diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 04ce36ad3..ead856fad 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ publishing {
             groupId = project.group
             artifactId = project.archivesBaseName
             version = project.version
+
+            // ForgeGradle will generate wild dependency definitions, see https://github.com/MinecraftForge/ForgeGradle/issues/584
+            // Since we don't actually depend on anything, just remove the entire node.
+            pom.withXml {
+                asNode().remove(asNode().dependencies)
+            }
+
             from components.java
             artifact sourcesJar
             artifact javadocJar