diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-string-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-string-2/pom.xml
index ac404b0a70..3ec9ccaac4 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-string-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-string-2/pom.xml
@@ -14,28 +14,7 @@
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-validator/commons-validator -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-validator.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
     <build>
-        <finalName>core-java-datetime-string-2</finalName>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -50,9 +29,8 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <commons-validator.version>1.6</commons-validator.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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