diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff125dbbe..50914ed36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2022-02-24T06:11:22Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
         <!-- dependency versions in alphanumeric order -->
         <asm.version>9.2</asm.version>
@@ -409,14 +410,6 @@
         </pluginManagement>
 
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${java.version}</source>
-                    <target>${java.version}</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>