diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ade27eb0..68b42987 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -263,8 +263,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
 </project>