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 00000000..84758a09
--- /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("remove");
+        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 00000000..41c35b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/RemoveDependency.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+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.ArrayList;
+
+@Mojo(name = "remove", 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();
+            } else {
+                throw new MojoFailureException("Please specify a distro file");
+            }
+        }
+
+        DistroProperties properties = null;
+
+        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(distro)) {
+            properties = distroHelper.resolveDistroPropertiesForStringSpecifier(distro, versionsHelper);
+
+        }
+
+        if (properties == null) {
+            throw new MojoFailureException("Invalid distro file");
+        }
+
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(property)) {
+            property = wizard.promptForMissingValueWithOptions("Enter the property you want to remove",
+                    null, null, new ArrayList<>(properties.getPropertyNames()));
+        }
+
+        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(property)) {
+            properties.removeProperty(property);
+            properties.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 09f1e1e5..d6106edc 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 +271,17 @@ public List<String> getExclusions() {
         return Arrays.asList(exclusions.split(","));
     }
 
+    public Set<String> getPropertyNames() {
+        return properties.stringPropertyNames();
+    }
+
+    public void removeProperty(String property) throws MojoExecutionException {
+        if (!properties.containsKey(property)) {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException("The property " + property + " was not found in the distro");
+        }
+        properties.remove(property);
+    }
+
     private String getPlaceholderKey(String string){
         int startIndex = string.indexOf("${")+2;
         int endIndex = string.indexOf("}", startIndex);