diff --git a/core-java/pom.xml b/core-java/pom.xml
index 2106b45fab..fc2d44e233 100644
--- a/core-java/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
     <artifactId>core-java</artifactId>
     <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -173,21 +172,6 @@
         </resources>
 
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*IntTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
-                        <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>