diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-5-mvc/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-5-mvc/pom.xml
index 79a4f73ace..23bcb00801 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-5-mvc/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-5-mvc/pom.xml
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@
 
     <build>
         <testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
     </build>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-shell/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-shell/pom.xml
index b83a0b6002..992092f43f 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-shell/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-shell/pom.xml
@@ -37,13 +37,4 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate-2/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate-2/pom.xml
index d0191b970e..b87b245da9 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate-2/pom.xml
@@ -66,13 +66,4 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate-3/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate-3/pom.xml
index 8e313ccf39..b036a5ffcb 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate-3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate-3/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <!-- Spring Boot Dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-thymeleaf-2/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-thymeleaf-2/pom.xml
index b2b893ecd5..14e4de668b 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-thymeleaf-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-thymeleaf-2/pom.xml
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <tomcat7-maven-plugin.version>2.2</tomcat7-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/testing-modules/gatling/pom.xml b/testing-modules/gatling/pom.xml
index c702b576c5..f1c9906581 100644
--- a/testing-modules/gatling/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/gatling/pom.xml
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-        <scala.version>2.12.6</scala.version> <!--2.11.12 --> <!--2.12.6 -->
-        <gatling.version>3.3.1</gatling.version> <!--2.2.5 --> <!--2.3.1 -->
-        <scala-maven-plugin.version>4.3.0</scala-maven-plugin.version> <!--3.2.2 --> <!--3.3.2 -->
-        <gatling-maven-plugin.version>3.0.4</gatling-maven-plugin.version> <!--2.2.1 --> <!--2.2.4 -->
+        <scala.version>2.12.6</scala.version>
+        <gatling.version>3.3.1</gatling.version>
+        <scala-maven-plugin.version>4.3.0</scala-maven-plugin.version>
+        <gatling-maven-plugin.version>3.0.4</gatling-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing-modules/junit-5/pom.xml b/testing-modules/junit-5/pom.xml
index ef6e92faa4..7a511dfe7a 100644
--- a/testing-modules/junit-5/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/junit-5/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
             <version>${junit-platform.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.junit.platform/junit-platform-console-standalone -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-platform-console-standalone</artifactId>
diff --git a/testing-modules/load-testing-comparison/pom.xml b/testing-modules/load-testing-comparison/pom.xml
index 63f2d9ce2f..d5a389d311 100644
--- a/testing-modules/load-testing-comparison/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/load-testing-comparison/pom.xml
@@ -57,57 +57,11 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
-        <!--<testSourceDirectory>src/test/scala</testSourceDirectory> -->
-        <!--<pluginManagement> -->
-        <!--<plugins> -->
-        <!--<plugin> -->
-        <!--<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId> -->
-        <!--<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId> -->
-        <!--<version>${scala-maven-plugin.version}</version> -->
-        <!--</plugin> -->
-        <!--</plugins> -->
-        <!--</pluginManagement> -->
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-            <!--<plugin> -->
-            <!--<groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId> -->
-            <!--<artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId> -->
-            <!--<executions> -->
-            <!--<execution> -->
-            <!--<goals> -->
-            <!--<goal>testCompile</goal> -->
-            <!--</goals> -->
-            <!--<configuration> -->
-            <!--<args> -->
-            <!--&lt;!&ndash;<arg>-Ybackend:GenBCode</arg> &ndash;&gt; -->
-            <!--<arg>-Ydelambdafy:method</arg> -->
-            <!--<arg>-target:jvm-1.8</arg> -->
-            <!--<arg>-deprecation</arg> -->
-            <!--<arg>-feature</arg> -->
-            <!--<arg>-unchecked</arg> -->
-            <!--<arg>-language:implicitConversions</arg> -->
-            <!--<arg>-language:postfixOps</arg> -->
-            <!--</args> -->
-            <!--</configuration> -->
-            <!--</execution> -->
-            <!--</executions> -->
-            <!--</plugin> -->
-            <!--<plugin> -->
-            <!--<groupId>io.gatling</groupId> -->
-            <!--<artifactId>gatling-maven-plugin</artifactId> -->
-            <!--<version>${gatling-maven-plugin.version}</version> -->
-            <!--<executions> -->
-            <!--<execution> -->
-            <!--<phase>test</phase> -->
-            <!--<goals> -->
-            <!--<goal>execute</goal> -->
-            <!--</goals> -->
-            <!--</execution> -->
-            <!--</executions> -->
-            <!--</plugin> -->
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -115,10 +69,10 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-        <scala.version>2.12.12</scala.version> <!--2.11.12 --> <!--2.12.6 -->
-        <gatling.version>3.4.0</gatling.version> <!--2.2.5 --> <!--2.3.1 -->
-        <scala-maven-plugin.version>4.4.0</scala-maven-plugin.version> <!--3.2.2 --> <!--3.3.2 -->
-        <gatling-maven-plugin.version>3.1.0</gatling-maven-plugin.version> <!--2.2.1 --> <!--2.2.4 -->
+        <scala.version>2.12.12</scala.version>
+        <gatling.version>3.4.0</gatling.version>
+        <scala-maven-plugin.version>4.4.0</scala-maven-plugin.version>
+        <gatling-maven-plugin.version>3.1.0</gatling-maven-plugin.version>
         <jmeter.version>5.0</jmeter.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/xml/pom.xml b/xml/pom.xml
index d05f2401e3..9acaecbd22 100644
--- a/xml/pom.xml
+++ b/xml/pom.xml
@@ -372,11 +372,8 @@
         <xmlunit-assertj.version>2.6.3</xmlunit-assertj.version>
         <freemarker.version>2.3.29</freemarker.version>
         <mustache.version>0.9.6</mustache.version>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <commons-lang.version>2.4</commons-lang.version>
         <!-- maven plugins -->
         <maven-jibx-plugin.version>1.3.1</maven-jibx-plugin.version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <jsoup.version>1.14.3</jsoup.version>
         <htmlcleaner.version>2.25</htmlcleaner.version>
         <jericho.version>3.4</jericho.version>