diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7809589..be4a9eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   <properties>
   		<distroDirectory>${project.basedir}/distro</distroDirectory>
   		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-    	<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
   </properties>
   <scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem/${project.artifactId}.git</connection>