diff --git a/sonar/examples/pom.xml b/sonar/examples/pom.xml
index 4f13ac70bf..641b47ab57 100644
--- a/sonar/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/examples/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
 
     <name>Apache POI Examples package</name>
     
-	<properties>
-		<!-- specify actual source directory as otherwise Sonar-plugin will fail during SVN checks  -->
-		<sonar.sources>${basedir}/../../src/examples/src</sonar.sources>
-		<!-- tests are automatically found in Maven -->
-	</properties>
-
     <build>
 		<plugins>
 			<!-- copy sources, resources and tests in place as otherwise Sonar does not pick them up correctly! -->
diff --git a/sonar/excelant/pom.xml b/sonar/excelant/pom.xml
index 66ec9bbeba..2efd544908 100644
--- a/sonar/excelant/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/excelant/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
 
     <name>Apache POI ExcelAnt package</name>
 
-	<properties>
-		<!-- specify actual source directory as otherwise Sonar-plugin will fail during SVN checks  -->
-		<sonar.sources>${basedir}/../../src/excelant/java</sonar.sources>
-		<!-- tests are automatically found in Maven -->
-	</properties>
-
     <build>
 		<plugins>
 			<!-- copy sources, resources and tests in place as otherwise Sonar does not pick them up correctly! -->
diff --git a/sonar/main/pom.xml b/sonar/main/pom.xml
index d762c90502..d962229758 100644
--- a/sonar/main/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/main/pom.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
 
     <name>Apache POI Main package</name>
 
-	<properties>
-		<!-- specify actual source directory as otherwise Sonar-plugin will fail during SVN checks  -->
-		<sonar.sources>${basedir}/../../src/java</sonar.sources>
-		<!-- tests are automatically found in Maven -->
-	</properties>
-
     <build>
 		<plugins>
 			<!-- copy sources, resources and tests in place as otherwise Sonar does not pick them up correctly! -->
diff --git a/sonar/ooxml/pom.xml b/sonar/ooxml/pom.xml
index 42bd514e16..4df81fe121 100644
--- a/sonar/ooxml/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/ooxml/pom.xml
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>Apache POI OOXML package</name>
-
-	<properties>
-		<!-- specify actual source directory as otherwise Sonar-plugin will fail during SVN checks  -->
-		<sonar.sources>${basedir}/../../src/ooxml/java</sonar.sources>
-		<!-- tests are automatically found in Maven -->
-	</properties>
 	
     <build>
 		<plugins>
diff --git a/sonar/scratchpad/pom.xml b/sonar/scratchpad/pom.xml
index 46f37439fc..c3dc3112a1 100644
--- a/sonar/scratchpad/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/scratchpad/pom.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@
     <name>Apache POI Scratchpad package</name>
 
 	<properties>
-		<!-- specify actual source directory as otherwise Sonar-plugin will fail during SVN checks  -->
-		<sonar.sources>${basedir}/../../src/scratchpad/examples,${basedir}/../../src/scratchpad/src</sonar.sources>
-		<!-- tests are automatically found in Maven -->
 		<!-- Exclude some generated code from Sonar analysis -->
 		<sonar.exclusions>src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/types/*,src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hdf/model/hdftypes/definitions/*</sonar.exclusions>
 	</properties>
+ 
 
     <build>
 		<plugins>