diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-empi/pom.xml b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-empi/pom.xml
index 22c5a638c84..d5094d752b0 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-empi/pom.xml
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-empi/pom.xml
@@ -96,14 +96,6 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>9</source>
-                    <target>9</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
+		</plugins>
 	</build>
 </project>