diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 0f53f3e..517bf32 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/resources"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java"/>
 	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/resources"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.6"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 107056a..c13e34b 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ eclipse.preferences.version=1
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.6
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.unusedLocal=preserve
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.lineNumber=generate
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.localVariable=generate
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.sourceFile=generate
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.5
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 515a85b..e49d792 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,14 +71,6 @@
 	</dependencies>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.3.2</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.6</source>
-					<target>1.6</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/vremanagement/whnmanager/jaxws/ws/WhnManagerImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/vremanagement/whnmanager/jaxws/ws/WhnManagerImpl.java
index 9c475f7..7b22622 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/vremanagement/whnmanager/jaxws/ws/WhnManagerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/vremanagement/whnmanager/jaxws/ws/WhnManagerImpl.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class WhnManagerImpl implements WhnManager{
 	 * Add a scope to the ghn profile and publish it on IS
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public boolean addScope(AddScopeInputParams params)  throws GCUBEUnrecoverableException {
+	public boolean addScope(AddScopeInputParams params) throws GCUBEUnrecoverableException{
 		logger.trace("WHNManager: addScope method invokation");
 		String scope=params.getScope();
 		ValidationUtils.valid("scope", scope);