diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8b2c7b1d4d68a5633a6e89644985aabe4b4f9b48..af2a22f0e5b15bf4d9e9a47aa9dbc3576a004477 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
   - jdk_switcher use oraclejdk8
-  - mvn clean install --quiet jacoco:report coveralls:report
+  - mvn clean install -Pasf-release --quiet jacoco:report coveralls:report
   - mvn clean javadoc:javadoc -Dmaven.test.skip=true --quiet
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1275ca5508c67fcfe8ef365334287ce026804819..5f9aaae7e746f5c6fd6eae7b4825f8d5cc300dc9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -149,23 +149,6 @@
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>1.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>git submodule update</id>
-                        <phase>initialize</phase>
-                        <inherited>false</inherited>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <executable>git</executable>
-                            <arguments>
-                                <argument>submodule</argument>
-                                <argument>update</argument>
-                                <argument>--init</argument>
-                                <argument>--recursive</argument>
-                            </arguments>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>exec</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
                     <execution>
                         <id>install-jmxtools</id>
                         <inherited>false</inherited>
@@ -337,6 +320,40 @@
 
 
     <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>asf-release</id>
+            <activation>
+                <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>git submodule update</id>
+                                <phase>initialize</phase>
+                                <inherited>false</inherited>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <executable>git</executable>
+                                    <arguments>
+                                        <argument>submodule</argument>
+                                        <argument>update</argument>
+                                        <argument>--init</argument>
+                                        <argument>--recursive</argument>
+                                    </arguments>
+                                </configuration>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>exec</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
         <profile>
             <!-- ojdbc is not Apache license compatible, so it must be manually downloaded first -->
             <id>install-ojdbc</id>