor.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/PluginDescriptor.java
index 733ec18b9..64b3b957e 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/PluginDescriptor.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/PluginDescriptor.java
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ public interface PluginDescriptor extends Tags {
    */
   String getName();
 
-  /**
-   * @return the optional plugin version.
-   */
-  String getVersion();
-
   /**
    * @return the optional plugin URL (download/update site).
    */
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/PluginDescriptorImpl.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/PluginDescriptorImpl.java
index 46834e5e2..6b32d1061 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/PluginDescriptorImpl.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/PluginDescriptorImpl.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ public class PluginDescriptorImpl implements PluginDescriptor {
 
   private final String name;
 
-  private final String version;
-
   private final String url;
 
   private final boolean active;
@@ -34,17 +32,15 @@ public class PluginDescriptorImpl implements PluginDescriptor {
    *
    * @param id the {@link #getId() ID}.
    * @param name the {@link #getName() name}.
-   * @param version the {@link #getVersion() URL}.
    * @param url the {@link #getUrl() URL}.
    * @param active the {@link #isActive() active flag}.
    * @param tags the {@link #getTags() tags}.
    */
-  public PluginDescriptorImpl(String id, String name, String version, String url, boolean active, Set<Tag> tags) {
+  public PluginDescriptorImpl(String id, String name, String url, boolean active, Set<Tag> tags) {
 
     super();
     this.id = id;
     this.name = name;
-    this.version = version;
     this.url = url;
     this.active = active;
     this.tags = tags;
@@ -62,12 +58,6 @@ public String getName() {
     return this.name;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public String getVersion() {
-
-    return this.version;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public String getUrl() {
 
@@ -104,7 +94,6 @@ public static PluginDescriptor of(Path propertiesFile, IdeLogger logger, boolean
       throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to load properties " + propertiesFile, e);
     }
     String id = getString(properties, "id", "plugin_id");
-    String version = getString(properties, "version", "plugin_version");
     String url = getString(properties, "url", "plugin_url");
     if (needUrl && ((url == null) || url.isBlank())) {
       logger.warning("Missing plugin URL in {}", propertiesFile);
@@ -112,7 +101,7 @@ public static PluginDescriptor of(Path propertiesFile, IdeLogger logger, boolean
     boolean active = getBoolean(properties, "active", "plugin_active", propertiesFile, logger);
     String tagsCsv = getString(properties, "tags", "plugin_tags");
     Set<Tag> tags = Tag.parseCsv(tagsCsv);
-    return new PluginDescriptorImpl(id, name, version, url, active, tags);
+    return new PluginDescriptorImpl(id, name, url, active, tags);
   }
 
   private static boolean getBoolean(Properties properties, String key, String legacyKey, Path propertiesFile,
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/mvn/Mvn.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/mvn/Mvn.java
index 866fb8942..3f1b32299 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/mvn/Mvn.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/mvn/Mvn.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.common.Tag;
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ public boolean install(boolean silent) {
   public void installPlugin(PluginDescriptor plugin) {
 
     Path mavenPlugin = this.context.getSoftwarePath().resolve(this.tool).resolve("lib/ext/" + plugin.getName() + ".jar");
-    this.context.getFileAccess().download(getPluginUrl(plugin), mavenPlugin);
+    this.context.getFileAccess().download(plugin.getUrl(), mavenPlugin);
     if (Files.exists(mavenPlugin)) {
       this.context.success("Successfully added {} to {}", plugin.getName(), mavenPlugin.toString());
     } else {
@@ -46,19 +45,4 @@ public void installPlugin(PluginDescriptor plugin) {
           + "Please check the plugin properties file in {}", mavenPlugin.getFileName(), mavenPlugin.toAbsolutePath());
     }
   }
-
-  private String getPluginUrl(PluginDescriptor plugin) {
-
-    if (plugin.getUrl() != null) {
-      return plugin.getUrl();
-    } else {
-      return "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/fr/jcgay/maven/" + plugin.getName() + "/" + getPluginVersion(plugin.getVersion()) + "/" + plugin.getName()
-          + "-" + getPluginVersion(plugin.getVersion()) + ".jar";
-    }
-  }
-
-  private String getPluginVersion(String version) {
-
-    return Objects.requireNonNullElse(version, "latest");
-  }
 }