diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 7c7859921..07986a2b8 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -42,5 +42,9 @@
             <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/RemoveDependencyTest.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/RemoveDependencyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5b93df3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/RemoveDependencyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package org.openmrs.maven.plugins;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.openmrs.maven.plugins.model.DistroProperties;
+import org.openmrs.maven.plugins.utility.DistroHelper;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class RemoveDependencyTest extends AbstractSdkIntegrationTest  {
+
+    private String distroFile;
+
+
+    private DistroProperties  originalProperties;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        distroFile = testDirectory + File.separator + "openmrs-distro.properties";
+        originalProperties = DistroHelper.getDistroPropertiesFromFile(new File(distroFile));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldRemoveExistingDependency() throws Exception {
+        DistroProperties distroProperties = DistroHelper.getDistroPropertiesFromFile(new File(distroFile));
+        assertNotNull(distroProperties);
+
+        assertTrue(distroProperties.getAllKeys().contains("omod.uicommons"));
+
+        addTaskParam("distro", distroFile);
+        addTaskParam("property", "omod.uicommons");
+
+        executeTask("rm-dependency");
+        assertSuccess();
+
+        distroProperties = DistroHelper.getDistroPropertiesFromFile(new File(distroFile));
+        assertFalse(distroProperties.getAllKeys().contains("omod.uicommons"));
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void reset() throws MojoExecutionException {
+        originalProperties.saveTo(new File(distroFile).getParentFile());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/RemoveDependency.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/RemoveDependency.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56388218f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/RemoveDependency.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package org.openmrs.maven.plugins;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.openmrs.maven.plugins.model.DistroProperties;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+@Mojo(name = "rm-dependency", requiresProject = false)
+public class RemoveDependency extends AbstractTask {
+
+    /**
+     *  Path to the openmrs-distro.properties file to modify
+     */
+    @Parameter(property = "distro")
+    private String distro;
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property you want to remove
+     */
+    @Parameter(property = "property")
+    private String property;
+
+    @Override
+    public void executeTask() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+
+        if (distro == null) {
+            File userDir = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
+            File distroFile = new File(userDir, DistroProperties.DISTRO_FILE_NAME);
+            if (distroFile.exists()) {
+                distro = distroFile.getAbsolutePath();
+            }
+        }
+
+        Properties properties = new Properties();
+
+        if(StringUtils.isNotBlank(distro)) {
+            properties = distroHelper.resolveDistroPropertiesForStringSpecifier(distro, versionsHelper).getProperties();
+
+        }
+
+        if(StringUtils.isBlank(property)) {
+            property = wizard.promptForMissingValueWithOptions("Enter the property you want to remove",
+                    null, null, properties.keySet().stream().map(prop -> (String) prop).collect(Collectors.toList()));
+        }
+
+        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(property)) {
+            if(!properties.containsKey(property)) {
+                throw new MojoExecutionException("The property " + property + " was not found in the distro");
+            }
+            properties.remove(property);
+            DistroProperties distroProperties = new DistroProperties(properties);
+            distroProperties.saveTo(new File(distro).getParentFile());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sdk-commons/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/model/DistroProperties.java b/sdk-commons/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/model/DistroProperties.java
index 09f1e1e53..d57ddad1e 100644
--- a/sdk-commons/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/model/DistroProperties.java
+++ b/sdk-commons/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/model/DistroProperties.java
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@ public List<String> getExclusions() {
         return Arrays.asList(exclusions.split(","));
     }
 
+    public Properties getProperties() {
+        return properties;
+    }
+
     private String getPlaceholderKey(String string){
         int startIndex = string.indexOf("${")+2;
         int endIndex = string.indexOf("}", startIndex);