diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 143eef96a..ff5eaa840 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -184,16 +184,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>15</source>
-                    <target>15</target>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>