diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 31f5f6eb3..d3679203d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ under the License.
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>45</version>
+    <version>46</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ under the License.
   </contributors>
 
   <prerequisites>
-    <maven>${mavenVersion}</maven>
+    <maven>3.6.3</maven>
   </prerequisites>
 
   <scm>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ under the License.
 
   <properties>
     <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
-    <mavenVersion>3.6.3</mavenVersion>
+    <mavenVersion>3.9.12</mavenVersion>
     <doxiaSitetoolsVersion>2.0.0</doxiaSitetoolsVersion>
     <wagonVersion>3.5.3</wagonVersion>
     <resolverVersion>1.4.1</resolverVersion>
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ under the License.
     <jetty.version>9.4.55.v20240627</jetty.version>
     <version.plexus-utils>4.0.2</version.plexus-utils>
     <!-- for ITs -->
-    <compilerPluginVersion>3.13.0</compilerPluginVersion>
+    <compilerPluginVersion>${version.maven-compiler-plugin}</compilerPluginVersion>
     <sourcePluginVersion>3.3.0</sourcePluginVersion>
-    <enforcerPluginVersion>3.4.1</enforcerPluginVersion>
+    <enforcerPluginVersion>${version.maven-enforcer-plugin}</enforcerPluginVersion>
     <pluginPluginVersion>3.15.0</pluginPluginVersion>
-    <jarPluginVersion>3.3.0</jarPluginVersion>
-    <sitePluginVersion>3.20.0</sitePluginVersion>
+    <jarPluginVersion>${version.maven-jar-plugin}</jarPluginVersion>
+    <sitePluginVersion>${version.maven-site-plugin}</sitePluginVersion>
     <projectInfoReportsPluginVersion>3.7.0</projectInfoReportsPluginVersion>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-09-16T08:27:46Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <slf4jVersion>1.7.36</slf4jVersion>
@@ -502,7 +502,6 @@ under the License.
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9.1</version>
             <configuration>
               <localRepositoryPath>${project.build.directory}/local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
               <projectsDirectory>src/it/projects</projectsDirectory>
@@ -517,8 +516,6 @@ under the License.
               </pomExcludes>
               <properties combine.self="override" />
               <filterProperties>
-                <maven.compiler.source>${maven.compiler.source}</maven.compiler.source>
-                <maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.target}</maven.compiler.target>
                 <mrm.3rdparty.url>${mrm.3rdparty.url}</mrm.3rdparty.url>
               </filterProperties>
               <environmentVariables>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/GITHUB-1242/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/GITHUB-1242/pom.xml
index 595db3f1e..042fed214 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/GITHUB-1242/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/GITHUB-1242/pom.xml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-110/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-110/pom.xml
index f6ecd5c4d..450acabc2 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-110/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-110/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-126/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-126/pom.xml
index 005285471..8d354b26f 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-126/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-126/pom.xml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-134_multiaggregate/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-134_multiaggregate/pom.xml
index 2a277b722..7d57b690c 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-134_multiaggregate/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-134_multiaggregate/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-172/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-172/pom.xml
index 16e85c71e..72e5c84aa 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-172/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-172/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-180/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-180/pom.xml
index bcf929754..28fc4dee8 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-180/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-180/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-194/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-194/pom.xml
index c8c4099b9..4d217d989 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-194/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-194/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-259/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-259/pom.xml
index 9cabeccdb..aa50d635d 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-259/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-259/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-275/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-275/pom.xml
index 405db1922..52967ea04 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-275/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-275/pom.xml
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ under the License.
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-278/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-278/pom.xml
index f60a9d35a..87b906369 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-278/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-278/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-320/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-320/pom.xml
index c0b284e41..938b8b5e5 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-320/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-320/pom.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-369/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-369/pom.xml
index ba6d6142f..162db8fc5 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-369/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-369/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-414/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-414/pom.xml
index e45d04c51..c2e28a6c5 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-414/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-414/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-437/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-437/pom.xml
index 8e35d3b8a..cb53872fc 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-437/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-437/pom.xml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-444/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-444/pom.xml
index d4560ed48..bc181c1da 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-444/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-444/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier-jdk-23-no-fonts/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier-jdk-23-no-fonts/pom.xml
index 2416f18ec..be8749ca7 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier-jdk-23-no-fonts/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier-jdk-23-no-fonts/pom.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier-jdk-23/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier-jdk-23/pom.xml
index cc4ef9cb7..d769de61a 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier-jdk-23/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier-jdk-23/pom.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/pom.xml
index 90e9d088a..7ef3f81a6 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/pom.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-494_aggregate-repositories/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-494_aggregate-repositories/pom.xml
index 78d4f3dc3..83dc12d88 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-494_aggregate-repositories/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-494_aggregate-repositories/pom.xml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   
   <repositories>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-526_aggr-managedDeps/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-526_aggr-managedDeps/pom.xml
index 74616c427..ba25cf63b 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-526_aggr-managedDeps/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-526_aggr-managedDeps/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-575_source8-module-info/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-575_source8-module-info/pom.xml
index 694eb93bc..c6a6ceb67 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-575_source8-module-info/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-575_source8-module-info/pom.xml
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-590_nooverview/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-590_nooverview/pom.xml
index b1f0eb50c..ce7b86a4b 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-590_nooverview/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-590_nooverview/pom.xml
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-592_detectApiLink/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-592_detectApiLink/pom.xml
index b91099726..6d6c80461 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-592_detectApiLink/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-592_detectApiLink/pom.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-599/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-599/pom.xml
index 9f664973b..bd07f031d 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-599/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-599/pom.xml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-613-aggregate-exclude/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-613-aggregate-exclude/pom.xml
index 522e1025e..4894e78d7 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-613-aggregate-exclude/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-613-aggregate-exclude/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-619_copyright-year/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-619_copyright-year/pom.xml
index a42dfdfbc..d009ed4c4 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-619_copyright-year/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-619_copyright-year/pom.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2020-03-12T06:39:23Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-620_no-dot-in-version/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-620_no-dot-in-version/pom.xml
index 702d25531..32ede07b3 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-620_no-dot-in-version/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-620_no-dot-in-version/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-620_top-level-package/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-620_top-level-package/pom.xml
index e8b3c2b80..3fa8b68d3 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-620_top-level-package/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-620_top-level-package/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-625_addstylesheet/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-625_addstylesheet/pom.xml
index 61060cf52..d396e01ff 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-625_addstylesheet/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-625_addstylesheet/pom.xml
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-636-aggregate_module_skipped/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-636-aggregate_module_skipped/pom.xml
index 69731b7a1..0cb2c8e32 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-636-aggregate_module_skipped/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-636-aggregate_module_skipped/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-672_multiline-tag/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-672_multiline-tag/pom.xml
index 6b8f46705..c8ed6a1a4 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-672_multiline-tag/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-672_multiline-tag/pom.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-679_encoding/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-679_encoding/pom.xml
index ba12d59a2..25b96efac 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-679_encoding/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-679_encoding/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/additional-dependencies-non-aggregate/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/additional-dependencies-non-aggregate/pom.xml
index 0dffc27f7..d50501665 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/additional-dependencies-non-aggregate/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/additional-dependencies-non-aggregate/pom.xml
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>@compilerPluginVersion@</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.5</source>
-          <target>1.5</target>
-        </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/additional-dependencies/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/additional-dependencies/pom.xml
index cce46921a..95b0ee2ad 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/additional-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/additional-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/dependencySource-1/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/dependencySource-1/pom.xml
index ed83e5544..3465501a1 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/dependencySource-1/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/dependencySource-1/pom.xml
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ under the License.
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/dependencySource-2/MJAVADOC-280-2-projects/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/dependencySource-2/MJAVADOC-280-2-projects/pom.xml
index 0bcf2cbf3..b9beefbf0 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/dependencySource-2/MJAVADOC-280-2-projects/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/dependencySource-2/MJAVADOC-280-2-projects/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ under the License.
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/dependencySource-2/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/dependencySource-2/pom.xml
index 80307e610..507626c99 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/dependencySource-2/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/dependencySource-2/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ under the License.
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/dependencySource-3/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/dependencySource-3/pom.xml
index de9883bd7..06b493579 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/dependencySource-3/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/dependencySource-3/pom.xml
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ under the License.
   
