diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 528794c..989c440 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
     <name>HeadDB</name>
     <description>Database with thousands of heads</description>
 
-    <properties>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
     <repositories>
         <!-- Paper Repo -->
         <repository>