diff --git a/akka-http/pom.xml b/akka-http/pom.xml
index c0b460dd8e..c146e58b60 100644
--- a/akka-http/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-http/pom.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <akka.http.version>10.0.11</akka.http.version>
         <akka.stream.version>2.5.11</akka.stream.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-2/pom.xml
index 2a0a4348b0..323e01261f 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-streams-2/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
         <assertj.version>3.11.1</assertj.version>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/multimodulemavenproject/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/multimodulemavenproject/pom.xml
index dcf9f7311e..25f268f8b3 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/multimodulemavenproject/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/multimodulemavenproject/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
         <compiler.plugin.version>3.8.0</compiler.plugin.version>
         <source.version>1.9</source.version>
         <target.version>1.9</target.version>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <assertj-core.version>3.12.2</assertj-core.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/custom-pmd/pom.xml b/custom-pmd/pom.xml
index e0f38199ec..50bd16e2d5 100644
--- a/custom-pmd/pom.xml
+++ b/custom-pmd/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <pmdVersion>6.0.1</pmdVersion>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
diff --git a/ddd-modules/pom.xml b/ddd-modules/pom.xml
index 6ab1829198..4072d93f90 100644
--- a/ddd-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/ddd-modules/pom.xml
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-
         <source.version>9</source.version>
         <target.version>9</target.version>
 
diff --git a/google-web-toolkit/pom.xml b/google-web-toolkit/pom.xml
index 6fdcae4f75..cad15c8037 100644
--- a/google-web-toolkit/pom.xml
+++ b/google-web-toolkit/pom.xml
@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
-        <!-- Don't let your Mac use a crazy non-standard encoding -->
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <gwt.version>2.8.2</gwt.version>
         <gwt.plugin.version>1.0-rc-8</gwt.plugin.version>
         <surefire.plugin.version>2.17</surefire.plugin.version>
diff --git a/jhipster-5/bookstore-monolith/pom.xml b/jhipster-5/bookstore-monolith/pom.xml
index dbc46bbb97..5da3bde449 100644
--- a/jhipster-5/bookstore-monolith/pom.xml
+++ b/jhipster-5/bookstore-monolith/pom.xml
@@ -1099,8 +1099,6 @@
         <scala.version>2.12.6</scala.version>
         <node.version>v10.15.0</node.version>
         <npm.version>6.4.1</npm.version>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <project.testresult.directory>${project.build.directory}/test-results</project.testresult.directory>
         <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMddHHmmss</maven.build.timestamp.format>
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
diff --git a/jhipster/jhipster-uaa/gateway/pom.xml b/jhipster/jhipster-uaa/gateway/pom.xml
index b417bd7b57..21a04a9692 100644
--- a/jhipster/jhipster-uaa/gateway/pom.xml
+++ b/jhipster/jhipster-uaa/gateway/pom.xml
@@ -1020,8 +1020,6 @@
         <scala.version>2.12.6</scala.version>
         <node.version>v8.12.0</node.version>
         <npm.version>6.4.1</npm.version>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <project.testresult.directory>${project.build.directory}/test-results</project.testresult.directory>
         <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMddHHmmss</maven.build.timestamp.format>
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
diff --git a/jhipster/jhipster-uaa/quotes/pom.xml b/jhipster/jhipster-uaa/quotes/pom.xml
index f088ad2fd1..12bbf66d37 100644
--- a/jhipster/jhipster-uaa/quotes/pom.xml
+++ b/jhipster/jhipster-uaa/quotes/pom.xml
@@ -840,8 +840,6 @@
         <scala.version>2.12.6</scala.version>
         <node.version>v8.12.0</node.version>
         <npm.version>6.4.1</npm.version>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <project.testresult.directory>${project.build.directory}/test-results</project.testresult.directory>
         <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMddHHmmss</maven.build.timestamp.format>
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
diff --git a/jhipster/jhipster-uaa/uaa/pom.xml b/jhipster/jhipster-uaa/uaa/pom.xml
index f9c1f226bb..d0d81aa0b3 100644
--- a/jhipster/jhipster-uaa/uaa/pom.xml
+++ b/jhipster/jhipster-uaa/uaa/pom.xml
@@ -842,8 +842,6 @@
         <scala.version>2.12.6</scala.version>
         <node.version>v8.12.0</node.version>
         <npm.version>6.4.1</npm.version>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <project.testresult.directory>${project.build.directory}/test-results</project.testresult.directory>
         <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMddHHmmss</maven.build.timestamp.format>
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/sirix/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/sirix/pom.xml
index 67de507cca..da9695081c 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/sirix/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/sirix/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.release.version>11</maven.release.version>
         <sirix-core.version>0.9.3</sirix-core.version>
         <compiler.plugin.version>3.8.0</compiler.plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-custom-starter/greeter-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-custom-starter/greeter-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index 532f45cf3e..4903f21c77 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-custom-starter/greeter-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-custom-starter/greeter-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <spring-boot.version>2.2.6.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <greeter.version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</greeter.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-custom-starter/greeter-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-custom-starter/greeter-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
index 0e8fb4cbc9..85a6721492 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-custom-starter/greeter-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-custom-starter/greeter-spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <greeter.version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</greeter.version>
         <spring-boot.version>2.2.6.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/kubernetes-selfhealing/liveness-example/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/kubernetes-selfhealing/liveness-example/pom.xml
index f0d34d2231..16e718a3be 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/kubernetes-selfhealing/liveness-example/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/kubernetes-selfhealing/liveness-example/pom.xml
@@ -41,9 +41,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/kubernetes-selfhealing/readiness-example/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/kubernetes-selfhealing/readiness-example/pom.xml
index 8bfd4d305d..0ee40b6504 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/kubernetes-selfhealing/readiness-example/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/kubernetes-selfhealing/readiness-example/pom.xml
@@ -41,9 +41,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/bin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/bin/pom.xml
index c7b35ef934..c6658d70a2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/bin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul-eureka-integration/bin/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>1.4.2.RELEASE</spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>
         <commons-config.version>1.10</commons-config.version>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-angular/server/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-angular/server/pom.xml
index 19d980062c..07d5d44e8d 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-angular/server/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-angular/server/pom.xml
@@ -62,9 +62,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/testing-modules/zerocode/pom.xml b/testing-modules/zerocode/pom.xml
index 9d765e6cb4..dce62df9ea 100644
--- a/testing-modules/zerocode/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/zerocode/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
         <spring.boot.version>2.4.2</spring.boot.version>