diff --git a/lib/manager/maven/__fixtures__/simple.central.pom.xml b/lib/manager/maven/__fixtures__/simple.central.pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e246df80053a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/manager/maven/__fixtures__/simple.central.pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+
+
+
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0">
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.example</groupId>
+  <artifactId>ExamplePomFile</artifactId>
+
+  <name>Example</name>
+  <version>0.0.1</version>
+  <description>Minimal example</description>
+  <url>http://example.org/index.html</url>
+
+  <scm>
+    <url>http://example.org/src.git</url>
+  </scm>
+
+  <issueManagement>
+    <url>http://example.org/</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.example</groupId>
+        <artifactId>foo</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.example</groupId>
+      <artifactId>quuz</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.3</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>profile-id</id>
+      <reporting>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.example</groupId>
+            <artifactId>profile-build-artefact</artifactId>
+            <version>2.17</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <configLocation>google_checks.xml</configLocation>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </reporting>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>nonsense</id>
+      <name>The item without url</name>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+</project>
diff --git a/lib/manager/maven/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap b/lib/manager/maven/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
index 39f508a8fd53d6..f81ee37875a4cc 100644
--- a/lib/manager/maven/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/manager/maven/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "parent",
       "fileReplacePosition": 186,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "compile",
       "fileReplacePosition": 905,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "compile",
       "fileReplacePosition": 1093,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -44,7 +41,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "build",
       "fileReplacePosition": 1347,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -55,7 +51,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "build",
       "fileReplacePosition": 1545,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -66,7 +61,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "build",
       "fileReplacePosition": 2276,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -77,7 +71,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "compile",
       "fileReplacePosition": 2484,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -88,7 +81,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "compile",
       "fileReplacePosition": 2634,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -99,7 +91,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "compile",
       "fileReplacePosition": 2779,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -110,7 +101,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "compile",
       "fileReplacePosition": 2938,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -121,7 +111,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "test",
       "fileReplacePosition": 3086,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -132,7 +121,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "compile",
       "fileReplacePosition": 3252,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -143,7 +131,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "compile",
       "fileReplacePosition": 3410,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -153,7 +140,6 @@ Object {
       "depName": "org.example:relocation-artifact",
       "fileReplacePosition": 3612,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -164,7 +150,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "compile",
       "fileReplacePosition": 3944,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -175,7 +160,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "build",
       "fileReplacePosition": 4200,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -186,7 +170,6 @@ Object {
       "depType": "build",
       "fileReplacePosition": 4594,
       "registryUrls": Array [
-        "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
         "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
       ],
     },
@@ -211,3 +194,37 @@ Object {
   "packageFile": null,
 }
 `;
+
+exports[`manager/maven/extract extractDependencies extract dependencies from any XML position with Central Maven 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "datasource": "maven",
+  "deps": Array [
+    Object {
+      "currentValue": "0.0.1",
+      "datasource": "maven",
+      "depName": "org.example:foo",
+      "depType": "compile",
+      "fileReplacePosition": 637,
+      "registryUrls": Array [],
+    },
+    Object {
+      "currentValue": "1.2.3",
+      "datasource": "maven",
+      "depName": "org.example:quuz",
+      "depType": "test",
+      "fileReplacePosition": 842,
+      "registryUrls": Array [],
+    },
+    Object {
+      "currentValue": "2.17",
+      "datasource": "maven",
+      "depName": "org.example:profile-build-artefact",
+      "depType": "build",
+      "fileReplacePosition": 1153,
+      "registryUrls": Array [],
+    },
+  ],
+  "mavenProps": Object {},
+  "packageFile": null,
+}
+`;
diff --git a/lib/manager/maven/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap b/lib/manager/maven/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
index 7cf2c033c29157..ea8a204b0865a5 100644
--- a/lib/manager/maven/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/manager/maven/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "parent",
         "fileReplacePosition": 186,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 905,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 1093,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -45,7 +42,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "build",
         "fileReplacePosition": 1347,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -56,7 +52,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "build",
         "fileReplacePosition": 1545,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -67,7 +62,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "build",
         "fileReplacePosition": 2276,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -78,7 +72,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 2484,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
         "skipReason": "name-placeholder",
@@ -90,7 +83,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 2634,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
         "skipReason": "name-placeholder",
@@ -103,7 +95,6 @@ Array [
         "fileReplacePosition": 698,
         "groupName": "quuxVersion",
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -115,7 +106,6 @@ Array [