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/dependencySource-4/MJAVADOC-280-4-projects/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/dependencySource-4/MJAVADOC-280-4-projects/pom.xml
index 6478409e9..fed11d0fb 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/dependencySource-4/MJAVADOC-280-4-projects/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/dependencySource-4/MJAVADOC-280-4-projects/pom.xml
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ under the License.
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/dependencySource-4/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/dependencySource-4/pom.xml
index 27eb4c239..972f4fc17 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/dependencySource-4/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/dependencySource-4/pom.xml
@@ -33,85 +33,5 @@ under the License.
   
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
-
-  <!-- <properties>
-    <javadocPluginVersion>@project.version@</javadocPluginVersion>
-  </properties>
-  
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.2</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>filter-projects</id>
-            <phase>process-resources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-resources</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
-              <resources>
-                <resource>
-                  <directory>${project.artifactId}-projects</directory>
-                  <filtering>true</filtering>
-                  <targetPath>${project.artifactId}-projects</targetPath>
-                </resource>
-                <resource>
-                  <directory>${project.artifactId}-distro</directory>
-                  <filtering>true</filtering>
-                  <targetPath>${project.artifactId}-distro</targetPath>
-                </resource>
-              </resources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <localRepositoryPath>${project.basedir}/../../local-repo</localRepositoryPath>
-          <streamLogs>true</streamLogs>
-          <suppressSummaries>true</suppressSummaries>
-          <debug>true</debug>
-          <settingsFile>${project.basedir}/../interpolated-settings.xml</settingsFile>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>build-projects</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <pom>${project.build.directory}/MJAVADOC-280-4-projects/pom.xml</pom>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>clean</goal>
-                <goal>install</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>build-distro</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <pom>${project.build.directory}/MJAVADOC-280-4-distro/pom.xml</pom>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>clean</goal>
-                <goal>package</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build> -->
 </project>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/detectLinks/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/detectLinks/pom.xml
index 90f58da86..f882823ed 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/detectLinks/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/detectLinks/pom.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/examples/alternate-doclet/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/examples/alternate-doclet/pom.xml
index 14489186f..be5b952f5 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/examples/alternate-doclet/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/examples/alternate-doclet/pom.xml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/examples/alternate-doclet.html</url>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/examples/exclude-package-names/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/examples/exclude-package-names/pom.xml
index 0648022f7..179cd7dd8 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/examples/exclude-package-names/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/examples/exclude-package-names/pom.xml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/examples/exclude-package-names.html</url>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/reproducible/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/reproducible/pom.xml
index 527eb8eaa..84f371d47 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/reproducible/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/reproducible/pom.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2020-02-29T23:59:58Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>