diff --git a/patterns/hexagonal/pom.xml b/patterns/hexagonal/pom.xml
index 4b8dfcfeb4..7f6cbf176b 100644
--- a/patterns/hexagonal/pom.xml
+++ b/patterns/hexagonal/pom.xml
@@ -4,22 +4,6 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>hexagonal</artifactId>
     <version>1.0</version>
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>12</source>
-                    <target>12</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.22.2</version>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
     <name>hexagonal</name>
     <description>A quick and practical example of Hexagonal Architecture in Java</description>
 
@@ -30,41 +14,4 @@
         <relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
-    <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.target>12</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>12</maven.compiler.source>
-    </properties>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>5.3.1</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.21.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-platform-runner</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>5.2.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>2.23.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/patterns/hexagonal/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/MockWeatherRepositoryUnitTest.java b/patterns/hexagonal/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/MockWeatherRepositoryUnitTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f8d0be5d8b..0000000000
--- a/patterns/hexagonal/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/MockWeatherRepositoryUnitTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.repository;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-
-class MockWeatherRepositoryUnitTest {
-
-    private final WeatherRepository tested = new MockWeatherRepository();
-
-    @Test
-    void givenLocationClujNapoca_whenGetTemperature_thenExpect17() {
-        double result = tested.getTemperature("cluj-napoca");
-
-        assertEquals(17, result);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void givenLocationBucharest_whenGetTemperature_thenExpect22() {
-        double result = tested.getTemperature("bucharest");
-
-        assertEquals(22, result);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void givenLocationNewYork_whenGetTemperature_thenExpect15() {
-        double result = tested.getTemperature("new york");
-
-        assertEquals(15, result);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void givenLocationDefault_whenGetTemperature_thenExpect20() {
-        double result = tested.getTemperature("default");
-
-        assertEquals(20, result);
-    }
-
-}
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diff --git a/patterns/hexagonal/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/RepositoryFactoryUnitTest.java b/patterns/hexagonal/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/RepositoryFactoryUnitTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fc32e5268..0000000000
--- a/patterns/hexagonal/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/repository/RepositoryFactoryUnitTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.repository;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
-
-class RepositoryFactoryUnitTest {
-    @Test
-    void whenGetMockWeatherRepository_thenExpectMockWeatherRepositoryInstance() {
-        WeatherRepository result = RepositoryFactory.getMockWeatherRepository();
-
-        assertTrue(result instanceof MockWeatherRepository);
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/patterns/hexagonal/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/service/WeatherForecasterServiceUnitTest.java b/patterns/hexagonal/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/service/WeatherForecasterServiceUnitTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1959a815fb..0000000000
--- a/patterns/hexagonal/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pattern/hexagonal/service/WeatherForecasterServiceUnitTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.service;
-
-import com.baeldung.pattern.hexagonal.repository.WeatherRepository;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
-import org.junit.platform.runner.JUnitPlatform;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-
-@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
-@RunWith(JUnitPlatform.class)
-class WeatherForecasterServiceUnitTest {
-
-    @Mock
-    private WeatherRepository repository;
-    @InjectMocks
-    private WeatherForecasterService tested;
-
-    @Test
-    void givenLocation10_whenForecast_thenExpect10() {
-        when(repository.getTemperature("location")).thenReturn(10d);
-
-        double result = tested.forecast("location");
-        assertEquals(10d, result);
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void givenNullLocation_whenForecast_thenExpectEmptyString() {
-        when(repository.getTemperature("")).thenReturn(10d);
-
-        double result = tested.forecast(null);
-        assertEquals(10d, result);
-    }
-}
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