diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 164bed5f1..648a7bfb8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -211,17 +211,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8.1</version>
-            <configuration>
-                <source>1.8</source>
-                <target>1.8</target>
-            </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-    </plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
         <artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>