diff --git a/eclipse-platform-parent/pom.xml b/eclipse-platform-parent/pom.xml
index 6ad16746258..29bbdbd0d72 100644
--- a/eclipse-platform-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/eclipse-platform-parent/pom.xml
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
   <artifactId>eclipse-platform-parent</artifactId>
   <version>4.40.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <prerequisites>
-    <maven>3.9.9</maven>
-  </prerequisites>
   <properties>
     <!-- As of Tycho 0.22, skipTests takes priority, if maven.test.skip also specified,
       with different value. See https://bugs.eclipse.org/442976.