diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bbe50345cb..35d90eb0a9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
       <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
+      <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+      <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+
      <!--
 
        note for idea users:
@@ -783,8 +786,6 @@
                <!-- Enable Google's Error-Prone https://github.com/google/error-prone -->
                <configuration>
                  <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-                 <source>1.7</source>
-                 <target>1.7</target>
                  <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
                  <compilerId>${javac-compiler-id}</compilerId>
                  <compilerArgs>