diff --git a/activemq-amqp/pom.xml b/activemq-amqp/pom.xml
index afe0894a47..ea40ef592f 100644
--- a/activemq-amqp/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-amqp/pom.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>add-test-source</id>