         "fileReplacePosition": 698,
         "groupName": "quuxVersion",
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -126,7 +116,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "test",
         "fileReplacePosition": 3086,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -137,7 +126,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 3252,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -148,7 +136,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 3410,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -158,7 +145,6 @@ Array [
         "depName": "org.example:relocation-artifact",
         "fileReplacePosition": 3612,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -169,7 +155,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 3944,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
         "skipReason": "version-placeholder",
@@ -181,7 +166,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "build",
         "fileReplacePosition": 4200,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -192,7 +176,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "build",
         "fileReplacePosition": 4594,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/",
         ],
       },
@@ -215,7 +198,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "parent",
         "fileReplacePosition": 185,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
           "http://example.com/",
         ],
@@ -229,7 +211,6 @@ Array [
         "fileReplacePosition": 470,
         "groupName": "quuxVersion",
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
         ],
@@ -248,7 +229,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "parent",
         "fileReplacePosition": 186,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
         ],
@@ -260,7 +240,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 806,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
         ],
@@ -272,7 +251,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 954,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
         ],
@@ -284,7 +262,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "build",
         "fileReplacePosition": 1188,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
         ],
@@ -296,7 +273,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "build",
         "fileReplacePosition": 1386,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
         ],
@@ -308,7 +284,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 2131,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
         ],
@@ -321,7 +296,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 2281,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
         ],
@@ -334,7 +308,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 2574,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
         ],
@@ -346,7 +319,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 2714,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
         ],
@@ -358,7 +330,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 2872,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
         ],
@@ -370,7 +341,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "compile",
         "fileReplacePosition": 3134,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
         ],
@@ -383,7 +353,6 @@ Array [
         "depType": "build",
         "fileReplacePosition": 3410,
         "registryUrls": Array [
-          "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
           "http://example.com/",
           "http://example.com/nexus/xyz",
         ],
diff --git a/lib/manager/maven/extract.spec.ts b/lib/manager/maven/extract.spec.ts
index 2a576580489ec6..ac5461dd75fc09 100644
--- a/lib/manager/maven/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/maven/extract.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { extractPackage, extractRegistries } from './extract';
 
 const minimumContent = Fixtures.get(`minimum.pom.xml`);
 const simpleContent = Fixtures.get(`simple.pom.xml`);
+const simpleCentralContent = Fixtures.get(`simple.central.pom.xml`);
 
 const mirrorSettingsContent = Fixtures.get(`mirror.settings.xml`);
 const profileSettingsContent = Fixtures.get(`profile.settings.xml`);
@@ -123,6 +124,32 @@ describe('manager/maven/extract', () => {
         packageFile: null,
       });
     });
+    it('extract dependencies from any XML position with Central Maven', () => {
+      const res = extractPackage(simpleCentralContent);
+      expect(res).toMatchSnapshot({
+        deps: [
+          {
+            depName: 'org.example:foo',
+            currentValue: '0.0.1',
+            depType: 'compile',
+            registryUrls: [],
+          },
+          {
+            depName: 'org.example:quuz',
+            currentValue: '1.2.3',
+            depType: 'test',
+            registryUrls: [],
+          },
+          {
+            depName: 'org.example:profile-build-artefact',
+            currentValue: '2.17',
+            depType: 'build',
+            registryUrls: [],
+          },
+        ],
+        packageFile: null,
+      });
+    });
     it('tries minimum manifests', () => {
       const res = extractPackage(minimumContent);
       expect(res).toEqual({
diff --git a/lib/manager/maven/extract.ts b/lib/manager/maven/extract.ts
index e56d97c5bb5525..de94657b4a115a 100644
--- a/lib/manager/maven/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/maven/extract.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import is from '@sindresorhus/is';
 import upath from 'upath';
 import { XmlDocument, XmlElement } from 'xmldoc';
 import * as datasourceMaven from '../../datasource/maven';
-import { MAVEN_REPO } from '../../datasource/maven/common';
 import { logger } from '../../logger';
 import { readLocalFile } from '../../util/fs';
 import { regEx } from '../../util/regex';
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ function depFromNode(
     const versionNode = node.descendantWithPath('version');
     const fileReplacePosition = versionNode.position;
     const datasource = datasourceMaven.id;
-    const registryUrls = [MAVEN_REPO];
+    const registryUrls = [];
     const result: PackageDependency = {
       datasource,
       depName,
diff --git a/lib/manager/maven/index.spec.ts b/lib/manager/maven/index.spec.ts
index 1cd584c6b81eb6..214a060a5bc221 100644
--- a/lib/manager/maven/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/maven/index.spec.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ describe('manager/maven/index', () => {
         'simple.pom.xml',
       ]);
       const urls = [
-        'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2',
         'https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/',
         'https://artifactory.company.com/artifactory/my-maven-repo',
       ];
@@ -180,7 +179,6 @@ describe('manager/maven/index', () => {
         'child.pom.xml',
       ]);
       const urls = new Set([
-        'https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2',
         'http://example.com/',
         'http://example.com/nexus/xyz',
       ]);