diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
index f017bd065..40f1cf943 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
@@ -98,13 +98,6 @@
     <build>
         <finalName>struts2-rest-showcase</finalName>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.5</source>
-                    <target>1.5</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 6c696c56c..9c318ba65 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -39,14 +39,6 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/gxp/pom.xml b/plugins/gxp/pom.xml
index 84d985cee..42564ff33 100644
--- a/plugins/gxp/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/gxp/pom.xml
@@ -23,19 +23,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.5</source>
-                    <target>1.5</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
     <properties>
     	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f20487164..6ada1904c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -177,15 +177,6 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>2.7</version>
                 </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <source>1.7</source>
-                        <target>1.7</target>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -230,6 +221,14 @@
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.7</source>
+                    <target>1.7</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>