diff --git a/external/kinesis-asl-assembly/pom.xml b/external/kinesis-asl-assembly/pom.xml
index df528b3598024..f7cb764463396 100644
--- a/external/kinesis-asl-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/external/kinesis-asl-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -141,6 +141,21 @@
   <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
   <testOutputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
   <plugins>
+    <!-- SPARK-17418: prevent the kinesis-asl-assembly from being published to Maven -->
+    <plugin>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+      <configuration>
+        <skip>true</skip>
+      </configuration>
+    </plugin>
+    <plugin>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+      <configuration>
+        <skip>true</skip>
+      </configuration>
+    </plugin>
     <plugin>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>