diff --git a/adapter/addressvalidation/pom.xml b/adapter/addressvalidation/pom.xml
index b1aeb97..50fb456 100644
--- a/adapter/addressvalidation/pom.xml
+++ b/adapter/addressvalidation/pom.xml
@@ -2,18 +2,6 @@
 <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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>14</source>
-                    <target>14</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
     <parent>
         <groupId>de.strasser.peter.hexagonal</groupId>
         <artifactId>hexagonaldemo</artifactId>
diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 05185ce..505dd2d 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -2,18 +2,6 @@
 <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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>14</source>
-                    <target>14</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
     <parent>
         <groupId>de.strasser.peter.hexagonal</groupId>
         <artifactId>hexagonaldemo</artifactId>