diff --git a/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-parent/maven-resolver-transport-jdk8/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-parent/maven-resolver-transport-jdk8/pom.xml
index ece5aa809..8df11f934 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-parent/maven-resolver-transport-jdk8/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-parent/maven-resolver-transport-jdk8/pom.xml
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@
   <name>Maven Artifact Resolver Transport JDK 8</name>
   <description>Maven Artifact Transport JDK HTTP Client for Java 8 (Demoting it on Java 8 as JDK HTTP Client is only available in Java 11+).</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
-  </properties>
-
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-resolver-transport-minio/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-transport-minio/pom.xml
index e936ce49b..3e4eeca38 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-transport-minio/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-resolver-transport-minio/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
   <description>Maven Artifact Transport S3 MinIO (Java).</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
-
     <version.okhttp>5.5.1</version.okhttp>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 91154cd51..f8339344b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,10 +96,6 @@
   <properties>
     <checkstyle.includeTestSourceDirectory>false</checkstyle.includeTestSourceDirectory>
 
-    <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
-    <maven.compiler.release>${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.release>
-    <maven.compiler.target>${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.target>
-    <maven.compiler.source>${javaVersion}</maven.compiler.source>
     <surefire.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</surefire.redirectTestOutputToFile>
     <failsafe.redirectTestOutputToFile>${surefire.redirectTestOutputToFile}</failsafe.redirectTestOutputToFile>
     <maven.site.path>resolver-archives/resolver-LATEST</maven.site.path>