diff --git a/metadata-jdbc/pom.xml b/metadata-jdbc/pom.xml
index 96a276f9a..dc9ce0678 100644
--- a/metadata-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/metadata-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@
 
     <artifactId>metadata-jdbc</artifactId>
 
-    <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>19</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>19</maven.compiler.target>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>